TABLE I
TRANSPORT OF PLUTONIUM-—238 TO EDIBLE
BOVINE PRODUCTS FOLLOWING INGESTION
OF EITHER CITRATE-BUFFERED PLUTONIUM NITRATE
OR PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE
Approximate
8ty
% of Dose
Plutonium
Dose
% of
Dose
Secreted
in Milk
(Cumulative)
Citrate
2.0 x 10
Buffered
Plutonium
3juCi/animal
2 of
Dose;
of Milk
at Peak
Concentration
[4.9 x 107
acute dose
Time of
Sacrifice
2 of
Dose
in Liver
2 animals
[3.5 x 1073
sacrificed
93 days
post-
% of
Dose/g
of Liver
% of
Dose
in Muscle
(Skeletal)
3.7 x 10-7/2.0 x 10-3
Retained
in Carcass
Residue
(Without
Muscle and
Liver)
% of
Dose/g
of
Muscle
[6.7 x 10-9
2.6 x 1072
treatment
_l.
Plutonium
2,0 x 1075
Dioxide
lmCi/animal
fday for
19
|2,7 x 1077
consecutive
days
2 animals
[5.3 x 107%
5.3 x 1078|8.7 x 1075
[3.3 x 10719
1.4 x 1073
2 animals
{6,2 x 107"
5.8 x 10°8/1.3 x 10
{3.4 x 10719
1,6 x 10-3
sacrificed
42 days
post—
treatment
sacrificed
73 days
posttreatment
TABLE II
TRANSPORT OF PLUTONIUM-238 TO EDIBLE BOVINE
PRODUCTS FOLLOWING A SINGLE INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF
APPROXIMATELY 16 mCi CITRATE-BUFFERED PLUIONIUM NITRATE
Approximate
% of Dose
64
% of
Dose/Z
Time of
Sacrifice
6 days
postinjection
(Cumulative)
of Milk
at Peak
Concentration
% of
Dose
in Liver
% of
Dose/g
of Liver
% of
Dose
in Muscle
% of
Dose/g
of Muscle
Retained in
Carcass
Residue
(Without
Muscle and
Liver)
1.9
3.5 x 1072
33
2.5 x 1073
5.9
2.6 x 1075
55
1.7
2.5 x 1072
33
2.4 x 1073
3.3
1.0 x 1075
52
(2 cows)
13 days
postinjection
(2 cows)