Background for protective action recommendations: accidental radioactive contamination of food and animal feeds. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6560633

Shleien, B; Schmidt, G D; Chiacchierini, R P

This report provides background material for the development of FDA's Protective Action Recommendations: Accidental Radioactive Contamination of Food and Animal Feeds. The rationale, dosimetric and agricultural transport models for the Protective Action Guides are presented, along with information on dietary intake. In addition, the document contains a discussion of field methods of analysis of radionuclides deposited on the ground or contained in milk and herbage. Various protective actions are described and evaluated, and a cost-effectiveness analysis for the recommendations performed.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Radiological Health, Rockville, MD (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6560633
• Report Number(s): PB-83-120246; TRN: 83-005418
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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