THE CAESIUM-137 CONTENT OF SOIL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM-1960
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4805140
The amount of Cs/sup 137/ deposited on the soil in the U.K. was determined from measurements of soil samples by gamma-ray spectrometry. The relation between Cs/sup 137/ in soil and rainfall was examined, good correlation being found with results from other workers. An estimate of the external dose rate from Cs/sup 137/ was also made. At the end of 1960, the amount of Cs/sup 137/ deposited in any locality was approximately proportional to mean annual rainfall (l mC/ km/sup 2//inch) and the external dose rate in a region of high rainfall (123 inches per year) was 1.1 mu r/hr. An estimate of the amount of dry deposition is uncertain but it is unlikely to have exceeded 8 mC/km/sup 2/ anywhere as compared with the observed average deposit of 44 mC/km/sup 2/. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Research Group. Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berks, England
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-027417
- OSTI ID:
- 4805140
- Report Number(s):
- AERE-R-4018
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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