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[en] In July 1973, a field experiment was conducted at Rocky Flats to measure plutonium resuspension. Previously, for this experiment, airborne plutonium concentrations in respirable size ranges were reported. Concentrations were measured at three sites between the eastern security fence and eastern cattle fence. On 13 nonrespirable particle diameter ranges between 10 and 210 μm, 239Pu concentrations range from 10-8 to 10-4 μCi/g. Airborne 238Pu concentrations as a function of particle diameter ranged from 10-9 to 10-5 μCi/g. Both 238Pu and 239Pu were found on all particle diameter ranges. Airborne plutonium fluxes on nonrespirable particles decreased with both height and distance. The nonrespirable total 239Pu flux ranged from 1 x 10-7 to 6 x 10-4 μCi/m2/day. Airborne 238Pu/239Pu ratios were always equal to or greater than similar ratios reported measured on the ground surface. Ground surface ratios ranged from 1.5 x 10-2 to 2.2 x 10-2. Only near the eastern security fence were airborne ratios similar to ground level ratios. At the eastern security fence, airborne 238Pu/239Pu ratios ranged from 0.2 to 0.4. These airborne ratios were one order of magnitude greater than ground surface ratios. Increased ratios indicate 238Pu is more readily resuspended at greater distances from the eastern security fence than near the eastern security fence
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Sep 1976; 40 p; Available from NTIS. $4.50.
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, AEROSOLS, AIR, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, COLLOIDS, DISPERSIONS, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, FLUIDS, GASES, HEAVY NUCLEI, ISOTOPES, MONITORING, NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, NUCLEI, PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES, RADIOISOTOPES, SIZE, SOLS, US AEC, US ERDA, US ORGANIZATIONS, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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