Strontium-90 in Canada goose eggshells: Non-fatal monitoring for contamination in wildlife

Conference · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5366431

Rickard, W. H.; Eberhardt, L. E. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)

Strontium-90 as measured in eggshells taken form newly hatched eggs in 42 Canada goose nests. Higher-than-background levels were present in eggshells from only a few nests. The origin of the enhanced strontium-90 levels appears to be Hanford Site facilities. However, the amounts measured are too low to expect to see any deleterious health or reproductive effects on the goose population. Eggshells provide an efficient way to obtain biological samples for environmental monitoring without inducing goose mortality. 10 refs., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/NE
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5366431
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-16766; CONF-891053-3; ON: DE90001893; TRN: 89-030484
• Resource Relation: Conference: 28. Hanford life sciences symposium on environmental monitoring, restoration and assessment: what have we learned, Richland, WA (USA), 16-19 Oct 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
EGGS
CONTAMINATION
HANFORD RESERVATION
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
FALLOUT
GEESE
SHELLS
STRONTIUM 90
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIRDS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EXPLOSIONS
FOWL
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VERTEBRATES
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
510300* - Environment
Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
520300 - Environment
Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1989)
052002 - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage
053000 - Nuclear Fuels- Environmental Aspects