Studies of 90Sr presence in milk and commercial dairy products

Title: Studies of 90Sr presence in milk and commercial dairy products
Author: M. Kruk, J. Solecki
Reference: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry , November 2011, Volume 290, Issue 2, pp 325-332

DOI: 10.1007/s10967-011-1395-1
Keywords: 90Sr, Milk, Dairy products, Weighted effective doses
Abstract: The aim of this article was to present the studies of radiological level of some commercial dairy products in Mazovian, Kuyavian—Pomeranian and Lublin regions. They were carried out for 27 commercial dairy products such as two specimens of lean cottage cheese, three specimens of cottage cheese containing a limited percentage of fat, three specimens of fat cottage cheese, three specimens of milk containing 3.2% of fat, three specimens of milk containing 2.0% of fat, two specimens of sour cream containing 12% of fat, three specimens of sour cream containing 18% of fat, one specimen of 30% whipping cream, two specimens of homogenized (strawberry and vanilla) cheese, three specimens of hard rennet cheese, one specimen of powdered milk, one specimen of goat milk. For the given commercial dairy products there were calculated effective doses (μSv) obtained after consumption of 1 kg contaminated product for different age groups.
ＵＲＬ：http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10967-011-1395-1

Dry, wet and cumulative fallout and milk contamination in Bratislava (Czecho-Slovakia) after the Chernobyl accident Author: V. Koprda

Title: Dry, wet and cumulative fallout and milk contamination in Bratislava (Czecho-Slovakia) after the Chernobyl accident

Author: V. Koprda

Reference: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 19 November 1990, Volume 146, Issue 5, pp 323-331

DOI: 10.1007/BF02164235

Keywords: milk contamination, Slovakia

Abstract: The total γ-radioactivity of dry, wet and cumulative fallout and the radioactivity of cow milk was measured in Bratislava in the first month after the Chernobyl accident. The obtained results are in good agreement with the results of the monitoring net in Slovakia.

ＵＲＬ：http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02164235

The quality of milk in cows within polluted areas with cesium-137 and strontium-90 (Chernobyl disaster)

Title: The quality of milk in cows within polluted areas with cesium-137 and strontium-90 (Chernobyl disaster)

Author: Kalinin, Boris Nikolayevich

Reference: Moscow, 2000

Keywords: cesium-137, strontium-90, milk, cows, Klintsovsky district, Bryansk region, radioactive contamination

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to determine the dynamics of the daily excretion of cesium-137 and strontium-90 from milk cows on farms “Victory” (Pobeda) and “Dawn” (Rassvet) Klintsovsky region in Bryansk region. According to Pasternak A.D. these farms are located in the area of radioactive contamination with the level 1-5 Ci/km2 cesium-137 and 0.15-3 Ci/km2 Sr-90.

URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/kachestvo-moloka-u-korov-v-usloviyakh-zagryazneniya-territorii-tseziem-137-i-strontsiem-90-v

The evaluation of several indicators of cattle in the remote period after the Chernobyl accident

Title: The evaluation of several indicators of cattle in the remote period after the Chernobyl accident

Author:　Zarvanskaya, Svetlana Andreyevna

Reference: Moscow, 2004

Keywords: cattle, remote period after the accident, cesium-137, forage, milk

Abstract: Objective: To investigate the influence of incorporated Cs on some indicators of cows from farms of Klintsovsky Bryansk region in the remote period after the Chernobyl accident, and evaluate the effectiveness of the sorbents to reduce the transfer of Cs from forage into milk.

URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/otsenka-nekotorykh-pokazatelei-sostoyaniya-krupnogo-rogatogo-skota-v-otdalennyi-period-posle

Radiation control of meat and milk

Author:  Belopolskiy А.Е.

Reference: International bulletin of veterinary, St. Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine (St. Petersburg), 2011

ISSN: 2072-2419

DOI: 636. 085 : 616 – 001.28 / 29. 008. 6

Keywords: veterinary, 134-137cs, 90sr, soil

Abstract: Now both people and the animals who are in polluted areas, receive up to 80 % of a dose at the expense of an internal irradiation [mainly with food ] such radionuclides as caesium 134-137 and strontium 90. The greatest danger is represented by strontium 90, being an alpha- and beta – a radiator it is a source of densely ionizing radiation with the big period half-decay. Radionuclides constantly circulating and collecting in various bodies and fabrics with various intensity irradiate cages – targets, as in cases of a unitary and chronic irradiation. The obtained data testifies that in the circumstances it is necessary to conduct constantly radiating veterinarno-sanitary control over safety of products of a vegetative and animal origin not only in the markets and the processing enterprises, but also in economy. Being engaged in manufacture of forages in the polluted territories to carry out necessary agro- technical and agrochemical actions for decrease in level of radio nuclides in soil. To cultivate crops of cultures which to a lesser degree accumulate radio-nuclides. Performance of all actions should not admit hit of harmful radioactive substances in an organism of an animal, and through livestock products and plant growing in a human body.

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=16540442

Practical improvement of the radiological quality of milk produced by peasant farmers in the territories of Belarus contaminated by the Chernobyl accident: The ETHOS project

• Title: Practical improvement of the radiological quality of milk produced by peasant farmers in the territories of Belarus contaminated by the Chernobyl accident: The ETHOS project

Author: Lepicard, S. / Hériard Dubreuil, G.

Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 56 (1-2), p.241-253, Jan 2001              

doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(01)00056-X

Keywords: Consequences of the Chernobyl accident; Improvement of living conditions; Radiological quality of milk; Stakeholder involvement

Abstract: The Chernobyl post-accident situation has highlighted how the sudden emergence of persistent radioactive contamination in the environment is severely affecting the quality of life of the inhabitants in the concerned territories. The management of this situation is complex, mainly conditioned by the ability of the inhabitants themselves to be directly involved in the process of improving their living conditions.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X0100056X

The transfer of 137Cs and 90Sr to dairy cattle fed fresh herbage collected 3.5 km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

• Title: The transfer of ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr to dairy cattle fed fresh herbage collected 3.5 km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Author: Beresford, N.A. / Gashchak, S. / Lasarev, N / Arkhipov, A. / Chyorny, Y. / Astasheva, N. / Arkhipov, N. / (…) / Burov, N.

Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 47 (2), p.157-170, Jan 2000

doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00037-5

Keywords: Milk; Cattle; Radiocaesium; Radiostrontium; Bioavailability; Chernobyl exclusion zone

Abstract: A study conducted during summer 1993 to determine the bioavailability and transfer of ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr to dairy cattle from herbage collected from a pasture contaminated by particulate fallout is described. The study pasture was located 3.5 km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The true absorption coefficient (A_t) determined for ¹³⁷Cs (0.23) was considerably lower than previous estimates for radiocaesium incorporated into vegetation by root uptake.

URL:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X99000375