‘Minimum’ Fall-Out
(N Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) WASHINGTON, March 3 The United States unclear tests would produce much less radioactivity than the Soviet series of tests last year, the United States Secretary of Defence, Mr Robert McNamara, said today. The tests would be much smaller than the United States test series in the Pacific In 1958, he said.
The radioactivity released also would, be “much reduced.” compared with last year’s Soviet tests.
The quantity of radioactivity would be "limited to a minimum and the cumulative contribution will be significantly less than the natural background radiation within the environment.”
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29763, 5 March 1962, Page 13
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