Chernobyl radiocaesium in an upland sheep farm ecosystem

• Title: Chernobyl radiocaesium in an upland sheep farm ecosystem

Author: Howard, B.J. / Beresford, N.A.

Reference: British Veterinary Journal, 145 (3), p.212-219, May 1989

doi: 10.1016/0007-1935(89)90073-0

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Abstract: Following the deposition of radiocaesium from the Chernobyl accident the movement and slaughter of sheep in upland areas of west Cumbria, Scotland and Wales was restricted. Studies on the radioecology of Cs-137 and Cs-134 have been conducted at a farm within the affected area of west Cumbria since July 1986. The radiocaesium activity of upland sheep was found to decline when they were brought on to the farms’ enclosed pastures and rise when they were returned to the open fell, where the radiocaesium content of vegetation has remained higher than on the pastures.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0007193589900730

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