Concentration of Plutonium in Untilled Soil From Palomares, Spain,
Plot 2-1 Sampled With a King Tube

(pCi/g)

NeW ON

0-5
5-15
15-25
25-35
35-45

(Adapted from Fowler et al., 1968)

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Variation in Observed Activity in l-g Aliquots From a Single 25-g¢
Soil Sample, Plot 2-2, Palomares, Spain

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Fig. 1.

Autoradiograph of soi] from a Nuclear Device Impact Area,
Palomares, Spain, Showing Discrete Particles Containing

Plutonium (Reproduced from Fowler et al. 1968).
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