Consequences of the Chernobyl accident for reindeer husbandry in Sweden

Large parts of the reindeer hearding area in Sweden were contaminated with radioactive caesium from the Chernobyl fallout. During the first year after the accident no food with activity concentrations exceeding 300 Bq/kg was allowed to be sold in Sweden. This meant that about 75% of all reindeer mea...

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Main Authors: Gustaf Åhman, Birgitta Åhman, Axel Rydberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1990-09-01
Series:Rangifer
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/835