Radiochemical determination of cadmium isotopes in radioactive debris.
(109)Cd and (113m)Cd were produced in a high altitude nuclear explosion during 1962. Analysis of filters from aircraft and balloon samplers enables the products of this single detonation to be traced. A radiochemical procedure is presented which allows determination of the cadmium radionuclides in the course of a sequential analysis for fission products and activation products from nuclear weapons tests. The sensitivity, recovery and decontamination from other radionuclides are adequate.
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Health and Safety Laboratory, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, New York New York 10014, U.S.A.
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Sturniolo
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