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[en] One of the major pathways of radiological exposure to man from uranium milling operations is through the terrestrial food chain. Studies by various investigators have shown the extent of uptake and distribution of U-238, U-234, Th-230, Ra-226, Pb-210, and Po-210 in plants and animals. These long-lived natural radioisotopes, all nuclides of the uranium decay series, are found in concentrated amounts in uranium mill tailings. Data from these investigations are used to estimate the dose to man from consumption of beef and milk contaminated by the tailings. This dose estimate from this technologically enhanced source is compared with that from average normal dietary intake of these radionuclides from natural sources
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Jan 1982; 33 p; Available from NTIS., PC A03/MF A01 as DE82008718
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CATTLE, COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION, ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY, FEED MATERIALS PLANTS, FOOD CHAINS, HUMAN POPULATIONS, LEAD 210, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, MEAT, MILK, ORE PROCESSING, POLONIUM 210, RADIATION DOSES, RADIATION HAZARDS, RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION, RADIUM 226, SOLID WASTES, TAILINGS, THORIUM 230, UPTAKE, URANIUM 234, URANIUM 238
ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, ANIMALS, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS, BODY FLUIDS, DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, FOOD, HAZARDS, HEALTH HAZARDS, HEAVY NUCLEI, INDUSTRIAL PLANTS, ISOTOPES, LEAD ISOTOPES, MAMMALS, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, NUCLEI, POLONIUM ISOTOPES, POPULATIONS, RADIOISOTOPES, RADIUM ISOTOPES, RUMINANTS, SIMULATION, THORIUM ISOTOPES, URANIUM ISOTOPES, VERTEBRATES, WASTES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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