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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1801-1806 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |
| Volume | 307 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 5 Sept 2015 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2016 |
Abstract
The impact of Chernobyl on the 137Cs activities found in wild boars in Europe, even in remote locations from the NPP, has been much greater than the impact of Fukushima on boars in Japan. Although there is great variability within the 137Cs concentrations throughout the wild boar populations, some boars in southern Germany in recent years exhibit higher activity concentrations (up to 10,000 Bq/kg and higher) than the highest 137Cs levels found in boars in the governmental food monitoring campaign (7900 Bq/kg) in Fukushima prefecture in Japan. The levels of radiocesium in boar appear to be more persistent than would be indicated by the constantly decreasing 137Cs inventory observed in the soil which points to a food source that is highly retentive to 137Cs contamination or to other radioecological anomalies that are not yet fully understood.
Keywords
- Cs, Chernobyl, Ecological half-life, Food safety, Foodstuff, Fukushima, Sus scrofa
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Analytical Chemistry
- Energy(all)
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Medicine(all)
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Environmental Science(all)
- Pollution
- Chemistry(all)
- Spectroscopy
- Medicine(all)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Environmental Science(all)
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 307, No. 3, 01.03.2016, p. 1801-1806.
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T1 - 137Cs in the meat of wild boars
T2 - a comparison of the impacts of Chernobyl and Fukushima
AU - Steinhauser, Georg
AU - Saey, Paul R.J.
N1 - We thank the governmental organizations in Japan, Germany and Austria for providing open and transparent access to their data. This work was supported by CDC NIOSH Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (Grant Number T42OH009229-07), and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) (Grant Number NRC-HQ-12-G-38-0044). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of any of the funding agencies.
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