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WE have been investigating in some detail the trend in fission product-levels of surface air sampled at our laboratory site at Sutton, Surrey, since May 1959. Recently, we detected a sharp increase in the levels of activity, and evidence is presented here which suggests that this was due to the first nuclear weapon test in the Sahara.
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ANDERSON, W., BENTLEY, R., BURTON, L. et al. Detection of Recently Produced Fission Products in the Atmosphere. Nature 186, 223–224 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186223a0
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