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Sakuragi et al. 1983
Sakuragi, Y., Meason, J.L. and Kuroda, P.K. (1983). Uranium and plutonium isotopes in the atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 88: doi: 10.1029/JC088iC06p03718. issn: 0148-0227.

Uranium 234 and 235 were found to be highly enriched relative to uranium 238 in several rain samples collected at Fayetteville, Arkansas, during the months of April and May 1980. The anomalous uranium appears to have originated from the Soviet satellite Cosmos-954, which fell over Canada on January 24, 1978. The uranium fallout occurred just about the time Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. The concentration of 238U in rain increased markedly after the eruption of Mount St. Helens, and it appeared as if a large quantity of natural uranium was injected into the atmosphere by the volcanic eruption. The pattern of variation of the concentrations of uranium in rain after the eruption of Mount St. Helens was found to be similar to that of plutonium isotopes.

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