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Radionuclides in the Food Chain

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. John H. Harley

    1. Hoboken, USA

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  2. Gail D. Schmidt

    1. US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockville, USA
      Potomac, USA

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  3. Giovanni Silini

    1. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria

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Table of contents (34 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Post-Chernobyl View

      • M. Zifferero
      Pages 3-9

    3. Structural Problems in Large-Scale Crisis-Management Systems

      • B. SegerstÃ¥hl
      Pages 10-21

    4. Links in the Transmission of Radionuclides Through Food Chains

      • E. E. Pochin
      Pages 22-31

  3. Fundamental Information

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation

      • G. Silini
      Pages 35-44

    3. Assessment of Dose From Man-Made Sources

      • W. Jacobi
      Pages 45-57

    4. Naturally Occurring Sources of Radioactive Contamination

      • J. H. Harley
      Pages 58-71

    5. International Recommendations on Radiation Protection

      • B. Lindell
      Pages 72-83

  4. Environmental Pathways Critical to Humans

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Airborne Contamination

      • Yu. A. Izrael, V. N. Petrov
      Pages 87-98

    3. Radionuclides in the Aquatic Environment

      • R. J. Pentreath
      Pages 99-119

    4. Soil-Borne Radionuclides

      • Y. Yamamoto
      Pages 120-132

    5. Effect of Local Conditions on Coefficient of Radionuclide Transfer Through Food Chains

      • R. M. Barkhudarov, V. A. Knizhnikov, N. Y. Novikova, E. V. Petukhova
      Pages 133-135

    6. Long-Lived Man-Made Radionuclides in the Soil—Plant System

      • F. A. Tikhomirov
      Pages 136-144

  5. Consequences of Radionuclide Release to Health, Safety, and the Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Experience at Windscale—1957

      • H. J. Dunster
      Pages 147-156

    3. The Accident at Three Mile Island—1979

      • T. M. Gerusky
      Pages 157-171

    4. Food-Chain Contamination From Testing Nuclear Devices

      • M. W. Carter, L. Hanley
      Pages 172-194
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The Symposium on Radionuclides in the Food Chain, sponsored by the Interna­ tional Life Sciences Institute in association with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, was intended to bring together policymakers and other representatives of the food industry with radiation experts involved in measuring and assessing radioactivity in foodstuffs. The symposium was made timely by the problems arising from the nuclear reactor accident at Chernobyl, in the USSR, which brought out the lack of international agreement on guidance for responding to such radionuclide contamination of food and foodstuffs. The presentations by the radiation experts covered the sources of radionu­ clides-natural radioactivity, fallout from nuclear weapons tests, routine releases from nuclear facilities, and various nuclear accidents. The speakers represented a broad distribution in both scientific disciplines and international geographic origin. They summarized the available data on measurements and indicated the current procedures for assessing radiation exposure. It was hoped that the food industry representatives would bring out the problems posed to industry and governments by the presence of radioactivity in food.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Hoboken, USA

    John H. Harley

  • US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockville, USA

    Gail D. Schmidt

  • Potomac, USA

    Gail D. Schmidt

  • United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria

    Giovanni Silini

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