Managing radiocaesium contamination in Norwegian reindeer twenty-two years after the Chernobyl accident – the need for a new regulation
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The 1986 Chernobyl fallout had dramatic consequences for traditional reindeer husbandry in central and southern Norway, and also for many farmers in these areas. In end July 1986 the Government therefore passed a principal resolution stating that every producer should be economically compensated for all losses due to measures introduced by the authorities because of the Chernobyl deposition. By 2008 the Chernobyl contamination still affects farmers, reindeer husbandry and everyday life of reindeer herders in the most contaminated areas of Norway.
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