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Science 18 June 1976:
Vol. 192. no. 4245, pp. 1235 - 1237
DOI: 10.1126/science.192.4245.1235
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Xenon-133: Ambient Activity from Nuclear Power Stations

C. O. KUNZ 1 and C. J. PAPERIELLO 1

1 Division of Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201

The average activity of xenon-133 within and at approximately 100 kilometers from Albany, New York, from April to July 1975 was 2.6 picocuries per cubic meter of air. The source was gaseous effluents from boiling water reactors located in the northeastern United States. Its 5.29-day half-life makes xenon-133 an appropriate isotope to observe for the study of regional and hemispheric dispersion of pollutants.

Submitted on January 12, 1976
Revised on April 7, 1976


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