Radionuclides in Canada goose eggs

• Main Authors: Rickard, W.H., Sweany, H.A.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: N44300* > Environmental & Earth Sciences > Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport; N44340 > Environmental & Earth Sciences > Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport > Ecosystems & Food Cycles; N48720 > Life Sciences > Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology > Animals; 510300* > Environmental Sciences; Terrestrial > Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport; *CESIUM 137 > RADIATION MONITORING; *COBALT 60 > RADIATION MONITORING; *EGGS > RADIOACTIVITY; *HAPO > RADIATION MONITORING; *MANGANESE 54 > RADIATION MONITORING; *STRONTIUM 90 > RADIATION MONITORING; *ZINC 65 > RADIATION MONITORING; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; POTASSIUM 40; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; Canada; River Islands; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4151838; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4151838

Low levels of radionuclides were measured in Canada goose eggs taken from deserted nests from Columbia River islands on the Energy Research and Development Administration's Hanford Reservation. Potassium-40, a naturally occurring radionuclide, was the most abundant radionuclide measured in egg contents and egg shell. Strontium-90 was incorporated into egg shells and cesium- 137 into inner egg contents. Manganese-54, cobalt-60, and zinc-65 were more abundant in inner egg contents than in egg shell. Cerium-144 was detected in egg shell but not in inner shell. (auth)