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THE programme at Harwell of rain-water collection and analysis for nuclear debris has been reported by Stewart et al. 1–3 and by Crooks et al. 4. In conjunction with this programme, samples of radioactive dust are collected from the atmosphere using aircraft of the Royal Air Force. Similar sampling programmes using aircraft have been reported5 from the United States, Norway and Sweden.
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PEIRSON, D., CROOKS, R. & FISHER, E. Radioactivity of the Atmosphere due to Distant Nuclear Test Explosions. Nature 186, 224–225 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186224a0
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