Reexamination of U and Pu in particles from Thule and Palomares by µ-XRD

• Main Authors: O. -c. Lind, B. Salbu, W. De Nolf, J. Jaroszewicz, K. Janssens, G. Falkenberg
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bylot Sound; Greenland; Romero; Thule Air Base; Sea ice; Thule Air; Thule
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.500.1975; http://hasyweb.desy.de/science/annual_reports/2007_report/part1/contrib/45/22056.pdf

In January 1966, four plutonium-bearing nuclear weapons were released at an altitude of 8500 m above the Mediterranean village of Palomares (Spain) following a collision during refuelling between two US aircrafts; a B-52 bomber and a KC-135 refuelling tanker. The bombs detonated conventionally on im...