2015 International Nuclear Atlantic Conference - INAC 2015 São Paulo, SP, Brazil, October 4-9, 2015 ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR - ABEN ISBN: 978-85-99141-06-9 RADON AS TRACER TO IDENTIFY DISCHARGE SECTIONS AT JUATUBA BASIN Cláudio José Chagas1,2;Vinícius Verna Magalhães Ferreira1,2; Raquel Luísa Mageste 1 1 1 1 Fonseca ; Zildete Rocha ; Rubens Martins Moreira ; Nayron Cosme Lemos ; Talita Oliveira Santos2,3 & Maria Ângela de Barros Correia Menezes1,2 1 Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear – CDTN/CNEN Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, Campus UFMG. - CEP 31270-901 – Belo Horizonte - MG
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[email protected] ABSTRACT The use of natural tracers in hydrological studies is a very useful tool, being applied in several studies. One of these tracers is the radon, 222Rn, noble gas derived from natural sources, been found in all underground waters, as a product of radioactive decay of the 226Ra. This gas can be found in the air, water, rocks or soil.