title: Determination of short-lived radionuclides in fresh fall-out debris for identification of nuclear weapon tests.
abstract: Radiochemical procedures for the assay of short-lived fission and activation products are described. They are rapid and quantitative and the radionuclides separated are radiochemically pure. Ratios of some of the short-lived radionuclides obtained by these measurements for selected Chinese and French nuclear tests are given and provide information about the fissile material used in the tests.
authors.affiliation: Air Monitoring Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Bombay-400085, India.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Hingorani
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Khandekar
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Anand