An international database of radionuclide concentration ratios for wildlife: Development and uses

Citation

Copplestone D, Beresford NA, Brown J & Yankovich TL (2013) An international database of radionuclide concentration ratios for wildlife: Development and uses. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 126, pp. 288-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.05.007

Abstract
A key element of most systems for assessing the impact of radionuclides on the environment is a means to estimate the transfer of radionuclides to organisms. To facilitate this, an international wildlife transfer database has been developed to provide an online, searchable compilation of transfer parameters in the form of equilibrium-based whole-organism to media concentration ratios. This paper describes the derivation of the wildlife transfer database, the key data sources it contains and highlights the applications for the data.

Keywords
Equilibrium concentration ratios; Radionuclide transfer; Environmental protection; Wildlife dose assessment models

Journal
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: Volume 126