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. 2022 Oct 29;29(58):88359–88368. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-23707-0

Table 7.

Geometric means of 137Cs aggregated transfer factor [Tag (m2/kg)] for wild mammals after fallout in the Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear accidents

Accident Species Years Investigation site Tag (m2/kg) Source
Chernobyl Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) 1986–2003

Weinsberger Forest,

Austria

0.046–0.008 Strebl and Tataruch (2007)
1986–2000

Kobernausser Forest,

Austria

0.094–0.016
1987–1991 Southern Germany 0.25–0.0002 Kiefer et al. (1996)
Red deer (Cervus elephus) 1988–1989

Kobernausser Forest,

Austria

0.028–0.007 Strebl and Tataruch (2007)
Wild boar (Sus scrofa) 1987–2003

Weinsberger Forest,

Austria

0.046–0.004
1988–2000

Kobernausser Forest,

Austria

0.159–0.031
2003–2004 Ravensburg, Southern Germany 0.062–0.008 Semizhon et al. (2009)
Fukushima Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) 2011–2015 Fukushima, Miyagi, Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Gunma, Japan 0.0052–0.0028 Tagami et al. (2016)
2011–2016 Fukushima, Japan 0.0022 (all years) Nemoto et al. (2018)
Wild boar (Sus scrofa) 2011–2015 Fukushima, Miyagi, Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Gunma, Japan 0.0068–0.0026 Tagami et al. (2016)
2011–2016 Fukushima, Japan 0.0032 (all years) Nemoto et al. (2018)
Sika deer (Cervus nippon) 2011–2015 Fukushima, Miyagi, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Japan 0.0072–0.0051 Tagami et al. (2016)
Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata) 2011–2021 Fukushima City, Japan 0.0056–0.0011 Present study