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  • Title: [Regularities of changes in 137Cs content in milk in the long term after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident].
    Author: Fesenko SV, Pakhomov AIu, Pasternak AD, Goriainov VA, Fesenko GA, Panov AV.
    Journal: Radiats Biol Radioecol; 2004; 44(3):336-45. PubMed ID: 15287266.
    Abstract:
    Regularities of changes in 137Cs content in cattle milk in the long term after the Chernobyl accident have been analyzed. Contamination levels of haylands and pastures, soil properties, specific features of agricultural production and time after the fallout play a crucial role in 137Cs concentration changes in animal products. Trends have been studied that reflect the influence of these factors and their significance assessed. The half-life periods of 137Cs decay in milk vary over the period of 1994 to 2000 between 7.1 and 14.8 years and approach similar periods calculated for the long term after global radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests.
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