Abstract
There exist diverse radioactivity sources in the environment coming from anthropogenic activities that alter the natural levels of radiation. The detailed study of the environmental impact of these sources is of great interest, because it provides knowledge for subsequent decontamination works and environmental control. In this work, it is analyzed the radioactive contamination caused by the radionuclide 226Ra in sedimentary media under a liquid sheet. In this way, the dumping of the radionuclide in sediment columns has been studied in laboratory, determining how its penetration in depth develops along time and for different grain sizes. For this purpose, a migration model based on the numeric resolution of the diffusion equation has been devised.
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