DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUMINWATER OF.GRESIK COASTAL WATERS Sebaran Uranium dl Peralran Peslslr Greslk

ABSTRACT Determination of uranium in water sample at Gresik coastal waters around Gresik industrial area have been carrid out. The purpose of research is to find the distribution of uranium at the coastal where the phosphate industry standing and potencially to contribute uranium pollutant to the waters. The measurement of uranium was pasive of GammaSpectrometry,and uranium was measuredas 234Th(uranium daughters)on 92.80 and 1001.03keV gamma energies. Sea water sample was taken up by waterpump sampler as a vertical mixing. The sample was sampling on the highest tide and lowest ebb, at the east season (March-August) west season (September-February). The concentration of 238Uon higher tide of the west season are range between 0.0016-0.0128 Bq/I, while on lowest ebb of the east season are 0,0013-0,0877 Bq/I. There was significantly different (ex=5%) of uranium concentration in water between two seasons (east and west) in tide and ebb respectively. According to Quality Standard from Dirjen BATANNo.293/DjNlI/1995(radioactivityon environment), the concentrationof 238U in waterobtainedfromcoastal around phosphate industry are still lower than that of recomendedvalues (10.000 Bq/I). Keywords: uranium, sea water, coastal of Gresi