MID-TERM RADIOECOLOGICAL AND RADIOBIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CHERNOBYL FALLOUT IN AN ALPINE ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Because of specific soil and agricultural conditions in Alpine regions, high transfer factors in agricultural areas must be considered, resulting in long term contamination of the local food products, partially still exceeding national intervention levels 8 years after the initial fallout deposition. The resulting low dose irradiation found after the Chernobyl fallout contributed to a significant increase of chromosomal aberrations in peripheral blood cells above pre-Chernobyl levels.