Observations of fallout from the Fukushima reactor accident in San Francisco Bay area rainwater.

We have observed fallout from the recent Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor accident in samples of rainwater collected in the San Francisco Bay area. Gamma ray spectra measured from these samples show clear evidence of fission products--(131,132)I, (132)Te, and (134,137)Cs. The activity levels we have measu...

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Main Authors: Eric B Norman, Christopher T Angell, Perry A Chodash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21957447/pdf/?tool=EBI