Natural radioactivity in aquatic ecosystems formed by self-flowing wells: the case of a water flow, a well “Cherkashinskaya 36-RG – stream – Aremzyanka river”

Abstract

The article is devoted to the assessment of the radiation hazard of water and nearby bottom sediments of self-flowing hydrogeological wells, as well as the assessment of the radiation safety of personnel working with these materials for geological prospecting and national economic enterprises. The article is devoted to the study of the impact on the ecosystem of the geothermal waters of the self-flowing exploratory well “Cherkashinskaya No. b36-RG.” In 1965, it was drilled to study a group of iodine-bromine water deposits. The article presents data from a survey of natural background radiation, as well as data on the natural radioactivity of bottom sediments and the volume content of radium in water. The relevance of the work is due to half a century of pollution by highly mineralized iodine-bromine waters of the Irtysh catchment as one of the largest transboundary rivers in Western Siberia. The Aremzyanka River is a tributary of the 1st order of the Irtysh River, a stream flowing from the flowing well No. 36-RG flows into this river.