Environmental Modelling at Nottingham
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Radioiodine in cows and goats Radioiodine is a potentially important radionuclide which can be released during nuclear accidents. An especially important pathway affecting humans is transfer via milk. We have developed a number of models describing the transfer of iodine to milk and other tissues of animals. These have been applied to assess the feasibility of stable iodine administration as a countermeasure to reduce radioiodine transfer. One conclusion of this work is that whilst such a countermeasure might be effective in reducing radioiodine contamination of milk, the consequent chemical contamination of milk with stable iodine would probably be unacceptaple. This issue is explored in the goat paper given opposite. |
Crout NMJ, Voigt G (1996). Modelling the Dynamics of Radioiodine in Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science 79:254-259. [Full pre-publication paper 473kB] Crout NMJ, Beresford NA, Mayes RW, MacEachern PJ, Barnett CL, Lamb CS, Howard BJ (2000). A model of radioiodine transfer to goat milk incorporating the influence of stable iodine. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 38:59-65 |