Radiological surveys of deer harvests on the Oak Ridge Reservation

Conference · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)

OSTI ID:6154653

Eldridge, J S ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN (USA)

A rapidly increasing number of deer/vehicle collisions on the Oak Ridge Reservation and contiguous lands resulted in the need for an aggressive method of reducing the deer population. Managed hunts on the reservation was the method chosen for this reduction, and the Oak Ridge Wildlife Management Area was established in November 1984. Because of possible radiological contamination of the deer herd from the three major nuclear installations on the reservation, a rigorous radiological survey of all harvested deer was deemed necessary to ensure that successful hunters or their families would not be exposed to excess radiation dose from the consumption of venison from the managed hunts. Data collected from previous vehicle-killed deer showed the possibility of contamination from {sup 137}Cs, {sup 90}Sr, {sup 60}Co, and {sup 75}Se. Methodology for {sup 90}Sr screening at a 0.25-mSv commitment required special considerations for field analysis since {sup 90}Sr decays by beta emission. A versatile data-base program was established with a personal computer system to handle the copious data related to both radiological and biological parameters collected during the harvest. The field screen values were verified by subsequent laboratory analyses utilizing Cerenkov counting. These verification analyses proved the utility of the field methodology for {sup 90}Sr detection in deer bones at the 1 Bq/g screening level.

• OSTI ID: 6154653
• Report Number(s): CONF-900608-; CODEN: TANSA; TRN: 91-005530
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA), Vol. 61; Conference: American Nuclear Society annual meeting, Nashville, TN (USA), 10-14 Jun 1990; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
CESIUM 137
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
DEER
POPULATION DYNAMICS
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
OAK RIDGE RESERVATION
STRONTIUM 90
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
ANIMAL TISSUES
AUTOMOBILES
BONE TISSUES
CHERENKOV COUNTING
COBALT 60
COLLISIONS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
INGESTION
INTERNAL IRRADIATION
PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION PROTECTION
RETENTION
SELENIUM 75
SENSITIVITY
SURVEYS
THRESHOLD DOSE
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CESIUM ISOTOPES
COBALT ISOTOPES
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DOSES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
INTAKE
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IRRADIATION
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MAMMALS
MANAGEMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
RUMINANTS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SELENIUM ISOTOPES
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
TISSUES
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VEHICLES
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOT
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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