Abstract
Analyses of the content of caesium-137 and other radionuclides in grass and alfalfa in Western Slovakia during 1962–65 indicate that such measurements provide a means of determining the rate of radioactive fall-out from nuclear weapon tests, provided certain climatic factors are taken into consideration.
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CSUPKA, S., PETRÁŠOVÁ, M. & CARACH, J. Seasonal Variation in the Concentration of Caesium-137 in Grass and Alfalfa . Nature 213, 1204–1206 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131204a0
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