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Title: CONCENTRATIONS OF GAMMA-EMITTING FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES FROM PICEA RUBENS AND RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS (thesis)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4173741

Branches of Picea rubens from within its canopy and branches or overstory and-understory Rhododendron maximum collected from three different stations of different altitudes and with different total annual precipitation in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were analyzed for gamma radioactivity. Analyses of radioisotopes in these branches were done on 1-yr-old, older than 1 yr, stem, and leaf material. It was concluded that annual rainfall is important in bringing down radioactive fallout and also in washing radioactive material from the surface of vegetation. (C.H.)

Research Organization:
Tennessee. Univ., Knoxville
NSA Number:
NSA-18-000419
OSTI ID:
4173741
Report Number(s):
TID-19618(App.E)
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-64
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English