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Science 22 October 1965:
Vol. 150. no. 3695, pp. 489 - 493
DOI: 10.1126/science.150.3695.489
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Radioactivity: Distribution from Cratering in Basalt

Norman A. Bonner 1 and John A. Miskel 1

1 Chemistry Department, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Livermore

Samples of airborne and ground-deposited debris produced by an experiment in nuclear excavation were analyzed to determine the fate of various radioactive nuclides. A few tenths percent of the nonvolatile species and 10 to 20 percent of the volatile species escaped beyond the immediate vicinity of the crater.


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