Recent research involving the transfer of radionuclides to milk
Journal Article
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· J. Dairy Sci.; (United States)
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 (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6146856
- Journal Information:
- J. Dairy Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Dairy Sci.; (United States) Vol. 72:1; ISSN JDSCA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ANIMALS
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GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACCIDENTS
ANIMALS
ASIA
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY FLUIDS
CATTLE
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR
CONTAMINATION
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
EASTERN EUROPE
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EUROPE
FALLOUT
FOOD
FOOD CHAINS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IODINE 131
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LWGR TYPE REACTORS
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
MILK
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEVADA TEST SITE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
POWER REACTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTORS
RUMINANTS
THERMAL REACTORS
UKRAINIAN SSR
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USSR
VERTEBRATES
WATER COOLED REACTORS