Background exposure rates of terrestrial wildlife in England and
Wales Beresford, NA, Barnett, CL, Jones, DG, Wood, MD, Appleton,
JD, Breward, N and Copplestone, D 2008, 'Background exposure
rates of terrestrial wildlife in England and Wales' , Journal of
Environmental Radioactivity, 99 (9) , pp. 1430-1439. |PDF -
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(578kB) | Request a copy It has been suggested that, when
assessing radiation impacts on non-human biota, estimated dose
rates due to anthropogenically released radionuclides should be
put in context by comparison to dose rates from natural
background radiation. In order to make these comparisons, we
need data on the activity concentrations of naturally occurring
radionuclides in environmental media and organisms of interest.
This paper presents the results of a study to determine the
exposure of terrestrial organisms in England and Wales to
naturally occurring radionuclides, specifically 40K, 238U series
and 232Th series radionuclides