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Chernobyl fallout: measurements in Cambridge
Author(s) -
PALMER K. E.,
SZAZ K. F.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
nutrition bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1467-3010
pISSN - 1471-9827
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-3010.1987.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - caesium , radioactive fallout , radioactive contamination , chernobyl nuclear accident , environmental science , iodine , radiation exposure , environmental radioactivity , nuclear medicine , radiation dose , contamination , fukushima nuclear accident , radiation monitoring , environmental health , radiochemistry , radionuclide , zoology , medicine , environmental protection , nuclear power plant , physics , chemistry , biology , nuclear physics , ecology , organic chemistry
Summary Following the Chernobyl accident, gamma‐ray measurements were made on environmental samples, water, milk and on people. Iodine 131, caesium 134 and caesium 137 contamination was identified, activities were estimated and radiation doses calculated. Slight, but temporary increases in 131 I were observed in grass, milk and in the human body. Increased 137 Cs was very much less than that observed in the nuclear test fall out era of 1963. Total exposure of Cambridge residents due to the Chernobyl accident was estimated as equivalent to 3 days background radiation.