Transfer of Chernobyl fall-out caesium radioisotopes in the cow food chain

M Belli; A Drigo; S Menegon; A Menin; P Nazzi; U Sansone; M Toppano

doi:10.1016/0048-9697(89)90315-x

Transfer of Chernobyl fall-out caesium radioisotopes in the cow food chain

Sci Total Environ. 1989 Sep:85:169-77. doi: 10.1016/0048-9697(89)90315-x.

Authors

M Belli¹, A Drigo, S Menegon, A Menin, P Nazzi, U Sansone, M Toppano

Affiliation

¹ Italian Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Health Protection (ENEA-DISP/ARA-SCA) Rome.

PMID: 2814444
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(89)90315-x

Abstract

From February to October 1987 samples of milk, grass and other components of the cow diet were regularly collected and analyzed for their radiocaesium contents in 26 sampling stations in a north-eastern region of Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia). In this paper we report the feed-to-milk transfer factors for radiocaesium obtained in 13 farms of this region of Italy.

MeSH terms

Accidents*
Animal Feed / analysis*
Animals
Cattle*
Cesium Radioisotopes / analysis*
Female
Food Contamination, Radioactive / analysis*
Italy
Milk / analysis*
Nuclear Reactors*
Poaceae / analysis
Potassium Radioisotopes / analysis*
Radioactive Fallout*
Silage / analysis
Time Factors
Ukraine

Substances

Cesium Radioisotopes
Potassium Radioisotopes
Radioactive Fallout