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THE radionuclide caesium-134 has a half-life of 2.1 years and is reported to exist in the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere including man1. The caesium-134 activities measured in air, foods and man are in the range of 0.1–2 per cent of the caesium-134 activity2–4.
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ANDERSON, I., BRUNE, D. Independent Fission-fields of Caesium-134. Nature 211, 618–619 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211618a0
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