PRELIMINARY STUDY OF Sr$sup 90$ DISTRIBUTION AND UPTAKE FOLLOWING NUCLEAR DETONATIONS
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4264287
Samples of animal bone, soil, vegetation, and settled and airborne dust were analyzed for radioactive strontium. Because of the age of the majority of the material, Sr/sup 89/ rather than Sr/sup 90/ was the isotope found. The results showed widespread low-level activity and appreciable plant and animal uptake. Analyses of human bone for normal strontium content showed values in the range of 0.02% on the basis of bone ash. A critical evaluation of analytical methods for strontium showed that good recoveries were possible from bone ash, soil, and vegetation. The analysis of fall-out samples is not yet satisfactory, but the cause of the difficulty is known and can be eliminated. Determinations of Sr/sup 90/ on human bone samples from victims of the Nagasaki burst were made. Sr/sup 90/ was found, and the results are appended to this report. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- New York Operations Office. Health and Safety Div., AEC
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-011736
- OSTI ID:
- 4264287
- Report Number(s):
- NYO-4528(Del.)
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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