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THE opportunity recently occurred to investigate a few aspects of the distribution of strontium-90 in a balanced pond, during the course of experiments on the removal of fission products from drinking water. A derelict filter bed was utilized containing 1¼ million gallons of fresh water to which was added 500 millicuries of strontium-90 in equilibrium with yttrium-90. An extensive pure growth of Myriophyllum spicatum was present at the beginning of the experiment and large numbers of rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) were observed.
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Foreman, Eileen E., and Bidwell, K. W. E., U.K.A.E.A./I.G.R.—T.N./W.658.
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BIDWELL, K., FOREMAN, E. Distribution of Strontium-90 in Pond Weed and Fish. Nature 180, 1195–1196 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801195a0
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