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Decay Properties of Plutonium-244, and Comments on its Existence in Nature

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FIELDS, P., FRIEDMAN, A., MILSTED, J. et al. Decay Properties of Plutonium-244, and Comments on its Existence in Nature. Nature 212, 131–134 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212131a0

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