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FISSION products arising from the American nuclear weapons test series at Christmas Island in the Pacific (April 25–July 11, 1962) have been detected in Sydney (lat. 34° S.) in both air and rain-water within a period of 3 weeks.
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DAVY, D., GREEN, R. Detection of Fresh Fission Products in Sydney from the 1962 Christmas Island Nuclear Test Series. Nature 198, 77 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198077a0
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