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EDVARSON et al. 1 report evidence for a fractionation effect noted in the radioactive analysis of samples of nuclear weapons debris collected in filters carried by a jet plane flying over central Sweden. Certain individual particles selected from the filters appeared to be rich in (zinc-90 + niobium-90) radiations and impoverished in ruthenium-103 radiations.
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Edvarson, K., Löw, K., and Sisefsky, J., Nature, 184, 1774 (1959).
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COOK, C., MATHER, R., JOHNSON, R. et al. Fractionation of Nuclear Weapon Debris. Nature 187, 1100–1101 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1871100a0
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