Nuclear Accident Countermeasures

This report is a collation of information and experience gained from the Chernobyl accident in 1986 concerning the transfer of radionuclides, especially 137Cs and 90Sr, through food chains to humans and the ways to effectively reduce them. Accounts of measures taken in various countries following the Chernobyl accident, which at the time caused significant radioactive contamination of the environment over widely separated areas, some relatively remote from the site, are included

Examines amount of nuclear testing fallout radiation in the atmosphere and its effect on humans and agriculture, and considers measures to combat fallout and its effects. Includes HEW report, "Review of Radionuclides in the Food Chain," by James G. Terrill, Jr., June 3, 1963. (p. 71-201), v.1. Includes AEC report, "Iodine-131 in Fresh Milk and Human Thyroids Following a Single Deposition of Nuclear Test Fallout," June 1, 1963 (p. 915-1075); and Milk Industry Foundation report, "Radioactive Fallout, A Manual for the Fluid Milk Industry" (p. 1201-1267), v.2.