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Distribution of radionuclides in potato tubers: Implications for dose assessments

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A study of the distribution of137Cs,90Sr, Pu and Am in potato tubers has been carried out. Cesium-137 was essentially uniformly distributed throughout the tuber, whereas up to about 50% of the90Sr activity was found in the peel. Results for actinides indicated that most of the activity would be found in the peel and of this more than half would be located in the thin outemost skin. When account is taken of the form in which potatoes are consumed in the UK, the values of soil-plant transfer factors currently assumed in the NRPB model FARMLAND are reasonable for general assessment purposes.

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    N. Green, B. T. Wilkins & S. Poultney

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Green, N., Wilkins, B.T. & Poultney, S. Distribution of radionuclides in potato tubers: Implications for dose assessments. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 226, 75–78 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02063627

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