with "small" particles arising from upwind. Consequently, the combined
sample of "small" particles would have an average wCi/g value caused by
particle dilution from two sources.
In order to direct attention to a possible relationship between plutonium-239 and americium-241 resuspension, a cross comparison of data from
Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 is shown in Fig. 5.
In this case, the yCi/g for

plutonium-239 on “large” particles is shown along with the uCi/g for
americium-241 on "small" particles.
In both cases, the uCi/g was constant between 1.9- and 15-m sampling heights.

For greater heights, the

uCi/g increased for both plutonium-239 on "large" particles and americium-241 on "small" particles. This increase was greater for americium-241 on "small" particles than for plutonium~239 on "large" particles. Nevertheless, for both plutonium-239 on "large" particles and
americium-241 on "small" particles, the wCi/g decreased rapidly between
sampling heights of 91 m and 122 m.
It is unknown why there appears to be a relationship between americium-241

transport on "small" particles at elevated heights as compared to plutonium-239 transport on "large" particles at elevated heights. There are
at least three possible explanations for this relationship.

The ameri-

cium-241 and plutonium-239 were originally deposited at the resuspension
source in two different size ranges.

A second possibility is that

plutonium-239 attaches to soil particles more readily than americium-241.

The third possibility is there may be some mechanisms by which americium' 241 is released from plutonium~239-241 resuspension sources.
Possibly for an aged plutonium resuspension source, sufficient daughter
americium-241 has grown in by decay of plutonium-241.
During decay,
small americium-241 particles could be ejected from the parent plutonium.

After ejection, the americium-241 small particles no longer retain their
identity with the parent plutonium which may be attached to large particles.
Thus, in being resuspended, americium-241 is in a small particle
diameter range as compared to the parent plutonium on large particles.

Additional plutonium-239 and americium-241 data concerning transport on
both large and small soil particles are needed in order to clarify the
physics explaining these compared observations.

Average Horizontal Fluxes
Average horizontal fluxes in uCi/(m2 day) were calculated for both small
and large particles.
Average horizontal plutonium-239 fluxes are shown
in Fig. 6.
For large particles, the maximum flux was at a sampling

height of 60 m.

at this height.

particles.

This maximum flux reflects, in part, the larger uCi/g
The flux on small particles was less than on large

On the right side of the figure is shown the percent of the

airborne flux on small particles.

The plutonium-239 flux on small

particles ranged from 32 to 46% of the total calculated flux.

Average horizontal fluxes for americium-241 are shown in Fig. 7.
For
transport on small particles, the flux was maximum at 5 x 10-7 yCi/ (m2

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