Biological elimination rates of radioisotopes by mallards contaminated at a liquid radioactive waste disposal area.

Abstract:

:The biological elimination of nine gamma-emitting radioisotopes was studied in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) which were released onto liquid radioactive waste pounds in southeastern Idaho. After 68, 75 or 145 days, the ducks were removed from the contaminated environment and placed in metabolic cages. Whole-body and feces-urine counts were made for 51 days and then the ducks were sacrificed and dissected for tissue analyses. The biological elimination of radioisotopes were fit to two compartment models using non-linear least squares estimation. Fecal-urine data substantiated two-compartment elimination of all radionuclides. Biological half-lives in mallards were 10 days (131I), 22 days (140Ba), 86 days (51Cr), 32 days (58Co), 26 days (75Se), 67 days (65Zn), 10 days (134Cs), 67 days (60Co) and 11 days (137Cs). Body burdens in ducks were at 90% of equilibrium with the radioactive waste pond water at the time of removal from the waste ponds. Tissue distribution of radionuclides on the day of removal from the ponds showed gut to have the highest concentrations followed by feather, liver and muscle. After 51 days in metabolic cages, feather had the greatest radionuclide concentrations followed by liver, muscle and gut. Liver contained the greatest variety of radionuclides and muscle the smallest. Biological elimination rates for the major dose-contributing nuclides (134Cs and 137Cs) to humans consuming contaminated waterfowl tissue indicate that the dose to man could be reduced substantially due to the rapid elimination of these radionuclides by mallards. Contaminated waterfowl would receive most of the internal dose in the first month after leaving the contaminated environment indicating that long-term doses would be inconsequential.

journal_name

Health Phys

journal_title

Health physics

authors

Halford DK,Markham OD,White GC

doi

10.1097/00004032-198309000-00016

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1983-09-01 00:00:00

pages

745-56

issue

3

eissn

0017-9078

issn

1538-5159

journal_volume

45

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