Author:
Amaral E.C.S.,Carvalho Z.L.,Godoy J.M.
Abstract
Abstract
The Pocos de Caldas plateau, where the Brazilian uranium mine and mill facilities are located, is a natural high radioactivity region. A study has been carried out in order to assess the environmental transport of the natural radionuclides in the region. The present work is concerned with the transfer of 226Ra and 210Pb to forage and milk. Similar concentrations for both radionuclides were found in soil samples. In forage 210Pb concentrations are one order of magnitude higher than those of 226Ra, however, the milk samples presented higher values for 226Ra concentrations. The average forage to milk concentration factors are of the order of 10-4 d.l-1 for 226Ra and 10-5 d.l-1 for 210Pb. Regarding transfer mechanisms, the results suggest the foliar deposition as the main pathway for 210Pb uptake by the forage. In contrast, for 226Ra the root uptake appears as the main transfer pathway.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine,Radiation,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Cited by
13 articles.
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