Published 1990 | Version v1
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Radiocaesium activity in sheep: variation within flocks and with time

Creators

  • 1. Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Belfast (UK)
  • 2. Queen's Univ., Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK). Dept. of Food and Agricultural Chemistry
  • 3. Nuclear Energy Board, Dublin (Ireland)

Description

The radiocaesium levels in sheep, assessed by in vivo monitoring, increased rapidly and in a parallel manner in both lambs and ewes grazing upland pasture in Ireland known to be contaminated with post-Chernobyl fallout for at least 10 weeks after the animals were moved on to this pasture. Considerable variability was noted in the individual animal radiocaesium values within all the flocks studied. A comparison of the radiocaesium contents of some flocks in 1987, 1988 and 1989 show similar values for the different years. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Elsevier Applied Science.
Imprint Place
London (UK)
ISBN
1-85166-539-0
Imprint Title
Transfer of radionuclides in natural and semi-natural environments
Imprint Pagination
707 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 355-365.

Conference

Title
Workshop on the transfer of radionuclides in natural and semi-natural environments.
Dates
11-15 Sep 1989.
Place
Udine (Italy).

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
22055138
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; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AGE DEPENDENCE; CESIUM; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; FALLOUT; FOOD CHAINS; IRELAND; PASTURES; RADIATION MONITORING; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SHEEP; TEMPORAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; WASHOUT
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ALKALI METALS; ANIMALS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MAMMALS; METALS; MONITORING; POWER REACTORS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; REACTORS; RUMINANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; VERTEBRATES; WATER COOLED REACTORS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract MAFF 663
Secondary number(s)
EUR--12448.