Document Details
Title:
FACTORS INFLUENCING STRONTIUM-90 IN MILK FROM THE BRAINERD, MINN. MILKSHED
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1968 Jul 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0073
Accession Number:
NV0016300
Originating Research Org.:
HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO INVESTIGATE CONSISTENT FARM-TO-FARM DIFFEREN CES IN THE CONCENTRATIONS OF STRONTIUM-90 FOUND IN MILK PRODUCED WITHI N A SMALL MILKSHED IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. COVERING AN 8-MONTH PERIOD, T HE STUDY INCLUDED SAMPLING OF MILK, HAY, GRAIN, SILAGE, WATER, FORAGE, SOIL, AND PRECIPITATION. THE DATA INDICATE THAT 70 TO 90 PERCENT OF T HE CATTLE"S STRONTIUM-90 INTAKE CAME FROM THE NATIVE GRASS HAY AND THA T THE FARM-TO-FARM DIFFERENCES OF STRONTIUM-90 CONCENTRATIONS IN MILK CORRESPOND TO SIMILAR DIFFERENCES OF STRONTIUM-90 CONCENTRATIONS IN TH E HAY FED. ON THE BASIS OF THE DATA OBTAINED, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO EX PLAIN WHY THE CONSISTENT DIFFERENCES IN THE NATIVE GRASS HAY EXISTED.