Radioactivities Produced in Foods by Highenergy Electrons

Abstract

An extensive current research effort is devoted to developing radiation processing of foods. With this type of food processing it might be possible to induce radioactivities in the foods which would impair their general wholesomeness. To determine whether or not such processing represents a potential health hazard, SRI has pursued a program for the past four years to establish the levels of induced radioactivities in foods. One part was concerned specifically with radioactivities induced by the (gamma, gamma-prime) reaction in foods irradiated with gamma rays and x-rays of several energies. The other part of the program considered radioactivities induced by a variety of reactions during irradiation by high energy electrons. Phase I of this program measured the activity induced by 24-mev electrons. Phase II, reported here, extended the program to cover several foods and a wider range of energies (6 to 25 mev)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1962
Accession Number
AD0611224

Entities

People

  • H. D. Smith

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aqueous Solutions
  • Beta Counters
  • Beta Particles
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Gamma Rays
  • High Energy
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Natural Radioactivity
  • Scintillation Counters
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics