[ RadSafe ] BBC article: "Chernpobyl's legacy recorded in trees"

[Dimiter Popoff]

> It'd be interesting to get a thin (1") or so slice across the trunk and do 
>an autoradiograph to see if there is distributed radioactive material in the wood, 

Yes, and some spectra of samples at a few depths of interest would likely
also be very telling.

Dimiter

>From: "Rees, Brian G" <brees at lanl.gov>
>To: <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
>Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 15:21:44 +0000
>Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] BBC article: "Chernpobyl's legacy recorded in trees"
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> I remember that hair of people with high exposures grows back coarser, and sometimes
>a slightly different color.  It sounds like it might be related. 
>   It'd be interesting to get a thin (1") or so slice across the trunk and do 
>an autoradiograph to see if there is distributed radioactive material in the wood, 
>or just at the "event horizon"....  
>
>Brian Rees
>
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>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23619870
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>The photo shows a distinct change of colour which as I get it
>matches the accident date.
>But it looks very distinct. I wonder how did they determine
>the cause was radiation and not some chemistry thing, perhaps/probably
>also related to the accident. 
>
>Dimiter
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