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Plutonium in the Marine Environment

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  1. K. C. PILLAI: On leave from the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay, Bombay, on an I.A.E.A. fellowship administered by U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

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PILLAI, K., SMITH, R. & FOLSOM, T. Plutonium in the Marine Environment. Nature 203, 568–571 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203568a0

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