Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
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Volume 272: Issue 2
An upper limit to interstellar 244Pu abundance as deduced from radiochemical search in deep-sea sediment: An account
Authors:
M. Paul Hebrew University Racah Institute of Physics Jerusalem 91904 Israel

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A. Valenta Hebrew University Racah Institute of Physics Jerusalem 91904 Israel

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I. Ahmad Argonne National Laboratory Physics Division Argonne Ill. 60439 USA

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D. Berkovits Soreq NRC Yavne 81800 Israel

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C. Bordeanu Weizmann Institute Particle Physics Department Rehovot 76100 Israel

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S. Ghelberg Hebrew University Racah Institute of Physics Jerusalem 91904 Israel

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Y. Hashimoto Kanazawa University Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Kakuma-machi Kanazawa 920-1192 Japan

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A. Hershkowitz Hebrew University Racah Institute of Physics Jerusalem 91904 Israel

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S. Jiang Hebrew University Racah Institute of Physics Jerusalem 91904 Israel

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T. Nakanishi Kanazawa University Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Kakuma-machi Kanazawa 920-1192 Japan

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K. Sakamoto Kanazawa University Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Kakuma-machi Kanazawa 920-1192 Japan

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243–245
Online Publication Date:
27 Feb 2007
Publication Date:
01 May 2007
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-0508-3
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Abstract  

We report here a search for the “live” 244Pu in 1 kg deep-sea dry sediment collected in 1992 in the North Pacific. After a 546 day alpha-counting of a Pu fraction chemically separated from the alkaline-fused sediment sample at Kanazawa University, AMS analysis was performed at Hebrew University and Weizmann Institute. Only one count of 244Pu with no background ions was detected, indicating no excess over the expected stratospheric man-made fallout. A limit of 0.2 atoms of 244Pu cm−2·y−1 for extra terrestrial deposition was set under reasonable assumptions and it was then concluded from this result and the available data on interstellar medium (ISM) that the abundance of 244Pu in the ISM is less than 2·10−11 g 244Pu (g·ISM)−1. Implications of the present result are discussed.

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0236-5731
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Journal of Radionalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
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