Plutonium and uranium contamination in soils from former nuclear weapon test sites in Australia

• Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
• Main Authors: Child, DP, Hotchkis, MAC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elservier Science BV. 2014
• Subjects: Plutonium; Uranium; Contamination; Soils; Weapons; Bombs; Bello; Alpha Island; Monte Bello
• Online Access: http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/5180; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2012.05.018

The British government performed a number of nuclear weapon tests on Australian territory from 1952 through to 1963 with the cooperation of the Australian government. Nine fission bombs were detonated in South Australia at Emu Junction and Maralinga, and a further three fission weapons were detonate...