Improvements In The Assessment Of The Food- Chain Implications Of Routine Discharges Of Radioactivity To The Environment.
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
29
Pages
13
Published
1998
Size
1,279 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/ENVMAN980081
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
D.C. Pryke, C.M. Blackburn, G.D. Round & C.B. Walters
Abstract
This paper summarises the current methodology used in England for assessing the impact on the foodchain of radioactive waste discharges, the improvements currently being implemented, and describes the supporting R&D. Research on terrestrial pathways is focused on gaining a better understanding of the interception of radioactivity by crop surfaces, the dynamic behaviour of mobile contaminants and a concerted programme to improve the modelling of the uptake of radioactivity into fruit Research on aquatic pathways includes development of near-field dispersion models, gut uptake studies, and the influence of chemical processes on radionuclide uptake by sediments and colloids. T
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