TABLE Il
Factors for Converting Air Concentrations of Radioiodine
to Thyroid Dose via the Milk Pathway*

(mrem/yrper pCi/m?)
Age

I-129

Tyr

5830

4 yr

2400

14 yr

2040

Adult

2850**

*

°

1-130

I-13)

1-132

29.1

2665.

0.619

12.8

1100.

0.267

4.81

462.

3.75

379.

1-133
1

1-134

T-135

0.0624

8.30

41.3

0.0269

3.56

0.0968

16.0

0.00968

1.27

0.0747

12.3

0.00749

0.980

Assuming:

1} Grazing 365 days/yr. Factors for other grazing Seasons can
be obtained by multiplying tabulated values by fraction of
year during which cows graze.

2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
**

No other radioiodine intake by cow or person.
No decay between milking and consumption.
Consumption of 1 liter/day of milk.
All radioiodine is inorganic.

If only 2% of radioiodine is

in an inorganic form, then multiply DF's by (Z/100).

Ignoring long-term accumulation in soil, which for I-129
would add 1.3% in one year or 50% in 40 years.

Dose in first year.

Maximum dose rate after equilibrium is

reached between thyroid burden and intake rate would be 1.09

times this value.

Revised May 1976
J. K. Soldat

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