Title: GROUNDWATER RADIOIODINE: PREVALENCE, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, AND POTENTIAL REMEDIAL APPROACHES
Author: Denham, M. / Kaplan, D. / Yeager, C.
Reference: Sep 2009 Savannah River National Laboratory
doi: 10.2172/965394
Keywords: Iodine-129, iodine-131,iodide, iodate, remediation,fission product, organic matter, microbiology, silver, sorption, risk assessment
Abstract: This report was prepared for the United States Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC09-08SR22470 and is an account of work performed under that contract. Neither the United States Department of Energy, nor SRNS, nor any of their employees makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of any information, apparatus, or product or process disclosed herein or represents that its use will not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, name, manufacturer or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring of same by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions or by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.
…function of time after the Chernobyl accident. Note that 131 I…that the maximum dose to the thyroid occurs. As the amount of 129…and 10 4 nCi the dose to the thyroid decreases sharply due to its…activity, does not demonstrate a thyroid dose sensitivity to the amount of radioactivity…
URL: http://sti.srs.gov/fulltext/SRNL-STI-2009-00463.pdf
Title: FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR POTASSIUM IODIDE (KI) DISTRIBUTION IN NEW YORK CITY.
Author: MOSS, STEVEN
Reference: Apr., 2005
doi: 10.2172/15016045
Keywords: PLUMES; POTASSIUM IODIDES; PUBLIC HEALTH; THYROID; NEW YORK CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; IODINE ISOTOPES; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES
Abstruct: The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Bureau of Environmental Science and Engineering, Office of Radiological Health (ORH) [as the primary local technical consultant in the event of a radiological or nuclear incident within the boundaries of New York City] requested the assistance of Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) with the development of a Feasibility Study for Potassium Iodide (KI) distribution in the unlikely event of a significant release of radioactive iodine in or near New York City. Brookhaven National Laboratory had previously provided support for New York City with the development of the radiological/nuclear portions of its All Hazards Emergency Response Plans. The work is funded by Medical and Health Research Association (MHRA) of New York City, Inc., under a work grant by the Federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for Public Health Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism. This report is part of the result of that effort. The conclusions of this report are that: (1) There is no credible radiological scenario that would prompt the need for large segments of the general population of New York City to take KI as a result of a projected plume exposure to radioiodine reaching even the lowest threshold of 5 rem to the thyroid; and (2) KI should be stockpiled in amounts and locations sufficient for use by first responders/emergency responders in response to any localized release of radioiodine.
URL:http://www.osti.gov/bridge/product.biblio.jsp?query_id=2&page=0&osti_id=15016045
Title: From the molecular characterization of iodide transporters to the prevention of radioactive iodide exposure
Author: Dayem, M. / Navarro, V. / Marsault, R. / Darcourt, J. / Lindenthal, S. / Pourcher, T.
Reference: Biochimie, 88 (11), p.1793-1806, Nov 2006
doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.07.015
Keywords: Iodide; Thyroid; Transport; Wolff-Chaikoff effect; Radiotoxicology
Abstract: …being the accident at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986. It…core at the time of the Chernobyl explosion (see the UNSCEAR…effect related to the Chernobyl accident was an unusual…in the occurrence of thyroid cancers in children from…
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300908406001593
