Just how dangerous to the human race is the radioactive fallout from nuclear-weapons tests? The subject is enormously complex, and to understand all aspects of it requires expert knowledge of many ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Measurements of strontium-90 deposited in New York City over the past 12 years make for broader understanding of the fallout phenomenon. The ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- When a fish taken from the Connecticut River recently tested positive for radioactive strontium-90, suspicion focused on the nearby Vermont Yankee nuclear plant as the likely source ...

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