First Quarter 2007
INL Quarterly Site Environmental Report
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Another potential pathway for contaminants to reach humans is through the food chain. The ESER Program samples multiple agricultural products and game animals from around the INL Site and Southeast Idaho. Specifically, milk, wheat, potatoes, garden lettuce, big game, and waterfowl are sampled. Milk is sampled throughout the year and large game animals are sampled whenever large game are killed onsite from vehicle collisions. Lettuce and wheat are sampled during the third quarter, while potatoes are collected during the fourth quarter. Waterfowl are collected in either the third or fourth quarter. See Table A-1, Appendix A, for more details on agricultural product and wildlife sampling. This section discusses results from milk and large game animals sampled during the first quarter of 2007.
Milk samples were collected weekly in Ucon and monthly at eight other locations around the INL Site (Figure 11) during the first quarter of 2007. All samples were analyzed for gamma emitting radionuclides. Samples are analyzed for 90Sr and tritium during the second and fourth quarters.
No Iodine-131 or other manmade radionuclides were detected in any sample.
Data for 131I and 137Cs in milk samples are listed in
Appendix C, Table C-7
No large game animals were available for sampling during the first quarter of 2007.