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Table 1.

All comparable sets of detections in north Europe since 2012.

Release date Activated corrosion products
Fission products Actinides
Low volatile Volatile Low volatile
46Sc 60Co 58Co 59Fe 54Mn 95Nb 95Zr 134Cs 137Cs 103Ru 106Ru 141Ce 144Ce 140Ba 234Th 235U
Half-life 84 d 5.3 y 71 d 45 d 0.86 y 35 d 64 d 2 y 30 y 39 d 1 y 33 d 0.8 y 13 d 24 d
August 2014 X X X X X X X
May 2015 X X X X X X X
October 2015 X X X X
August 2016 X X X X X
May 2017 X X X X ? X X
May 2018 X X X X
April 2018 X X X X X X X X X X
April 2019 X X X X X X X
July 2019 X X X X X
March 2020 X X X X ? X
June 2020 X X X X X X X X X
May 2022 X X X X
February 2023 X X X X
May 2023 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
May–June 2024 X X X X X X X X X X X

X Detected isotope. X usual 137Cs background detection due to Chernobyl accident. ? Suspected isotope, not directly measured but detection of its daughter isotope.

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