Transfer of river-discharged Cs-137 in estuaries : a case study from Vefsna river and the Vefsnfjord in Nordland, Norway

• Main Author: Larsen, Marie
• Other Authors: Teien, Hans-Christian, Lind, Ole Christian
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2021
• Subjects: Radioactivity; Radioaktivitet; Helgeland; Norway; Øvre; Nordland Fylke; Elven; Vefsn; Vefsna; Vefsnfjorden; Nordland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2984064

Several decades after the Chernobyl accident, it is still detectable activities of Cs-137 in the environment. Norway was highly affected by radioactive fallout, where one of the locations that received the highest doses of Cs-137 was Nordland county. Recent studies have shown that the Vefsnfjord is...