TABLE 3.9

RADIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ALTERED AND UNALTERED PARTICLES,

SHOT ZUNI

Quantity

Time

TSD, br
fissions/gm (x 10!)
fissigns/gm (x 104)

(counts/min)/10‘ fissions

Altered Particles

Number of

—
_

6
14

71

4

105
239

ma/10° fissions (x 107 1%)

71

4

239

1

§32

ma/10* fissions (x 107 *7)

105

ma/10* fissions (x 107!)

ma/10* fissions (x 107 #7)
(counte/min)/ma (x 1044)
(counts/min)/ma (x 10%)

(counts/min)/ma (x 10%)

3
1

2

3.8 + 3.1
4.242.7

9
24

0.34 + 0.06
0.013
3.4

1

1.7

72
105

5
4

1. £ 0.4
0.12

1

4

2

0.53 + 0.19

7
1

3045

481

0.090 4 0.12
0.033 + 0.035

4

0.35 + 0.08
0.054

2447

10

Value

Samples

3

238

Number of

Samples

(counts/min)/10‘ fissions
(counts/min)/10‘ fissions

(counts/min)/10‘ fissions

Unaltered Particles

Value

sil
1443

0.024

59 + 24

7

109 4 31

1

5.1

20

4
13

16 +2

9.3 + 2.0
8.6 + 1.5

6

6.2 + 1.3

* Calculated from activity ratios on the basis of particles analyzed for total fissions.

TABLE 3.10

ACTIVITY RATIOS FOR PARTICLES FROM SHOTS ZUNI AND TEWA
Shot Zuni

Activity Ratio

Altered Particles
Value

(counts/min)/ma (x 1044)
(counts/min)/104 fissions

ma/10‘ fiasions (x 107 !7)

14. 43.
16. 22.
0.35 + 0.08

0.054
24. 27.
3.4

Shot Tewa

Unaltered Particles

Time

Value

105
239

8.6+15
8.241.3

105
239

105

1.1 + 0.4

105

TSD, br

239
105
239

Time

Time

TSD, hr

11. +6.

96

0.38 + 0.12

239
105
239

0.18 + 0.02
37. +15.

97

172
97

DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVITY OF YAG 40 TEWA
PARTICLES WITH SIZE AND TYPE
Percentof

Size Group

Value

TSD, hr

0.12
109. + 31.
20.

TABLE 3.11

All Particles

Composite
Total Activity

Percent of Size Group Activity

Irreguiar

Spheroidal

Agglomerated

microns
16 to 33

<0.1

23.4

76.6

0.0

67 to 99

6.0

46.4

37.5

16.0

34 to 66

220°

88.1

5.0

6.9

100 to 132

11.6

68.6

6.7

24.6

133 to 165
166 to 198

18.2
18.9

43.4
49.3

5.7
1.9

50.9
48.8

199 to 231
232 to 264

8.1
9.9

58.0
14.7

6.0
0.0

41.9
85.3

265 to 297

7.0

14.6

0.1

85.3

298 to 330

UL

18.5

0.0

81.4

331 to 363

0.7

_

_

100.0

2.2

97.7

_

_

364 to 396
397 to 429

1.7
_

0.0
_

430 to 462

0.6

23.8

76.2

0.0

463 to 495
496 to 528

_
3.4

_—
100.0

_
0.0

_
0.0

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