Isotope composition of groundwater and surface waters in the area of the Dombrovsky quarry of Kalush-Golinsk deposit of potassium salts

Y O Malkova; I O Kovalenko; V V Dolin; Y M Demikhov; M I Panasiuk; N V Sosonna; S M Bagriy; E D Kuzmenko; I P Onyshchenko; U Saravana Kumar; M G Buzynnyi

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.107083

Isotope composition of groundwater and surface waters in the area of the Dombrovsky quarry of Kalush-Golinsk deposit of potassium salts

J Environ Radioact. 2023 Feb:257:107083. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.107083. Epub 2022 Dec 11.

Authors

Y O Malkova¹, I O Kovalenko², V V Dolin³, Y M Demikhov⁴, M I Panasiuk⁵, N V Sosonna⁶, S M Bagriy⁷, E D Kuzmenko⁸, I P Onyshchenko⁹, U Saravana Kumar¹⁰, M G Buzynnyi¹¹

Affiliations

¹ State Institution "Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine", 34a Palladina Ave., Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine. Electronic address: malkovayanakiev@gmail.com.
² Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kirova str 36a, Chornobyl, 07270, Ukraine. Electronic address: maddoc01001@gmail.com.
³ State Institution "Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine", 34a Palladina Ave., Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine. Electronic address: vdolin@ukr.net.
⁴ State Institution "Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine", 34a Palladina Ave., Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine. Electronic address: y_demikhov@ukr.net.
⁵ Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kirova str 36a, Chornobyl, 07270, Ukraine. Electronic address: nipanasyuk53@gmail.com.
⁶ Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kirova str 36a, Chornobyl, 07270, Ukraine. Electronic address: natalyasosonnaya@gmail.com.
⁷ Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, st. Karpatska, 15, Ivano-Frankivsk, 76019, Ukraine. Electronic address: gbg2020@ukr.net.
⁸ Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, st. Karpatska, 15, Ivano-Frankivsk, 76019, Ukraine. Electronic address: eduard.kuzmenko1@gmail.com.
⁹ Radioenvironmental Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 55-b, O. Gonchar Str, Kyiv, 01054, Ukraine. Electronic address: iony@meta.ua.
¹⁰ International Atomic Energy Agency, p. o. box 100, 5, Wagramer Strasse, A-1400, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: U.D.Saravana-Kumar@iaea.org.
¹¹ SI «O.M. Marzieiev Institute for Public Health», NAMSU, 50 Popudrenko Street, Kyiv, 02094, Ukraine. Electronic address: michael.buzinny@gmail.com.

PMID: 36516518
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.107083

Abstract

Enrichment of heavy isotopes of hydrogen (D, ³H) and oxygen (¹⁸О) is observed in water samples collected from open brine storage of Kalush-Golinsky deposit. The brine storage facilities were formed during the operation of the Kalush-Golynsky deposit of potassium salts and after its decommissioning. Enrichment of isotopes is also observed in groundwater samples, collected from wells located along with downstream groundwater from brine storage facilities. The analysis of levels of influence of possible sources of chemical pollution of groundwater (waters of the Dombrovsky quarry, tailings and sludge storage, salt dumps, saline soils) and correlation relationships between isotopes and groundwater mineralization have been determined by statistical processing of geochemical data.

Keywords: (3)H; Groundwater; Kalush-Golynske deposit of potassium salts; Sources of pollution; δ(18)O; δD.

MeSH terms

Environmental Monitoring
Groundwater* / chemistry
Oxygen Isotopes / analysis
Potassium / analysis
Radiation Monitoring*
Salts / analysis
Salts / chemistry
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / analysis

Substances

brine
Salts
Potassium
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Oxygen-18
Oxygen Isotopes