Sheep farmer feeding his rams on his farm in Snowdonia near Dolwyddelan Gwynedd North Wales UK GB
Edwin Noble's farm in the mountains of Snowdonia is still suffering the effects of fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear explosion 20 years after it happened on 26th April 1986. On the poor thin soil of this area grass and other plants absorb caesium which was deposited by radioactive rain a week after the disaster, sheep graze the mountains eating the contaminated vegetation. Sheep will excrete the caesium when they are moved to lower pastures. When a flock is to be moved off the farm for better grazing or to market for sale Government agricultural officials will come and check each sheep for levels of radiation. The animal will pass as fit to eat if the level is under 645 becquerels. It is unknown how long these restrictions will remain inplace as caesium has a half-life of 30 years.
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Location: Dolwyddelan, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK, EU
Photo credit: © Jeff Morgan 12 / Alamy / Afripics
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