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Report on Gamma-Ray Analysis of Seaweed Samples from Naturespirit Herbs LLC

Authors :
Norman, Eric B.
Thomas, Keenan
Guillaumon, Pedro
Smith, Alan R.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

Five seaweed samples from Naturespirit Herbs LLC were counted using low-background high-resolution gamma-ray detectors to search for evidence of contamination from the Fukushima reactor accident. No evidence of Cs-134 was observed in any of the samples. Very low levels of Cs-137 were observed and are attributed to fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. However, these levels of Cs-137 are small compared to the levels of the naturally occurring K-40 observed from these seaweed samples.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1406.2421
Document Type :
Working Paper