1960 年 2 巻 2 号 p. 67-72
The gamma-ray spectrum emitted by present-day pine leaves reveals the presence of several peaks which do not belong to any naturally occurring nuclide. These peaks come from radioactive fission produts produced from nuclear weapon tests.
The gamma-ray spectra of pine leaves collected in 1958 and 1959 show two remarkable peaks. 0.13 MeV peak is actually a combination of peaks of 131Ce and 144Ce-144Pr, while 0.76 MeV peak is assigned as a peak of 95Zr-95Nb.
The decay curves of the gamma activity at 0.76 MeV correspond to curves of 95Zr-95Nb with half-life of 65 days. One gram pine leaves ash contains 26 mμc 95Zr-95Nb.