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dc.contributor.authorToal, Mark Een_UK
dc.contributor.authorCopplestone, Daviden_UK
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Michael Sen_UK
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Duncanen_UK
dc.contributor.authorJones, Steve Ren_UK
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-10T10:46:33Z-
dc.date.available2012-08-10T10:46:33Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2002en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/7393-
dc.description.abstractRadiocaesium (137Cs) activity concentrations and aggregated transfer factors (Tag values) were calculated for vascular plants, fungal fruiting bodies and invertebrates in a semi-natural Picea sitchensis woodland (Lady Wood) adjacent to the British Nuclear Fuels plc. reprocessing facility at Sellafield, Cumbria, UK. The Tag values for vascular plants ranged from 7.1×10−4–1.9×10−2 m2 kg−1, the maximum value being for Pteridium aquilinum. Fungal fruiting bodies had higher Tag values (1.9×10−3–1.8×10−1 m2 kg−1) than vascular plants, with a maximum value for Mycena galericulata. None of the activity concentrations for edible foodstuffs collected within this study (fungi and berries) exceeded the EC recommended limits of 137Cs in foodstuffs grown within the UK. The invertebrate community sampled during the study had Tag values ranging from 3.4×10−4 to 1.3×10−2 m2 kg−1. There were no systematic differences in 137Cs activity concentration between invertebrate guilds, or between seasonal cohorts within guilds. The invertebrates in Lady Wood were exposed to a dose from 137Cs (internal gamma + beta and external gamma) ranging between 4.37×10−4 and 6.40×10−4 mGy day−1. Including dose from radionuclides other than 137Cs and accounting for uncertainties due to the relative biological effectiveness of differing radionuclides could increase total dose by approximately an order of magnitude. These dose rates are at least three orders of magnitude lower than the 1 mGy d−1 level at which harm may be caused to terrestrial biota, hence the risk to the invertebrate community from the effects of ionising radiation in Lady Wood is low.en_UK
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dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.relationToal ME, Copplestone D, Johnson MS, Jackson D & Jones SR (2002) Quantifying Cs-137 aggregated transfer coefficients in a semi-natural woodland ecosystem adjacent to a nuclear reprocessing facility. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 63 (1), pp. 85-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0265-931X%2802%2900018-8en_UK
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dc.subjectradiocaesiumen_UK
dc.subjectfungien_UK
dc.subjectinvertebratesen_UK
dc.subjecttransfer factors doseen_UK
dc.titleQuantifying Cs-137 aggregated transfer coefficients in a semi-natural woodland ecosystem adjacent to a nuclear reprocessing facilityen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00018-8en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Environmental Radioactivityen_UK
dc.citation.issn0265-931Xen_UK
dc.citation.volume63en_UK
dc.citation.issue1en_UK
dc.citation.spage85en_UK
dc.citation.epage103en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
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dc.author.emaildavid.copplestone@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationEnviros Quantiscien_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationWestlakes Scientific Consulting Ltden_UK
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dc.identifier.wtid779696en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-1468-9545en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2002-12-31en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2012-08-10en_UK
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local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
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