¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr in the human food chain in the Republic of Croatia

Abstract

The transfer of radionuclides from fallout to individual foods has been studied continuously in several areas in the Republic of Croatia, since 1959. Investigations focus on the long‐lived fission radionuclides: ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr. In order to estimate doses received by the Croatian population the Caesium and Strontium levels in their diets were calculated and analysed. According to the results obtained the risk to the population from ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr ingestion was highest over the 1960s and in the year of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, but the content of radionuclides in the foods were below the permissible levels.

Citation

Lokobauer, N., Franic, Z. and Bauman, A. (1996), "¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr in the human food chain in the Republic of Croatia", Environmental Management and Health, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 33-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/09566169610123087