Abstract
Measurements of cesium from the Chernobyl accident in different environmental media are compared with respective model predictions. Especially the sub-models for the
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interception of washout by plants
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time-dependence of the contamination of grass
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transfer fodder — milk
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transfer fodder — meat are considered. Mean values and ranges of several model parameters are derived from our measurements for the post-Chernobyl situation.
These parameter ranges are used as input data for a stochastic version of the radioecological model ECOSYS and a probability function of the activity intake by man is generated. The results are compared with the distribution functions of cesium content in persons actually measured with whole body counters.
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Müller, H., Pröhl, G. (1988). Cesium Transport in Food Chains — Comparison of Model Predictions and Observations. In: Desmet, G. (eds) Reliability of Radioactive Transfer Models. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1369-1_12
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