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Concentration of Cæsium-137 in the Coastal Waters of Japan (1959)

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I HAVE analysed bittern and carnallite of industrial origin and deduced the concentration of cæsium-137 in the coastal waters in early 1958 of Japan as 70–150 µµc. kgm./l.1 Recently, by application of a low-level β-counting equipment, cæsium-137 has been successfully determined by direct treatment of 6–20 litres of sea-water.

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  1. Yamagata, N., and Matsuda, S., Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 32, 497 (1959).

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  2. Yamagata, N., and Yamagata, T., ibid., 31, 1063 (1958).

  3. Partly published in ‘Radiological Data in Japan II’, ed. by Y. Hiyama, ‘The Effects of Atomic Radiation’, U.N. Report Annex D, A/AC.82/G/R.30 (1958).

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YAMAGATA, N. Concentration of Cæsium-137 in the Coastal Waters of Japan (1959). Nature 184, 1813–1814 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841813b0

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