Table 4.

Distribution of plutonium in size fractions and contribution of sizes to total soil plutonium in
desert mound

Sample
Depth

(cm)
0

Size Range (ym)

Activity*

2,000-840

840-250

250-125

125-53

53-20

20-5

5-2

< 2

- 2.5

A
B
C

10,523
169
1.7

4,003
1,320
13.3

1,221
522
5.2

21,653
3,622
36.4

74,058
1,977
19.9

229,401
1,972
19.8

56,653
232
2.

29,221
137
1.4

2.5- 5.0

A
B
Cc

6,597
127
1.6

1,553
419
5.2

5,354
2,21]
27.5

6,193
1,350
16.8

64,525
2,368
29.4

70,809
1,232
15.3

25,517
212
2.

11,098
126
1.6

5.0- 7.5

A
B
Cc

1,069
16
0.8

541
133
6.6

851
325
16.2

1,117
255
12.7

15,496
606
30.3

16,484
522
26.1

4,834
93
4,

2,547
51
2.6

7.5-10.0

A
B
Cc

11
0
0.1

24
6
3.4

51
17
9.7

74
12
6.9

1,042
43
24.6

898
57
32.6

699
35
20.

144
5
2.9

*A = dpm/g in size fraction; B = contribution in dpm/g of soil, activity rounded off to nearest whole
percentage contribution of activity in size fraction to soil.
number; C

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