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Radionuclide transfer to animal products: revised recommended transfer coefficient values
- Source :
- Journal of environmental radioactivity. 100(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- A compilation has been undertaken of data which can be used to derive animal product transfer coefficients for radionuclides, including an extensive review of Russian language information. The resultant database has been used to provide recommended transfer coefficient values for a range of radionuclides to (i) cow, sheep and goat milk, (ii) meat (muscle) of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry and (iii) eggs. The values are used in a new IAEA handbook on transfer parameters which replaces that referred to as 'TRS 364'. The paper outlines the approaches and procedures used to identify and collate data, and assumptions used. There are notable differences between the TRS 364 'expected' values and the recommended values in the revised Handbook from the new database. Of the recommended values, three milk values are at least an order of magnitude higher than the TRS 364 values (Cr, Pu (cow) Pu (sheep)) and one milk value is lower (Ni (cow)). For meat, four values (Am, Cd, Sb (beef) I (pork)) are at least an order of magnitude higher than the TRS 364 values and eight values are at least an order of magnitude lower (Ru, Pu (beef), Ru, Sr, Zn (sheep), Ru, Sr (pork), Mn (poultry)). Many data gaps remain.
- Subjects :
- Russian language
Radioisotopes
Radionuclide
Meat
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Animal product
Eggs
food and beverages
General Medicine
Pollution
Animal science
Milk
Animals, Domestic
Environmental Chemistry
Animals
Cattle
Waste Management and Disposal
Food Contamination, Radioactive
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18791700
- Volume :
- 100
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of environmental radioactivity
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cb407a3d1eeeb47fc1e144757dd475bb