Published June 1977 | Version v1
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Solubility of plutonium and americium-241 from rumen contents of cattle grazing on plutonium-contaminated desert vegetation in in vitro bovine gastrointestinal fluids, November 1974--May 1975

Creators

  • 1. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV

Description

The uptake of 238Pu, 239Pu, and 241Am by cattle through ingestion of contaminated forage at the Nevada Test Site and the Rocky Flats Plant are compared. Data are included on the solubility of 239Pu and 241Am by bovine gastrointestinal fluids, the effects of particle size on the retention of sand in the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants, the tissue distribution of 238Pu, and 243Cm in lactating dairy cows, with emphasis on excretion in milk

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Uptake of transuranics by dairy cows from contaminated forage with emphasis on excretion in milk

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Environmental plutonium on the Nevada Test Site and environs
Journal Page Range
p. 121-192.
Report number
NVO--171

Conference

Title
Nevada applied ecology group plutonium and other transuranics information conference.
Dates
12 - 13 Feb 1976.
Place
Las Vegas, NV, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
9379131
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BODY FLUIDS; COWS; CURIUM 243; DISTRIBUTION; EXCRETION; FOOD CHAINS; FORAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INGESTION; MILK; NEVADA TEST SITE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RETENTION; ROCKY FLATS PLANT; SAND; SOLUBILITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TISSUES
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ANIMAL FEEDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY; CATTLE; CLEARANCE; CURIUM ISOTOPES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FOOD; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTAKE; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; MAMMALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEI; PLANTS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RUMINANTS; SIZE; US AEC; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES