CESIUM-137 IN MILK
Samples of liquid milk from Bombay and 27 other stations in India, and imported powdered milk from Australia, Denmark, Holland, United Kingdom, and United States were measured for their Cs/sup 137/ and P/sup 40/ contents. The average Cs/sup 137/ content of Bombay milk is 9.38 mu mu c per gram of potassium for the year 1958, 18.26 for 1959, and 14.71 for the first two months of 1960. The increase in the average level of Cs/sup 137/ by a factor of two during 1959 was attributed to the accelerated fall-out rate following the large number of tests conducted during the autumn of 1958. The Cs/sup 137/ content in the Australian powdered milk is found to be about the same as in the European powdered milk and about 2 to 3 times that in the Indian powdered milk. There are large variations in the levels of Cs/sup 137/ in different samples from India. The values range from 2.79 to 159.9 mu mu c per gram of potassium, the highest values being for Gangtok. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- India. Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-011357
- OSTI ID:
- 4084752
- Report Number(s):
- AEET/AM/16; A/AC.82/G/L.515
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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