129I in rainwater across Argentina

Agustín Negri; Andrés Arazi; María Elena Barlasina; Jorge Fernández Niello; Leslie Keith Fifield; Michaela B. Froehlich; Diego Martínez Heimann; Stefan Pavetich; Steve G. Tims; Anton Wallner

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106871

¹²⁹I in rainwater across Argentina

Agustín Negri, Andrés Arazi^*, María Elena Barlasina, Jorge Fernández Niello, Leslie Keith Fifield, Michaela B. Froehlich, Diego Martínez Heimann, Stefan Pavetich, Steve G. Tims, Anton Wallner

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Concentrations of ¹²⁷I and ¹²⁹I in rainwater samples from several stations across Argentina (latitudes between 25° S and 55° S) were measured and analyzed for the assessment of distribution patterns and potential sources of ¹²⁹I in the Southern Hemisphere. Measured ¹²⁹I levels, clearly above those explainable by natural background and atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, can be understood by the injection into the Southern Hemisphere of ¹²⁹I that had been discharged from nuclear fuel reprocessing plants in the Northern Hemisphere.

Original language	English
Article number	106871
Journal	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Volume	248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106871
Publication status	Published - Jul 2022

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