| Title |
137Cs in the meat of wild boars: a comparison of the impacts of Chernobyl and Fukushima
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10967-015-4417-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Georg Steinhauser, Paul R. J. Saey |
| Abstract |
The impact of Chernobyl on the (137)Cs 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 (137)Cs 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 (137)Cs 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 (137)Cs inventory observed in the soil which points to a food source that is highly retentive to (137)Cs contamination or to other radioecological anomalies that are not yet fully understood. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| China | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 92% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 51 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 13 | 25% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 18% |
| Engineering | 7 | 14% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 16 | 31% |
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