HC Deb 08 March 1960 vol 619 c29W
Mrs. Butler

asked the Minister of Health, as representing the Minister for Science, what are the radioactive elements present in radioactive particles of measurable size found in fall-out in Great Britain.

Mr. Walker-Smith

The radioactive elements present in these particles, as in all fall-out particles, are principally those arising from fission products such as, for example, Strontium 90, Caesium 137, Zirconium 95 and Niobium 95; and also certain radioactive elements produced in nearby materials during the explosion or present in the particular nuclear device, such as plutonium.

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