Environmental Modelling at Nottingham
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Radiostrontium in goats Radiostrontium 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 strontium to the milk of dairy goats. These have been applied to assess the interation between dietary calcium and radiostrontium 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, Beresford NA, Howard BJ, Mayes RW, Hansen HS. (1998) A Model of Radiostrontium Transfer in Dairy Goats Based on Calcium Metabolism. J. Dairy Science, 81:92-99. |