title: 137Cs in the meat of wild boars: a comparison of the impacts of Chernobyl and Fukushima.
abstract: The impact of Chernobyl on the137Cs activities found in wild boars in Europe, even in remote locations from the NPP, has been much greater than the impact of Fukushima on boars in Japan. Although there is great variability within the137Cs concentrations throughout the wild boar populations, some boars in southern Germany in recent years exhibit higher activity concentrations (up to 10,000 Bq/kg and higher) than the highest137Cs levels found in boars in the governmental food monitoring campaign (7900 Bq/kg) in Fukushima prefecture in Japan. The levels of radiocesium in boar appear to be more persistent than would be indicated by the constantly decreasing137Cs inventory observed in the soil which points to a food source that is highly retentive to137Cs contamination or to other radioecological anomalies that are not yet fully understood.
authors.affiliation: Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, 1618 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA ; Institute of Radioecology and Radiation Protection, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Straße 2, 30419 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steinhauser
authors.affiliation: Vienna University of Technology, Atominstitut, Stadionallee 2, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Paul R J
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Saey
keywords: 137Cs; Chernobyl; Ecological half-life; Food safety; Foodstuff; Fukushima; Sus scrofa