Monitoring of tritium concentrations in tap water and rainwater collected in Thailand

Chonlada Pitakchaianan; Kanyanan Kosinarkaranun; Pantiwa Kumsut; Tatsuhide Hamasaki; Ryuta Hazama; Anawat Rittirong; Koichi Sakakibara; Yoshiyuki Hirano; Koki Kashiwaya; Yoshimune Ogata; Wanwisa Sudprasert; Kiadtisak Saenboonruang; Chittranuch Chantarot; Kakonwan Khamanek; Soontree Khuntong; Donruedee Toyen; Archara Phattanasub; Monthon Yongprawat; Chakrit Saengkorakot; Piyawan Krisanangkura; Yuka Kato

doi:10.1093/rpd/ncae159

Monitoring of tritium concentrations in tap water and rainwater collected in Thailand

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2024 Nov 13;200(16-18):1787-1791. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncae159.

Authors

Chonlada Pitakchaianan¹, Kanyanan Kosinarkaranun¹, Pantiwa Kumsut¹, Tatsuhide Hamasaki¹, Ryuta Hazama¹, Anawat Rittirong², Koichi Sakakibara³, Yoshiyuki Hirano⁴, Koki Kashiwaya⁵, Yoshimune Ogata⁶, Wanwisa Sudprasert⁷, Kiadtisak Saenboonruang⁷, Chittranuch Chantarot⁷, Kakonwan Khamanek⁷, Soontree Khuntong⁸, Donruedee Toyen⁹, Archara Phattanasub¹⁰, Monthon Yongprawat¹¹, Chakrit Saengkorakot¹¹, Piyawan Krisanangkura¹², Yuka Kato¹³

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Human Environment, Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka 574-8530, Japan.
² Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 574-8530, Japan.
³ Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.
⁴ Department of Radiological Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
⁵ Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 651-8540, Japan.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Aichi Medical University, Aichi 480-1195, Japan.
⁷ Department of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
⁸ Faculty of Science at Sriracha, Kasetsart University, Sriracha Campus, Chon Buri 20230, Thailand.
⁹ Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
¹⁰ Radioactive Waste Management Center, Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (Public Organization), Nakhon Nayok 26120, Thailand.
¹¹ Nuclear Technology Research and Development Center, Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (Public Organization), Nakhon Nayok 26120, Thailand.
¹² Office of Atoms for Peace, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
¹³ Aloka Co., Ltd., Tokyo 198-0023, Japan.

PMID: 39540530
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncae159

Abstract

This study aimed to measure tritium (3H) concentrations in Thailand. Nationwide tap water samples were collected in July 2021. Rainwater samples were collected monthly during May-October 2020, April-October 2021, and February-March 2022 in Chonburi province and in Chiang Mai province during July-November 2021, January 2022, and March-June 2022. The measurements of 3H activity concentrations were conducted by Osaka Sangyo University (OSU) and were compared with measurements by the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT). The results from OSU and TINT showed that 3H concentrations in tap water were matched in the ranged from 0.08 ± 0.03 to 0.28 ± 0.04 Bq L-1, while those in rainwater samples collected from Chonburi province and Chiang Mai province are also matched in the ranged from 0.11 ± 0.02 to 0.21 ± 0.03 Bq L-1 and 0.19 ± 0.02 to 0.57 ± 0.04 Bq L-1, respectively. Our measured result suggests that 3H concentration in tap water and rainwater shows a similar relation depending on latitude.

MeSH terms

Drinking Water* / analysis
Humans
Radiation Monitoring* / methods
Rain* / chemistry
Thailand
Tritium* / analysis
Water Pollutants, Radioactive* / analysis

Substances

Tritium
Drinking Water
Water Pollutants, Radioactive

Grants and funding

JPJSBP120209203/JSPS Bilateral Joint Research Projects with Thailand NRCT