Simplified dynamic models have been developed for predicting the concentrations of radiocaesium, radiostrontium and I in surface waters and freshwater fish following a large-scale radioactive fallout. The models are intended to give averaged estimates for radionuclides in waterbodies and in fish for all times after a radioactive fallout event. The models are parameterised using empirical data c...

AIMS Different methods exist for measuring left ventricular function echocardiographically; each may be error prone due to the abnormal pattern of ventricular activation during pacing. METHODS AND RESULTS Echocardiography was undertaken on 307 patients with permanent pacemakers; a subset of 57 underwent radionuclide ventriculography. Intrinsic and paced beats were analysed for left ventricula...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate the time variation of the whole-body burden levels of Cs in a south Swedish population after the Chernobyl fallout in 1986 (1, 2) and to compare the results with data obtained from the same reference group during the 1960s and 70s (3, 4, 5), as well as with contemporary studies on other Swedish populations. Radiocaesium from the nuclear weap...

Significant differences exist in the performance of various architectural glass types subjected to simulated earthquake conditions. Controlled laboratory studies were conducted to investigate the cracking resistance and fallout resistance of different types of architectural glass installed in the same storefront and mid-rise wall systems. Quantitative data obtained from these studies are summar...

depend upon their knowledge of fallout and their skill in minimizing personal exposure during the days and weeks following. It may help us to know and understand these hazards, but the reader will also find a great deal of general scientific interest and much good reading. The book takes the form of a series of chapters. Three have been written by the editor and the rest by experts in the subje...

Sedimentary sequences in the Columbia Plateau region of the Pacific Northwest ranging in age from 16-4 Ma contain fallout tuffs whose origins lie in volcanic centers of the Yellowstone hotspot in northwestern Nevada, eastern Oregon and the Snake River Plain in Idaho. Silicic volcanism began in the region contemporaneously with early eruptions of the Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG), and the a...