RADIATION SITUATION OF RIVER WATER IN UPPER SILESIA - IMPACT OF COAL MINING

The main goal of this publication was to describe the problem of radioactivity of coal mine water from Upper Silesia and its influence on the environment around the mines. First part of this work presents the current knowledge concerning natural and artificial radioactivity and describes current radiation monitoring system in Poland. In the next part, there are the results of analysis of river's water taken from different points:below and above the points of discharge of mines waters. This analysis was performed in the Chemical Metallurgy Division, at Wroclaw University of Technology. Conclusion based on results is: even high concentrations of radium in mine water doesn't pollute the rivers too much.