Transfer of 137Cs to Milk and Meat in Hungary from Chernobyl Fallout With Comparisons of Worldwide Fallout in the 1960s
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Health Physics
- Vol. 57 (4) , 587-592
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-198910000-00010
Abstract
Transfer coefficients for 137Cs from the Chernobyl accident were determined for milk (Fm} and meat (Ff) of cows and sheep in Hungary. Fm and Ff far both cows and sheep fed forage harvested within 1 mo of the accident were lower than results reported for worldwide fallout from weapons tests. Forage harvested 60 d or later after the accident produced an Fm similar to results from feeding soluble 134Cs. The results are interpreted to indicate three distinct categories of Fm about 2.0 × 10−3, 4.0 × 10−3 and 1.4 × 10−2 d L−1, respectively, for Chernobyl fallout, worldwide fallout and soluble Cs isotopes or 137Cs contained in plants from soil uptake.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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