Plutonium-239 in Vegetable and Fruit Samples

Pu-239 (pCi/kg fresh wt. )*
2,6

Peaches

2.5
Apricots

I+

Sample Type

QO. 33**

I+

Table 1.

0.2

Original plating reanalyzed.

“0.049
<0.10

Second aliquot of ash.

0,021 + 0.020

Plums

N

Second aliquot of ash.

i+

I+

bh

0.071

Lettuce

Original plating reanalyzed.

i+

Carrots

;

i

<0.073

0,027

<0.10

Original plating reanalyzed.

0.026 = 0.023

Cabbage

<0.19
Corn

Second aliquot of

ash.

<0.016
“0.079

Turnips

Remarks

Second aliquot of ash.

<0.02

Turnips

Turnip Greens

8.3

t+

<0.049

Second aliquot of ash.

0.65

7.6 = 0.86

Second count of above.

8.5 = 0.76

Second aliquot of ash.

0.14 = 0.071

*Preliminary results under review.

*kk2-sipma counting error,

88

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