Published 1989 | Version v1
Book

Contamination of fish in Austria after the Chernobyl accident

  • 1. Bundesanstalt fuer Lebensmittelkontrolle und -forschung, Vienna (Austria)

Description

Since it is well known that certain fish species can accumulate radionuclides, in particular radiocesium, a surveillance program was started after the contamination of Austrian territory by fallout from the Chernobyl accident. The number of samples available was rather small, but it was found that contamination of fish dependend upon the extent of local contamination, species of fish and type of lake. The results of the surveillance are discussed. Some remarks will be made on attempts to derive a single transfer factor for 'fish'. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Verl. TUEV Rheinland.
Imprint Place
Koeln (Germany, F.R.)
ISBN
3-88585-668-9
Imprint Title
The radioecology of natural and artificial radionuclides
Imprint Pagination
609 p.
Series
Publication series: Progress in radiation protection.
Journal Page Range
p. 344-349.

Conference

Title
15. regional congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) on the radioecology of natural and artificial radionuclides.
Dates
10-14 Sep 1989.
Place
Visby (Sweden).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
FS--89-48-T.