Dose Estimates from Ingestion of Marine and Terrestrial Animals Harvested in the Beaufort Sea and Northwestern Alaska

Between 1993 and 1995, marine and terrestrial animal samples were collected from the Beaufort Sea and northwest Alaska. These samples were analyzed at Los Alamos National Laboratory for the presence of the anthropogenic radionuclides, {sup 90}Sr, {sup 137}Cs, {sup 238}Pu, {sup 239+240}Pu, and {sup 2...

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Main Authors: W. C. T. Inkret, M. E. Schillaci, D. W. Efurd, M. E. Ennis, M. J. Hameedi, J. M. Inkret, T. H. T. Little, G. Miller
Language:unknown
Published: 2008
Subjects:
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
WEAPONRY
AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALASKA
ANIMALS
BEAUFORT SEA
CONSUMPTION RATES
INGESTION
LANL
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
RADIOISOTOPES
Beaufort Sea
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/775833
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/775833
https://doi.org/10.2172/775833
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Summary:Between 1993 and 1995, marine and terrestrial animal samples were collected from the Beaufort Sea and northwest Alaska. These samples were analyzed at Los Alamos National Laboratory for the presence of the anthropogenic radionuclides, {sup 90}Sr, {sup 137}Cs, {sup 238}Pu, {sup 239+240}Pu, and {sup 241}Am. The measurement data were combined with food consumption rates based on survey results for populations residing in three northwest Alaskan communities and published age-dependent ingestion dose coefficients to estimate potential radiological impacts from the consumption of traditional animal foods harvested in this region. The results of this study indicate that committed equivalent doses to adults from {sup 90}Sr and {sup 137}Cs, due to consumption of traditional food sources are consistent with currently accepted estimates of average doses to adults in North America due to atmospheric nuclear weapons testing fallout.

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