Determination of short-lived radionuclides in fresh fall-out debris for identification of nuclear weapon tests.
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.
Hingorani
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Air Monitoring Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Bombay-400085, India.
Khandekar
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Anand
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