Table 1.

Site

EPA Plutonium-239 Soil Sampling Results at Rocky Flats, Colorado, Comparative
Sampling for 0- to 1- and O- to 5-cm Depth

Sampling
Depth
|Mass/Area/Concentration

(em)

(g/em*)al

I- 9/0 tol
a7"
277,"
28;
="
30,"

0. 70
0.84
Q.59
0.57
0.66

I- 1/0 to 5
la)"
uy;
“
16;
"

4.81
5.16
4.96
4.70

20}

"

"5.11

(£Ci/g)b
130 t
46+
72 +
33 +
32 +

19%*
8
10
9
8

14.8 + 7*
51+
9%
40 +
9
29 + 10

23+

#7

+ 210
+ 65%
+ 96
+ 91
+ 110

Concentration per Unit Area
Individual
Standard |Coeff. of
Results
Mean
Deviation| Variation

(nCi/m*)b
0.91
0.39
0.42
0.19
0.21

(nCi/m?) (nci/m?)

0.42

0.29

0.69

1.18

1.57

0.74

0.47

6.45
4. 56
6. 86
7.41
7.28

6.51

1.15

0.18

6.14

0.26

0.31

0.39

0.71
2.61
1.98
1. 36

II - 9/0 tol
wo"
a7,"
28)"
30)"

0.43
0.48
0.49
0.57
0.52

1,500
950
1,400
1,300
1,400

II - 110 to 5
14,”
1s}
16}
"
20)"

3.90
5.78
6.79
4. 40
5. 86

$40
350
460
360
470

+
+
+
+
t

44
30*
37
30
41

Ill - 91/0 to l
17"
27,"
25;
"
30)
"

0.58
0.46
0.47
0.49
0.44

210
|28,000
120
170
130

+
+
+
+
+

61
c
1.22
c
6000°|Discounted” **
18
0.56
18
0.83
16
0.57
0.80

IIT - 1}0
14}
is}
16},
20;

to 5
"
"
"
“

5.03
4.64
4.45
2.72
4.06

IV - 910
a7;
27),
23;
30]

tol
"
"
"
"

0.34
0.31
0.40
0.52
0.46

650
550
910
1,000
970

IV - 1/0 to 5
i}
1}
"
16};
"
zo;
"

3.96
5.13
6.27
4.93
6. 38

302
250
240
360
290

30 +
20 +
40 +
344
31 +

Mass of material less than No.

c

21.1
20.2%
31.2
15.8
27.5

23.2

6
8*
7
8
7

1.51
0.93
1.78
0.93
1.26

1.28

0.37

0.29

+
t
+
+
+

66
43%*
62
74
71

2.21
1.71
3.64
5.20
4.46

3.44

1.47

0.43

+
*
t
¢
+

30
25
24
30*
26

2.90

0.19

12.0
12.8
15.1
17.8
18.5

15.2

10 mesh, divided by the sampled area.

Error term for the fCi/g values is the 2-sigma counting error term.
An error term
is not given for the unit area concentrations, bute it would include the counting
error, any error associated with the mass per area, and other errors mentioned
in the text.
This value grossly exceeds the other 15 (this table, Table 2, and duplicates) values
from this site.
The value is excluded from evaluations of the data (see the text).
Subsequent to the preparation of this paper, analyses of three additional aliquots
of this sample indicated values of 140 fCi/g, 110 fCi/g, and 120 FCi/g, providing
evidence that the value of 28,000 fCi/g was an anomaly.
Average of two duplicates; error term is the counting error for the individual
results.
ae

Recounted for confirmation of results.

653

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