Table 8.

Percentage of Plutonium-238 Transported to Milk, Urine, and Feces in

Four Dairy Cows Following Acute Intravenous Doses of Citrate-Buffered
Plutonium-238 Nitrate (Approximately 16.0 mCi per Animal)

Time (h)

After
Injection
24
48
72
96
120
Total

Cow #119

24
48
72
96
120
Total

0.549
0.516
0.320
0.228
0.155

0.331
0.268
0.233
0.141
0.118

0.413
0.341
0.193
0.141
0.123

1.87

1.77

1.09

1.21

Cow #119

Injection
24
48
72
96
120

TOTAL

Percentage of Dose Transported to URINE
Cow #179
Cow #123

Cow #128

0.975
0.397
0.573
0.374
0.374

1.27
0.507
0.259
0.209
0.139

0.897
0.430
0.340
0.259
0.213

0.820
0.570
0.401
0.271
0.247

2.69

2.38

2.14

2.31

Time (h)

After

Cow #128

0.507
0.610
0.346
0.235
0.171

Time (h)

After
Injection

Percentage of Dose Transported to MILK
Cow #179
Cow #123

Cow #119

Percentage of Dose Transported in FECES

Cow #179

Cow #123

Cow #128

0.134
0.179
0.458
0.332
0.307

0.467
1.01
0.870
0.637
0.455

0.156
0.613
0.371
0.306
0.309

0.330
0.617
0.357
0.417
0.494

1.41

3.44

1.76

2.22

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