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Radiostrontium in soil, grass, milk and bone in the United Kingdom: 1956 results

Abstract

The results of /sup 90/Sr analysis of soil, grass and sheep bone from twelve stations in England and Wales are given. The /sup 90/Sr in the top 4 inches of undisturbed soil in July 1956 ranged from 1.9 to 10.0 mc/km/sup 2/, depending on the rainfall. The /sup 90/Sr activity of herbage and of sheep bone showed a wider range, samples from acid hill soils being relatively more active. Milk from Somerset had a median activity of 4.4 ..mu.. ..mu..c /sup 90/Sr/g Ca in 1956, compared with 4.1 in 1955. Human-bone specimens obtained in 1956 showed /sup 90/Sr activity depending on age. The average level in children under 5 was 0.7 ..mu.. ..mu..c /sup 90/Sr/g Ca and the average bone dose 2 mrad/year.
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1957
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-81-028022
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: J. Nucl. Energy; (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 6
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; GRASS; RADIATION MONITORING; MILK; SKELETON; SOILS; STRONTIUM 90; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DEPENDENCE; CALCIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; MAN; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOACTIVITY; RAIN; SAMPLING; SHEEP; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY; BODY FLUIDS; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; DOSES; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FOOD; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MATERIALS; METALS; MONITORING; NUCLEI; ORGANS; PLANTS; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPES; RUMINANTS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; VERTEBRATES; WESTERN EUROPE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 510302* - Environment, Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- Terrestrial Ecosystems & Food Chains- (-1987); 510301 - Environment, Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- Soil- (-1987); 560171 - Radiation Effects- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology- Man- (-1987)
OSTI ID:
6985990
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: JNUCA
Submitting Site:
TIC
Size:
Pages: 22-40
Announcement Date:
Mar 01, 1981

Citation Formats

Bryant, F J, Chamberlain, A C, Morgan, A, and Spicer, G S. Radiostrontium in soil, grass, milk and bone in the United Kingdom: 1956 results. United Kingdom: N. p., 1957. Web. doi:10.1016/0891-3919(57)90179-1.
Bryant, F J, Chamberlain, A C, Morgan, A, & Spicer, G S. Radiostrontium in soil, grass, milk and bone in the United Kingdom: 1956 results. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/0891-3919(57)90179-1
Bryant, F J, Chamberlain, A C, Morgan, A, and Spicer, G S. 1957. "Radiostrontium in soil, grass, milk and bone in the United Kingdom: 1956 results." United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/0891-3919(57)90179-1.
@misc{etde_6985990,
title = {Radiostrontium in soil, grass, milk and bone in the United Kingdom: 1956 results}
author = {Bryant, F J, Chamberlain, A C, Morgan, A, and Spicer, G S}
abstractNote = {The results of /sup 90/Sr analysis of soil, grass and sheep bone from twelve stations in England and Wales are given. The /sup 90/Sr in the top 4 inches of undisturbed soil in July 1956 ranged from 1.9 to 10.0 mc/km/sup 2/, depending on the rainfall. The /sup 90/Sr activity of herbage and of sheep bone showed a wider range, samples from acid hill soils being relatively more active. Milk from Somerset had a median activity of 4.4 ..mu.. ..mu..c /sup 90/Sr/g Ca in 1956, compared with 4.1 in 1955. Human-bone specimens obtained in 1956 showed /sup 90/Sr activity depending on age. The average level in children under 5 was 0.7 ..mu.. ..mu..c /sup 90/Sr/g Ca and the average bone dose 2 mrad/year.}
doi = {10.1016/0891-3919(57)90179-1}
journal = []
volume = {6}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1957}
month = {Jan}
}