A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF RADIOSTRONTIUM AND RADIOCAESIUM IN DRINKING WATER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
A survey was made of the Sr/sup 89/, Sr/sup 90/, Cs/sup 137/, and the natural strontium and calcium in drinking water taken from thirteen undertakings in the United Kingdom in the period September 1957 to June 1958. The mean concentration of Sr/sup 90/ was 0.45 mu mu c/l, 0.24 mu mu c/l and less than 0.01 mu mu c/l in lake, river and well supplies, respectively. The mean concentration of Sr/sup 90/ in lake derived supplies was about 15 per cent and in river derived supplies about 10 per cent of that in rain. Cs/sup 137/ levels were in general much lower than those of Sr/sup 90/. The Sr/sup 90/Ca ratio in a typical adult diet, including the water, lay between 5.1 and 6.0 mu mu c/g as compared with 5.5 mu mu c/g for the same diet without the water. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Research Group. Atomic Energy Research Establishment,Harwell, Berks, England
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-008821
- OSTI ID:
- 4294608
- Report Number(s):
- AERE-HP/R-2795
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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