ESTIMATION OF RADIOIODINE IN RAIN-OUT

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1962 · Monatshefte fuer Chemie (Austria)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00903133· OSTI ID:4160376

Lesigang, M; Hecht, F

The I/sup 131/ activity, resulting from previous Soviet atomic weapon tests, contained in rainwater samples collected from the southwestern city limits of Vienna on November 4-5 and December 5-8, 1961, was estimated by gamma spectrometry. The periods between sample collection and measurement amounted to two half lives for the first sample and one half for the second sample. The I/ sup 131/ concentration of the first sample was about 128 pC/1, and that of the second sample about 56 pC/1. In view of the interval intervening after the weapons tests, these are reasonable decreases. These measured values are about 10/sup 2/- to 10/sup 3/fold less than the tolerance concentration accepted at present. (BBB)

• Research Organization: Universitat, Vienna
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-18-000421
• OSTI ID: 4160376
• Journal Information: Monatshefte fuer Chemie (Austria), Journal Name: Monatshefte fuer Chemie (Austria) Vol. Vol: 93; ISSN MOCHA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: German

Related Subjects

AUSTRIA
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY
HALF-LIFE
IODINE 131
MEASURED VALUES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
RAIN