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APPENDIX
Table Al. Summaryof literature values for alimentary tract absorption fraction (f,) of key fallout radionuclides in
various ingested forms and experimental conditions.
Ingested form

A

Comments

References

Literature information, based on

1.0

Adopted value for workers

ICRP 1979, 1989,

0.90

Hardy et al. 1965

0.82 (0.73—0.84)*

Only one human subject
investigated, chronic intakes
5 human subjects investigated

0.31 (0.29-0.36)"

3 human subjects investigated

0.89 (0.87-0.90)*
0.99
0.78 (0.1-0.4)"

4 human subjects investigated
2 human subjects investigated
10 human subjects
investigated, chronic intakes
6 humansubjects investigated,
chronic intakes
3 human subjects investigated

Iodine (D
ingestion from aqueous solution,
milk and incorporated in
foodstuffs
Cesium (Cs)
Contaminated food items from
Rongelap, Marshall Islands
Cg + carrier in silicate form,

simulated distant fallout
particles (see Table 3)
'“Cs carrier free in microspheres,
simulated local fallout particles
(see Table 3)
'Cs in chloride solution
87Cs and '°Cs, carrier free

'S7Cs incorporated in venison meat
'87Cs incorporated in shellfish from
the Irish Sea
'87Cs incorporated in food and
Cs in chloride form
Typical literature information for
various animal species
Literature information on various

physico-chemical forms

Strontium (Sr)
Sr in bicarbonate form
Sr in silicate form
Sr in diet and milk
Contaminated food items from the

Marshall Islands (Rongelap)

0.23 (0.1-0.4)"
0.98
0.57
0.78

0.27
1.0

0.10
0.15
0.26 (0.09-0.48)"
0.30

(acute intakes) and the
general public (chronic
intakes)

1996; U.S. EPA
1988; Kendall et
al. 1988 (NEA)

LeRoyet al. 1966

Tinumaet al. 1971

Henrichset al. 1989
Huntet al. 1998
Raaf et al. 2004

Reindeer
Mule deer
Lab mouse
Adopted value by various
organizations for workers
and members of the public

NCRP 2006

Animal studies

Hamilton 1944

4 human subjects investigated,
chronic intakes
1 U.S. subject investigated, f;
was calculated from intake

Fujita 1965

ICRP 1979, 1989,
1996; U.S. EPA
1988; Kendall et

al. 1988 (NEA)

Hardy et al. 1965

and excretion, chronic

Sr + carrier in oxide form
incorporated in particles to
simulate distant locations (see
Table 3)
Sr carrier free in oxide form
incorporated in glass
micro-spheres to simulate local
fallout (see Table 3)
Sr in chloride solution
Contaminated food

0.23 (0.07-0.47)*

intakes
9 human volunteers in two
groups fed different levels
of activity

0.16 (0.06—0.25)"

5 human subjects investigated

0.17 (0.08—0.34)*

11 human subjects
investigated
10 adult humans on high Ca

0.17

diet, chronic intakes

Literature information on various

0.3
0.01

Literature information on various

0.30

ingested forms

ingested forms

Barium (Ba)
3Ba in local fallout simulated
particles
'3Ba in distant locations simulated
particles
Literature information on diet
Literature data on Ra

For all compounds
For SrTiO, acute intakes
(workers)
Based on upper limit of
soluble forms of Sr, chronic

intakes (general public)

0.01

LeRoyet al. 1966

Spenceret al. 1963
ICRP 1979; U.S.
EPA 1988
ICRP 1989, 1993,
1996; Kendall et

al. 1988 (NEA)

Ingested by 4 humans subjects

LeRoyet al. 1966

Adopted for workers (acute
intakes)
Based on Ra absorption,
adopted for the public
(chronic intakes)

ICRP 1980

0.06
0.10
0.20

ICRP 1993, 1996

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