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INDEX
99, 101
activity ratios in stratosphere of
southern hemisphere, 413-15
content in air in 1962, effect of U. S.
testing series, 488-89
contribution to total fission product dose
rate, 33
determination in particles from Dominic
Operation, 108-18
determination in rain and snow
samples, 603
determination in stratospheric aerosols,
158, 163-64
disintegration ratio to 99Mo before
Sedan and Small Boy bursts, 93-6
formation in nuclear explosions, 606-8
fractionation correlation for Dominic
Operation, 113
fractionation index in Sedan and Small
Boy bursts, 94-7
fractionation ratio with Zr data
from silicate bursts, 72-81
washout factors, 725
Barium-140 systems (140Ba~i40La)
deposition in 1962-1964, 196
determination in rainwater, 569, 574,
577, 578
determination in surface air, 498
environmental level studies, 235-38
fractionation predictions for, 9-10
Base surge
geometries of, from underground
bursts, 335-39
Bass
sodium-22 content, 219
Bazan, Fernando
‘Stratospheric Distribution of Nuclear
Debris in 1962, 1963, and 1964’,
301-22
Beans
sodium-22 content, 219
Beck, Harold L.
“‘Dosimetric Investigations of Enrironmental Gamma Radiation from
Deposited Fission Products’’, 233-44
Beef
sodium-22 content, 219
Belém, Brazil
debris deposition data, 793
Beninson, D.
“Studies of *Sr and Stable Strontium
in Diet and Bone in Argentina’’, 850-58
Benson, P.
‘Physical Characteristics of Single
Particles from High-Yield Air
Bursts’’, 98-107
‘*Radiochemical Fractionation Characteristics of Single Particles from
High-Yield Air Bursts’’, 108-118
Beryllium-7
concentration in air at Richland,
Washington, 206-7
levels in surface air, 497, 498, 503
measurement accuracy with pulse
analyzer, 246
measurementin air filter samples by
gamma ray spectrometry, 198-99
origin in atmosphere, 688
Beta emitters
distribution dependence on particle
size, 123-27
dry-deposition velocities, 725
relation of activity to particle size,
98, 99, 101-3
retention by polyethylene, 689
washout factors, 725
Beta rays
activity in air, effect on debris
deposition, 723-26
activity in atmosphere, Springfield
Project studies, 441-42, 445-47
activity change of fission products during
1963-1964, 130-31
activity measurement along 80th
meridian, 480~85, 618
activity in stratospheric aerosols, 158,
163-72, 181
measurement techniques for rain
samples, 689-90
thallium-204 reference standard, 689
variability in rainwater samples, 511-14,
532-65
Bethel, Alaska
tritium concentrations since 1961, 655-
56, 661
Biological half-life
cesium-137 in cows, 865
Biosphere
(see Environment)
Bismuth-214
determination by gamma ray spectroscopy, 185
environmental level studies, 235-38
ground surface amounts at various
times in 1963 and 1964, 189, 190
Bismuth-214 systems (214Bi-214Ph)
size distribution of particles, 127, 133
Black, Robert W.
“‘Atmospheric Radioactivity along the
80th Meridian (West)’’, 477-96
Blanca burst
gamma activity of close-in fallout,
333-35
Blowers
air sampling use, 478-80
Body burdens
cesium-137 in Norwegian school boys,
859-64
data center for, 844
particulate materials, 151-52
Body weight
cesium-137 variation with, in Norwegian
children, 862-64
Bolin, Bert
“Oxygen-18, Deuterium, and Tritium
in Natural Waters and Their Relations
to the Global Circulation of Water’’,
675-86
Bolivia
air sampling, 479, 487, 619-22