Observations of Fallout from the Fukushima Reactor Accident in San Francisco Bay Area Rainwater

We have observed fallout from the recent Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor accident in samples of rainwater collected in the San Francisco Bay area. Gamma ray spectra measured from these samples show clear evidence of fission products – (131,132)I, (132)Te, and (134,137)Cs. The activity levels we have meas...

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Autores principales: Norman, Eric B., Angell, Christopher T., Chodash, Perry A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3177818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21957447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024330
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description We have observed fallout from the recent Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor accident in samples of rainwater collected in the San Francisco Bay area. Gamma ray spectra measured from these samples show clear evidence of fission products – (131,132)I, (132)Te, and (134,137)Cs. The activity levels we have measured for these isotopes are very low and pose no health risk to the public.
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spelling pubmed-31778182011-09-28 Observations of Fallout from the Fukushima Reactor Accident in San Francisco Bay Area Rainwater Norman, Eric B. Angell, Christopher T. Chodash, Perry A. PLoS One Research Article We have observed fallout from the recent Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor accident in samples of rainwater collected in the San Francisco Bay area. Gamma ray spectra measured from these samples show clear evidence of fission products – (131,132)I, (132)Te, and (134,137)Cs. The activity levels we have measured for these isotopes are very low and pose no health risk to the public. Public Library of Science 2011-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3177818/ /pubmed/21957447 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024330 Text en Norman et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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title_sort observations of fallout from the fukushima reactor accident in san francisco bay area rainwater
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3177818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21957447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024330
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