Modelling integrated transfer of 137Csto cows milk in the Faroe Islands, Norway and Sweden

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Abstract

The terrestrial environments in Norway, Sweden and the Faroe Islands have received radioactive debris from the nuclear weapons tests and from the Chernobyl accident 26 April 1986. This study uses the UNSCEAR model to estimate the integrated transfer coefficients of 137Cs from wet deposition to cows milk from selected sites in the three countries. The model relates the concentration of a radionuclide in a sample from a given year to the deposition rate of the radionuclide from precipitation in the given year and in the year before, and to the accumulated deposition from previous years.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationTórshavn
PublisherUniversity of the Faroe Islands. Faculty of Science and Technology
Number of pages9
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Publication series

NameNVDRit
No.8
Volume2004
ISSN (Print)1601-9741

Keywords

  • Radioactivity
  • Milk
  • Transfer
  • Integrated transfer
  • Deposition
  • Precipitation
  • Cesium
  • Fallout
  • Chernobyl
  • Time series
  • Modelling
  • UNSCEAR model
  • Faroe Islands

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