Recent research involving the transfer of radionuclides to milk
The radionuclides in milk, which result from exposure of dairy cows to radioactive fallout, are a major factor in assessment of internal radiation of humans. To evaluate the radionuclide intake of people from fallout-contaminated milk requires information about feed sources and milk distribution. Pasture intake and the shelf-life of milk are important factors in the case of a short-lived radionuclide like /sup 131/I. Large-scale human radiation assessment studies are underway, all of which consider the dairy food chain as a critical component. These include retrospective studies of fallout from nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada site in the 1950s and the impact of the Chernobyl accident on April 26, 1986.
- Research Organization:
- Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6146856
- Journal Information:
- J. Dairy Sci.; (United States), Vol. 72:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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