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Title:
Detection of Plutonium-244 in Nature
Authors:
Hoffman, D. C.; Lawrence, F. O.; Mewherter, J. L.; Rourke, F. M.
Publication:
Nature, Volume 234, Issue 5325, pp. 132-134 (1971). (Nature Homepage)
Publication Date:
11/1971
Origin:
NATURE
DOI:
10.1038/234132a0
Bibliographic Code:
1971Natur.234..132H

Abstract

Mass spectrometric measurements of plutonium isolated from Precambrian bastnasite confirm the presence of 244Pu in nature. Although the existence of 244Pu as an extinct radioactivity has been postulated to explain the xenon isotope ratios observed in meteorites, this is the first indication of its present existence in nature.
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