Cesium in Deer

[JMUCKERHEIDE@delphi.com]

Andrew,

Re your comment  below, can you note Cs137 data in Yankee Rowe, and other
Yankee plant env report data? Do you find decay in the env report data over
the last 30 years following the cessation of above-ground weapons tests? 

Thanks.

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
jmuckerheide@delphi.com
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> A quick look in the Health Physics Journal found two studies of
> 137Cs in deer.
> 
> One study assayed 16,000 deer over the period 1965 to 1980.  (See
> "137Cs Content of Deer: Savannah River Plant vs South Carolina
> Coastal Plain Herds," Health Physics, Vol 44, No. 3 March pp.
> 272-274, 1983.)  
> 
> Another assayed 156 deer in Nov./Dec. 1979.  (See "137Cs Levels
> in Deer Following the Three Mile Island Accident," Health
> Physics, 64(6):671-674; 1993.)
> 
> Activity data for air, soil, water, and agricultural products is
> available in annual environmental surveillance reports that are
> submitted by regulation to the US NRC by each nuclear plant
> operator.  
> 
> Let me know if anyone is interested.
> 
> Andrew Hodgdon
> Yankee Atomic Electric
> hodgdon@yankee.com