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Dynamics of radioactive contamination of the atmosphere in the Russian sector of the ARCTIC, 1954–1997

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  1. K. P. Makhon'ko
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NPO Taifun. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 85, No. 6, pp. 462–469, December, 1998.

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Makhon'ko, K.P., Korsakov, A.T. & Mazurina, Z.A. Dynamics of radioactive contamination of the atmosphere in the Russian sector of the ARCTIC, 1954–1997. At Energy 85, 892–899 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02361120

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