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by the device R~values convert them to fractions of the two nuclides in the fallout.

Table 3.5 lists results obtained in this way based on the averaged composition for
the fallout.

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DATA ON NUCLIDES IN FALLOUT

R-Value(Average)

Fraction Deposited

sr%0

cst37

M07? sr7 ¢sl37

Koa

0.52

O.L4

0.98

0.66

0.48

Walnut

0.78

1.13

0.80

0.81

1.00

Oak

0.45

0.40

0.89

0.52

0.40

All the fallout samples from the land and reef shots ‘show depletion of both
sr? and Cs!37 as compared to the detonation yields.

earliest samples.

This is most pronounced in the

Material coming down at times later than 4 hours for the land

shot, and 6 hours for the reef shot, is quite uniform in composition and exhibits
- little evidence of fall rate-dependent fractionation.

The 4-hour fallout from the water surface shot is depleted in both sr?? and
C3137 | but the 10- and 13-hour semples show an enrichment.
have nearly the same composition.

The two latter senples

The failure of the 6- and &-hour flight missions

makes the data rather scanty in this case.
These effects are brought out clearly by the numbers listed in Table 3.6.
3.1.3

Combined Cloud and Fallout Data.

If alternative processes to fallout

are not important, fission products with volatile predecessors can be as useful as
gEeseous fission products for measuring the extent of fallout.

Since it is incorrect

to assume that the content of a volatile fission product in fallout is zero, the R

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