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  • Title: Determination of the ratios of 239Pu and 240Pu to 241Am for nuclear weapons test sites in Australia.
    Author: Burns PA, Cooper MB, Johnston PN, Martin LJ, Williams GA.
    Journal: Health Phys; 1994 Sep; 67(3):226-32. PubMed ID: 8056588.
    Abstract:
    Recent measurements of the plutonium contamination at former nuclear weapons test sites in Australia have used the 59.5 keV gamma ray from the 241Am impurity to estimate levels of 239Pu and 240Pu. Measurements of the activity ratio of 239Pu to 241Am are presented for sites where suitable samples could be collected. Measurements of 240Pu were also made when interferences from fission products were absent. All measurements were made using a planar Ge detector of sufficient resolution to separate the 51.6 keV 239Pu gamma ray from the Ge K x-ray escape peaks and Compton scattering continuum from the much stronger 59.5 keV 241Am gamma ray. Results are given for most of the plutonium-contaminated sites in Australia.
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