Cerium-144 in Food

12 January 1962

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 135 (3498) , 102-103
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.135.3498.102

Abstract

Small amounts of cerium-144 have been found in samples of food and animal bone obtained from Ibaraki, Japan. The highest level of radioactivity was detected in clams (Schizimi, Corbicura sp.) harvested from Hinuma Marsh. In view of the widespread occurrence of cerium-144 in tested samples, it is assumed that the presence of this radionuclide is due to fallout.

Keywords

FOOD/CHEMISTRY

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Zinc-65 and Zirconium-95 in Food
Science, 1960
Decay of ${Ce}^{144}$
Physical Review B, 1956