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Evidences of Atmospheric Sterage in Fallout Data

In Figure 13 are plotted the mean daily fallout, during the latter half of

1953, at 24 stations operated in various parts of the world.
data ought to be found in Table 13.

The individual

The rate of failout in late Jun2 is largely from UPSHOT-KNOTHO
The sharp
rise in late August is vrobably due to foreign tests.
It will be noted that the
sharp decline wnich began in mid-September avcpears to be continujng in late
October,

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Further studies will be required in order to satisfactorily identity the
test series that contribute to this lw level depesition. As nofed earlier,
the recent debris is considerably enriched in doth isotepes of s4rontium
and the graduai accretion of these isotopes curing the coming mogtns is
likely to be larger in amount taan the strontium that has been ddposited
up to the present time,
Estimate of AitureFallout, Based on Atmospheric Samples
Based on the few data available, we would estimate the activity oF the atmo-

sphere up to 100,000 feet to be of the order of .06 d/min/m3 (.00B d/min/ft3).

Approximately 10% of this activity appears to be 3r79, If all of |thiz activity is to be deposited on the sarth’s surface in a time which isl]short in
relation to the half life of Sr?%» the deposition would de of thelorder of
20 d/min/sq. ft. This is an amount whish is equavaiens to the sr 40 detosited
by ali detonations up to the present in most of the United States,

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