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TABLE I

Gamma-Ray Emitting Fallout Radioactivity on the Ground at Argonne National Laboratory

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*** Totals include activity due to both Zr95 and Nb

Soil collected 40 miles from the Argonne site gave essentially the same results as the ANL soils, indicating that any contamination from the reactors at Argonne is of secondary importance in this study.

Assuming Zr Nb to be in equilibrium.

1.e. May 1957 360 mc/mi2 from these two isotopes.

TABLE II

Dose Rate due to Fallout at Argonne National Laboratory in prad/hour

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TABLE LII

Calculated and Measured Gamma-Ray Dose Rate Che Mater above Ground at Argonne National Laboratory April 1959

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