[Prediction of 137Cs accumulation in animal products in the territory of Semipalatinsk test site]

Radiats Biol Radioecol. 2005 Jul-Aug;45(4):480-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The paper describes mathematical models for 137Cs behavior in the organism of horses and sheep pasturing on the bording area to the testing area "Ground Zero" of the Semipalatinsk Test Site. The models are parameterized on the base of the data from an experiment with the breeds of animals now commonly encountered within the Semipalatinsk Test Site. The predictive calculations with the models devised have shown that 137Cs concentrations in milk of horses and sheep pasturingon the testing area to "Ground Zero" can exceed the adopted standards during a long period of time.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Agriculture*
  • Animals
  • Cesium Radioisotopes / pharmacokinetics
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Female
  • Food Contamination, Radioactive / analysis*
  • Horses / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Milk / chemistry
  • Milk / metabolism*
  • Models, Biological
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Radioactive Pollutants / pharmacokinetics*
  • Russia
  • Sheep / metabolism*

Substances

  • Cesium Radioisotopes
  • Radioactive Pollutants