Radionuclides in the Food Chain

1. Front Matter

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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. Segerståhl

      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

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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

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.

• Europe
• environment
• food
• health
• intervention
• risk assessment
• water
• water quality and water pollution
• air pollution and air quality

• 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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