Radionuclides in Canada goose eggs

• Main Authors: Rickard, W. H., Sweany, H. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pacific Northwest Laboratory 1975
• Subjects: Potassium 40; N44340 > Environmental & Earth Sciences > Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport > Ecosystems & Food Cycles; *Cesium 137 > Radiation Monitoring; Environment; *Strontium 90 > Radiation Monitoring; *Zinc 65 > Radiation Monitoring; N44300* > Environmental & Earth Sciences > Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport; *Cobalt 60 > Radiation Monitoring; Birds; *Manganese 54 > Radiation Monitoring; N48720 > Life Sciences > Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology > Animals; *Eggs > Radioactivity; 510300* > Environmental Sciences; Terrestrial > Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport; *Hapo > Radiation Monitoring; Radionuclide Kinetics; Canada; River Islands; Canada Goose
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc869774/

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)