RE: Radioactive Deer

["MacLellan, Jay" <jay.maclellan@PNL.GOV>]

> From:	Krzesniak, Michael F 

> For some reason cannot remember what this stands for: n.o.s.

> Like in: Radioactive material, n.o.s.

> 

nos= not otherwise specified



I think it is the default value if you don't know what nuclide you are

dealing with.



Jay MacLellan, CHP

Radiation Records Manager

Radiation and Health Technology

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Phone: 509-376-7247

Fax: 509-376-2906

jay.maclellan@pnl.gov



		 -----Original Message-----

		From: 	MacLellan, Jay  

		Sent:	Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:45 PM

		To:	'radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu'

		Subject:	Radioactive Deer



		Tim Lynch and I presented the following at the HPS mid-year

in 1993.  The paper attempted to correlate elevated cesium levels in Hanford

workers with their consumption of wild game.  The samples were donated by

the hunters.  I've been thinking about this paper since the thread on the

Brookhaven "fawn" appeared.  The conclusion was that environmental

cesium-137 in wild game could result in measurable amounts in the worker

population.  It also appeared that the highest levels in game were in areas

of increased rainfall, which affected the fallout and the diet of the

animal.  



								Meat cs-137

		GAME	YEAR	LOCATION			Bq/kg (fresh

Wt.)

		Deer 	1989	Cottage Grove, OR		6.7

		Deer	1990	Lincoln Co., OR			7.1

		Deer	1989	Saltese, MT			67.3

		Elk	1989	Saltese, MT			95.8

		Bear	1989	Saltese, MT			7.5

		Moose	1990	Mt. Redoubt, AK		13.1

		Deer	1990	Cochise Co., AZ		<0.3

		Deer	1988	Big Snowy (hills), MT		2.7

		Deer	1988	Big Snowy (farms), MT		<0.14

		Deer	1988	Malta, MT			0.46

		Deer	1989	Malta, MT			0.16

		Deer	1989	Malta, MT			<0.17

		Deer	1990	Malta, MT			<0.25

		Deer	1990	Shoshone Co., ID		11.2

		Deer	1990	Asotin Co., WA			<0.9

		Deer	1990	Columbia Co, WA		<0.1

		Deer	1990	Columbia Co., WA		0.3

		Elk	1990	Ellensbury, WA			2.3

		Cougar 1990 Ferry Co., WA			33.2



		Jay MacLellan, CHP

		Radiation Records Manager

		Radiation and Health Technology

		Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

		Phone: 509-376-7247

		Fax: 509-376-2906

		jay.maclellan@pnl.gov

		

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