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Evidence for Radio-Ruthenium in Milk

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DURING routine counting for the determination of caesium-137 levels, an unexpected gamma-ray peak at about 0.51 MeV was observed in a number of milk samples from many different locations throughout Utah (Figs. 1 and 2). It was detected in milk produced on all dairy farms which we sampled between March 1962 and March 1963.

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  1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City

    BRUCE W. CHURCH, RAY D. LLOYD, ROBERT C. PENDLETON & CHARLES W. MAYS

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CHURCH, B., LLOYD, R., PENDLETON, R. et al. Evidence for Radio-Ruthenium in Milk. Nature 207, 775–776 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207775a0

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