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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 27:163-171 (1989)
© 1989 Oxford University Press

Whole-Body Counting and Dietary Surveys in Norway During the First Year After the Chernobyl Accident

P. Strand, E. Bøe, L. Berteig, T. Berthelsen, T. Strand, K. Trygg and O. Harbitz

Doses to the Norwegian population from radiocaesium in food are estimated from whole-body counting and dietary surveys. The average effective dose equivalent during the first year after the Chernobyl accident is estimated to be between 0.12 - 0.25 mSv. One quarter of the dose is due to consumption of milk. For those of the population specially vulnerable (Lapps excluded) the dose is estimated to be about 1 mSv in the first year. Almost 90% of the dose is due to consumption of reindeer meat, freshwater fish and milk. The corresponding effective dose equivalent for Lapps was estimated to be between 1 - 3 mSv in the first year. More than 90% of the dose is due to consumption of reindeer meat. Without dietary changes the Lapps would probably have received doses 7 - 10 times higher.


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