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The distribution of radioactivity discharged from Sellafield in Cumbria (north-west England) has been measured against a background of nuclear weapon fallout, with the object of determining the pathways and transfer mechanisms between various environmental media.
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Peirson, D., Cambray, R., Cawse, P. et al. Environmental radioactivity in Cumbria. Nature 300, 27–31 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/300027a0
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