Radioactivity of game meat in Finland after the Chernobyl accident in 1986

Radioactive substances in game meat were studied in summer and early autumn 1986 by the Finnish Centre for Radiation and Nuclear Safety in cooperation with the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute. The concentrations of radioactive cesium and other gamma-emitting nuclides were determined on meat of moose and other cervids and also on small game in various parts of the country before or in the beginning of the hunting season. The most important radionuclides found in the samples were Cs and 1 3 Cs. In addition to these, 1 3 I was detected in the first moose meat samples in the spring, and "Ag in a part of the waterfowl samples. None of them was significant as far as the dietary intake of radionuclides is concerned. The transfer of fallout radiocesium to game meat was most efficient in the case of the arctic hare and inland waterfowl; terrestrial game birds and the brown hare belonged to the same category as moose. The nationwide mean contents of radiocesium in different types of game meat, weighted for areal distribution of both the annual game bag and deposited radiocesium, are given below together a The scientific and Finnish names of the species are given in Table I.

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