Progress Report in Postattack Ecology

Abstract

Laboratory and field studies have been underway for two years at ORNL on movement of fallout simulant and Cs-137 through plants, animals, soil, and water. Gamma and beta doses to organisms varied with time and location. Simulant interception, retention, and weathering on plants varied with simulant size, species, and weather. CS-137 transfers to fescue and cotton rats are reported. Radiation effects in animals depended on species, life stage, fertility rates, dose rate, and dose.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0715881

Entities

People

  • D. D. Gregoria
  • Gladys J. Dodson
  • P. B. Dunaway
  • R. C. Dahlman
  • S. I. Auerbach

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cells
  • Civil Defense
  • Civil Engineering
  • Ecology
  • Fungi
  • Health Services
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Particle Size
  • Plants
  • Radiation Effects
  • Radioactivity
  • Scintillation Counters
  • Surveys
  • Vegetables

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.