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Compilation of selected marine radioecological data for the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program: Summaries of available radioecological concentration factors and biological half-lives

Gomez, L.S.; Marietta, M.G.; Jackson, D.W.

The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program has updated an extensive objective concentration factor and biological half-life data base from the international marine radioecological literature. A microcomputer-based data management system has been implemented to provide statistical and graphic summaries of these data. The data base is constructed in a manner which allows subsets to be sorted using a number of interstudy variables such as organism category, tissue/organ category, geographic location (for in situ studies), and several laboratory-related conditions (e.g., exposure time and exposure concentrator). This report updates earlier reviews, and provides summaries of the tabulated data. In addition to the concentration factor/biological half-life data base, we provide an outline of other published marine radioecological works. Our goal is to present these data in a form that enables those concerned with predictive assessment of radiation dose in the marine environment to make a more judicious selection of data for a given application. 588 refs., 18 figs., 3 tabs.