Caesium 137 in meat from reindeer and grouse from Svalbard 1980
Kjos-Hanssen, B.; Rennesund, J.S.
Nordisk Veterinaermedicin 33(6-8): 371-373
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-1579 PMID: 7322876 Document Number: 172032
Concentration of 137Cs in meat from Spitsbergen (Svalbard) and mainland Norway reindeer was measured. The concentration values for Spitsbergen were of the order of 1% that of the mainland. Low precipitation rates and a different reindeer diet contributed to the low 137Cs concentration values in Svalbard. The concentration of 137Cs in Svalbard grouse did not exceed the detection limit of the measurements (.apprx. 10 pCi/kg).