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Radioactive Fall-out in Kingston, Canada

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DURING the recent nuclear tests carried out by the United States Atomic Energy Commission, We have checked the radioactive fall-out in Kingston, a small Ontario town situated some 2,200 miles north-east of the testing grounds. Our sampling period extended from February 15 to May 28, 1955, and included all the test explosions reported by the Press.

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PRESTON, R., HOGG, B. Radioactive Fall-out in Kingston, Canada. Nature 176, 459 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176459a0

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