SR-90 IN ANTLERS IN RED DEER - AN INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION BY SR-90

The sampling procedures in connection with a very sensitive analytical method are described. Results from different areas in Austria are pre sented and an interpretion of the results is attempted. Some findings are in accordance with measurements from other substances, some are no t. The differences most probably depend on several factors like soil t ype, precipitation, migration of strontium-90, concentration of stable strontium and calcium. No significant rise in the concentration could be found after 1986 thus in accordance with other measurements of str ontium-90 contamination after the Chernobyl accident.