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TRANSPORT IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Pages 9-10

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... also estimates radionuclide concentrations of raw agricultural products, but people consume food after some handling and preparation, such as washing and removal of the outer leaves of green vegetables, peeling and cooking of potatoes, and cooking of meat products. The report does not discuss the methods or parameter values needed to estimate radionuclide concentrations of prepared foodstuffs.
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... described seems to account adequately for the fraction of this airborne release that moved beyond the fence line (see figure 22~. The other uranium releases to the environment were contained in liquid effluents consisting of 3 components: monitored plant drain discharges to the Great Miami River; surface runoff, mainly to Paddy's Run Creek; and soil seepage followed by leakage into the subsurface aquifer.
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Key Terms

  • size distribution
  • transport characteristics
  • radionuclide concentrations
  • upper layer
  • draft report

  • plume described
  • outer leaves
  • bakery products
  • uranium particles
  • monitored plant

  • rapidly attach
  • fernald dosimetry
  • radiation protection
  • transport estimates
  • predicted health

  • subsurface aquifer
  • uranium deposited
  • inhalation dynamics
  • seepage followed
  • migrates rapidly

  • airborne release
  • soil seepage
  • consume food
  • surface runoff
  • particle size

  • fence line
  • equal atmospheric
  • uranium releases
  • removed rapidly
  • plant drain


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