Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)


Print Feedback Export to File
3797024 
Journal Article 
Europium-155 in debris from nuclear weapons 
Aarkrog, A; Lippert, J 
1967 
1 
Science
ISSN: 0036-8075
EISSN: 1095-9203 
157 
3787 
425-427 
English 
6028023 
The lithium-drifted germanium detector enables determination of europium-155 on a routine basis in environmental samples contaminated with debris from nuclear weapons. From measurements of europium-155, cesium-144, and strontium-90 in air filters collected between 1961 and 1966, the yield of europium-155 from weapons was estimated at 1400 atoms per 10(6) fissions, which is close to the yield of europium-155 from fast fission of uranium-238. 
IRIS
• Uranium
     Uranium Literature Search Update 3/2017
          Toxnet