Beresford, NA and Wood, MD 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0635-2387
2014,
'A new simplified allometric approach for predicting the biological half-life of radionuclides in reptiles'
, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 138
, pp. 116-121.
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Abstract
A major source of uncertainty in the estimation of radiation dose to wildlife is the prediction of internal radionuclide activity concentrations. Allometric (mass-dependent) relationships describing biological half-life (T1/2b) of radionuclides in organisms can be used to predict organism activity concentrations. The establishment of allometric expressions requires experimental data which are often lacking. An approach to predict the T1/2b in homeothermic vertebrates has recently been proposed. In this paper we have adapted this to be applicable to reptiles. For Cs, Ra and Sr, over a mass range of 0.02-1.5 kg, resultant predictions were generally within a factor of 6 of reported values demonstrating that the approach can be used when measured T1/2b data are lacking. However, the effect of mass on reptilian radionuclide T1/2b is minimal. If sufficient measured data are available for a given radionuclide then it is likely that these would give a reasonable estimate of T1/2b in any reptile species.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Themes: | Energy Subjects outside of the University Themes |
| Schools: | Schools > School of Environment and Life Sciences > Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Environmental Radioactivity |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| ISSN: | 0265-931X |
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| Funders: | European Commission, University of Salford VC Scholarship |
| Depositing User: | Prof Mike Wood |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Feb 2015 10:48 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2021 18:48 |
| URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/33679 |
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