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A very reliable model developed in the’60 after the data measured in the Euratom Joint Nuclear Research Centre of Ispra, Italy, for the prediction of the food chain contamination due to the radioactive fallout deposition. Such a model was later applied to foresee the behaviour of the contamination released by the Chernobyl accident. A comparison between the experimental measurements carried on in the years after the accident and the model led to the evaluation of more reliable parameters to be used for cost effective countermeasures.
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I am very grateful to Dr. Sandro Ridone for the help in the preparation of diagrams and Dr. Daniela Pani for the revision of the English text. This paper is devoted to the memory of Piero Gaglione , unforgettable colleague and friend, who greatly contributed to the development of the original model.
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Cigna, A.A. (2016). Prediction of 137Cs and 90Sr Contamination in the Food Chain Following a Nuclear Accident. In: Korogodina, V., Mothersill, C., Inge-Vechtomov, S., Seymour, C. (eds) Genetics, Evolution and Radiation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48838-7_27
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