Published June 1979
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Journal article
137Cs and 40K in the flesh of fish of the Indian Ocean and the Straits of Malacca
Description
The flesh of fish obtained from fishing industries based in Penang was dried and analyses for 137Cs and 40K concentration by gamma-ray spectrometry. Results for tuna, bluefin, round scad, prawns and anchovy are listed. Values of 137Cs concentration in the larger fish were very similar, about 9pCi/wet kg. 40K values varied between 0.6 and 3.9 nCi/wet kg with an average of 3.1 +- 0.3 nCi/wet kg for tuna. Results are compared with those reported for fish caught in other areas. The highest value of 137Cs activity found represents less than 0.4% of the value determined for natural 40K. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Health Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Health Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 723-724
- ISSN
- 0017-9078
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 10487297
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CESIUM 137; FISHES; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; INDIAN OCEAN; MALAYSIA; POTASSIUM 40; TISSUES
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ASIA; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAS; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE WATERS; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES