Radium Hot Springs (B.C.)
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- Col. gaz. website, October 16, 2003(Radium Hot Springs, resort village, SE of B.C., Canada, on slope of Rocky Mts., on Columbia R., and 50 mi/80 km SW of Banff; 50°37ʹN 116°06ʹW; resort at edge of Kootenay Natl. Park)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 50°37ʹ00ʺN 116°04ʹ08ʺW)
- Gaz. of Can.
- Map Canadian Rockies-BC : BC Rockies, Cranbrook, Fairmont ... Radium, 2002?:map recto (Radium Hot Springs)
- Col. gaz. website, October 16, 2003(Radium Hot Springs, resort village, SE of B.C., Canada, on slope of Rocky Mts., on Columbia R., and 50 mi/80 km SW of Banff; 50⁰37ʹN 116⁰06ʹW; resort at edge of Kootenay Natl. Park)
Wikipedia description:
Radium Hot Springs, informally and commonly called Radium is a village of 1,339 residents in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia. The village is named for the hot springs in the nearby Kootenay National Park. From Banff, Alberta, it is accessible via Highway 93. The hot springs were named after the radioactive element when an analysis of the water showed that it contained small traces of radon which is a decay product of radium. The radiation dosage from bathing in the pools is inconsequential: approximately 0.13 millirems (1.3 μSv) from the water for a half-hour bathing, around ten times average background levels. The air concentration of radon is about 850 becquerels per cubic metre (23 pCi/L) which is higher than the level (200 Bq/m3 or 5.4 pCi/L) at which mitigation within two years is encouraged at residences; but is also inconsequential (about 0.7 mrem or 7.0 μSv for a half-hour bathing) from a dose impact perspective.
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