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Title: Foodstuff Survey Around a Major Nuclear Facility with Test of Satellite Image Application

Abstract

'A foodstuff survey was performed around the Savannah River Site, Aiken SC. It included a census of buildings and fields within 5 km of the boundary and determination of the locations and amounts of crops grown within 80 km of SRS center. Recent information for this region was collected on the amounts of meat, poultry, milk, and eggs produced, of deer hunted, and of sports fish caught. The locations and areas devoted to growing each crop were determined in two ways: by the usual process of assuming uniform crop distribution in each county on the basis of agricultural statistics reported by state agencies, and by analysis of two LANDSAT TM images obtained in May and September. For use with environmental radionuclide transfer and radiation dose calculation codes, locations within 80 km were defined for 64 sections by 16 sectors centered on the Site and by 16-km distance intervals from 16 km to 80 km. Most locally-raised foodstuff was distributed regionally and not retained locally for consumption. For four food crops, the amounts per section based on county agricultural statistics prorated by area were compared with the amounts per section based on satellite image analysis. The median ratios of the formermore » to the latter were 0.6 - 0.7, suggesting that the two approaches are comparable but that satellite image analysis gave consistently higher amounts. Use of satellite image analysis is recommended on the basis of these findings to obtain site-specific, as compared to area-averaged, information on crop locations in conjunction with radionuclide pathway modelling. Some improvements in technique are suggested for satellite image application to characterize additional crops.'« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
9174
Report Number(s):
WSRC-MS-99-00481
DOE Contract Number:  
AC09-96SR18500
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Health Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Health Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Radioisotopes; Food; Landsat Satellites; Aerial Surveying; Savannah River Plant; Nuclear Facilities

Citation Formats

Fledderman, P D. Foodstuff Survey Around a Major Nuclear Facility with Test of Satellite Image Application. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
Fledderman, P D. Foodstuff Survey Around a Major Nuclear Facility with Test of Satellite Image Application. United States.
Fledderman, P D. 1999. "Foodstuff Survey Around a Major Nuclear Facility with Test of Satellite Image Application". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/9174.
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title = {Foodstuff Survey Around a Major Nuclear Facility with Test of Satellite Image Application},
author = {Fledderman, P D},
abstractNote = {'A foodstuff survey was performed around the Savannah River Site, Aiken SC. It included a census of buildings and fields within 5 km of the boundary and determination of the locations and amounts of crops grown within 80 km of SRS center. Recent information for this region was collected on the amounts of meat, poultry, milk, and eggs produced, of deer hunted, and of sports fish caught. The locations and areas devoted to growing each crop were determined in two ways: by the usual process of assuming uniform crop distribution in each county on the basis of agricultural statistics reported by state agencies, and by analysis of two LANDSAT TM images obtained in May and September. For use with environmental radionuclide transfer and radiation dose calculation codes, locations within 80 km were defined for 64 sections by 16 sectors centered on the Site and by 16-km distance intervals from 16 km to 80 km. Most locally-raised foodstuff was distributed regionally and not retained locally for consumption. For four food crops, the amounts per section based on county agricultural statistics prorated by area were compared with the amounts per section based on satellite image analysis. The median ratios of the former to the latter were 0.6 - 0.7, suggesting that the two approaches are comparable but that satellite image analysis gave consistently higher amounts. Use of satellite image analysis is recommended on the basis of these findings to obtain site-specific, as compared to area-averaged, information on crop locations in conjunction with radionuclide pathway modelling. Some improvements in technique are suggested for satellite image application to characterize additional crops.'},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/9174}, journal = {Health Physics},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 1999},
month = {Fri Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 1999}
}