Radiocaesium Transfer to Grazing Sheep in Nordic Environments

Knut Hove; Hans  Lönsjö; Inger  Andersson; Ritta  Sormunen-Cristian; Hanne Solheim Hansen; Kári Indridason; Hans Pauli Joensen; Vappu Kossila; Andrew Liken; Sigurður M. Magnússon; Sven P.  Nielsen; Arja Paasikallio; Sigurður E. Pálsson; Klas Rosén; Tone Selnes; Per Strand; Jóhann Thorsson; Trygvi Vestergaard

doi:10.1016/S0166-1116(08)71711-4

Radiocaesium Transfer to Grazing Sheep in Nordic Environments

Knut Hove, Hans Lönsjö, Inger Andersson, Ritta Sormunen-Cristian, Hanne Solheim Hansen, Kári Indridason, Hans Pauli Joensen, Vappu Kossila, Andrew Liken, Sigurður M. Magnússon, Sven P. Nielsen, Arja Paasikallio, Sigurður E. Pálsson, Klas Rosén, Tone Selnes, Per Strand, Jóhann Thorsson, Trygvi Vestergaard

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Abstract

Radiocaesium transfer in the soil-herbage-lamb food chain was assessed in a four-year trial conducted in sheep production locations of the Nordic countries. Radiocaesium contamination of the topsoil ranged from 3 to 30 kBq m−2 and was predominantly of Chernobyl origin in Finland, Norway, and Sweden, whereas in Iceland 137Cs was primarily of nuclear weapons test origin, and in Denmark and the Faroe Island contamination was derived from both sources.

Soil-to-herbage radiocaesium transfer factors were high on the organic and acidic soils of the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, averaging 18–82 Bq 137Cs kg−1 herbage on a soil deposition of 1 kBq 137Cs m−2, and much lower on the sandy soils of Denmark and clay soils in Finland (0.4–0.8).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nordic Radioecology
Subtitle of host publication	The transfer of radionuclides through Nordic ecosystems to man
Editors	Henning Dahlgaard
Publisher	Elsevier
Chapter	3.6
Pages	211-227
ISBN (Print)	0-444-81617-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-1116(08)71711-4
Publication status	Published - 1994

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Name	Studies in Environmental Science
Publisher	Elsevier
Volume	62

Keywords

Radiocaesium Transfer
Sheep
Nordic Environment
Faroe Islands
Transfer

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Hove, K., Lönsjö, H., Andersson, I., Sormunen-Cristian, R., Solheim Hansen, H., Indridason, K., Joensen, H. P., Kossila, V., Liken, A., Magnússon, S. M., Nielsen, S. P., Paasikallio, A., Pálsson, S. E., Rosén, K., Selnes, T., Strand, P., Thorsson, J., & Vestergaard, T. (1994). Radiocaesium Transfer to Grazing Sheep in Nordic Environments. In H. Dahlgaard (Ed.), Nordic Radioecology: The transfer of radionuclides through Nordic ecosystems to man (pp. 211-227). (Studies in Environmental Science; Vol. 62). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-1116(08)71711-4

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Hove, K, Lönsjö, H, Andersson, I, Sormunen-Cristian, R, Solheim Hansen, H, Indridason, K, Joensen, HP, Kossila, V, Liken, A, Magnússon, SM, Nielsen, SP, Paasikallio, A, Pálsson, SE, Rosén, K, Selnes, T, Strand, P, Thorsson, J & Vestergaard, T 1994, Radiocaesium Transfer to Grazing Sheep in Nordic Environments. in H Dahlgaard (ed.), Nordic Radioecology: The transfer of radionuclides through Nordic ecosystems to man. Studies in Environmental Science, vol. 62, Elsevier, pp. 211-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-1116(08)71711-4

Radiocaesium Transfer to Grazing Sheep in Nordic Environments. / Hove, Knut; Lönsjö, Hans ; Andersson, Inger et al.
Nordic Radioecology: The transfer of radionuclides through Nordic ecosystems to man. ed. / Henning Dahlgaard. Elsevier, 1994. p. 211-227 (Studies in Environmental Science; Vol. 62).

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