[ RadSafe ] re: fish near nuke plant contain Sr-90

[Mccormick, Luke I]

In 1965 that part of the country had Sr-90 deposits in the range of 80
millicuries per square kilometer from fallout.
In 1982 the average New York City diet was around 5 picocuries per day. Add
a half life and expect it to be about 2.5 pCi/day now. these numbers are
from Environmental Radioactivity by Eisenbud (my prized signed edition)
Luke

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Subject:    RE: [ RadSafe ] re:  fish near nuke plant contain Sr-90
Author:     radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
Date:       1/16/2007 2:39 PM




       Sr-90 mimics calcium in the system. Maybe the fish got the
       Sr-90 in its
       system third or fourth hand. Who knows. I know Sr-90 does not
       occur
       naturally, so it had to be introduced into the food matrix
       artificially.
       That is obvious. But with a half-life of 29+ years, and the
       distance
       some fish cover in their respective lifetimes, the Sr-90 could
       have come
       from just about anywhere. Just because the fish was caught one
       place
       doesn't mean that's anywhere near where it came into contact
       with the
       radio-isotope.

       Floyd W. FlaniganB.S.Nuc.h.p.

       -----Original Message-----
       From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
       [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
       Behalf Of Pete_Bailey at fpl.com
       Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:00 PM
       To: radsafe at radlab.nl
       Subject: [ RadSafe ] re: fish near nuke plant contain Sr-90


       ummm, do those fish eat baby teeth ?

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