Disproportionately High Contributions of 60 Year Old Weapons-137Cs Explain the Persistence of Radioactive Contamination in Bavarian Wild Boars

F Stäger, D Zok, AK Schiller, B Feng… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Radionuclides released from nuclear accidents or explosions pose long-term threats to
ecosystem health. A prominent example is wild boar contamination in central Europe, which …

137Cs in the meat of wild boars: a comparison of the impacts of Chernobyl and Fukushima

G Steinhauser, PRJ Saey - Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear …, 2016 - Springer
The impact of Chernobyl on the 137 Cs activities found in wild boars in Europe, even in
remote locations from the NPP, has been much greater than the impact of Fukushima on …

Haematological analysis of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) in the area affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Y Urushihara, T Suzuki, Y Shimizu, M Ohtaki… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Several populations of wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) inhabit the area around
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP). To measure and control the size of these …

Characteristics of radiocesium contaminations in mushrooms after the Fukushima nuclear accident: evaluation of the food monitoring data from March 2011 to March …

B Prand-Stritzko, G Steinhauser - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
The monitoring inspection of food after the Fukushima nuclear accident (2011) was essential
for ensuring food safety in Japan and reducing the adverse health effects due to …

Radioactive caesium (134Cs and 137Cs) in mushrooms of the genus Boletus from the Reggio Emilia in Italy and Pomerania in Poland

L Cocchi, K Kluza, T Zalewska, A Apanel… - … in environmental and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Activity concentrations of 134Cs and 137Cs were determined in mushrooms of the Boletus
species B. aereus, B. reticulatus, B. appendiculatus, B. calopus, B. edulis, B. erythropus, B …

Exemplifying the “wild boar paradox”: dynamics of cesium-137 contaminations in wild boars in Germany and Japan

O Berendes, G Steinhauser - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear …, 2022 - Springer
Wild boars (Sus scrofa) are notorious for accumulating high contamination levels of 137Cs
in their meat. Publicly available data of 137Cs contamination levels in wild boars from 2011 …

Quantification of dissolved and particulate radiocesium fluxes in two rivers draining the main radioactive pollution plume in Fukushima, Japan (2013–2016)

K Osawa, Y Nonaka, T Nishimura, K Tanoi, H Matsui… - Anthropocene, 2018 - Elsevier
Radionuclides released by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
included 137 Cs (Cesium-137) and 134 Cs (Cesium-134), which were deposited on land as …

[HTML][HTML] A simple and rapid method for reducing radiocesium concentrations in wild mushrooms (Cantharellus and Boletus) in the course of cooking

G Steinhauser, V Steinhauser - Journal of food protection, 2016 - Elsevier
Many species of mushrooms are known accumulators of radioactive cesium (137 Cs and
134 Cs). Even years and decades after major nuclear accidents, especially those at …

Effects of 137Cs contamination after the TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station accident on food and habitat of wild boar in Fukushima Prefecture

Y Nemoto, H Oomachi, R Saito, R Kumada… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract After the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station
accident, wild boar was found to have greater radiocesium (137 Cs) activity concentrations …

Radiocesium concentrations and GPS-coupled dosimetry in Fukushima snakes

HC Gerke, TG Hinton, T Takase, D Anderson… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the largest releases of radioactive contamination in history occurred at Japan's
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP). Although the accident happened in 2011 …