Table 3.
Extent of Translocation of 2380, from Contaminated Foliage cf Bushbean to Seed Tissues in
the Absence and Presence of a Solution Vector
Time of Leaching
(Days Following
Contamination)
Stage
Of Development
Pu Oxide
(Fresh)
Plutonium Chemical Form
Pu Oxide
Pu citrate
(Hydrated)
Pu Nitrate
TRS
Control--No Leach
ove
Day 1
<4.5x10
Preflowering
-
2,6x10 5
-
Day 7
Flowering, Seed
Development
1. 7x10 >
Day 14
Seed Filling
1.8x16
Day 21
Seed Filling Completed
<5,0x10 6
-5
1.1x10
-5
5.4x10
-
-
4.1x10 5
8.4x10 >
-
-
1.8x10 >
4.4x10
-6
1.8x10 ‘
-5
3.5%30
4.3%10 >
-5
4.7x10 >
6,8xL0
2.6x10
1.4x10
1,1x10
4.0x10
-6
-4
-3
-5
-6
1.
Plants leached with 200 ml of solution, equivalent to a 7 min rainfall of 0.4 cm.
2.
Ail compounds supplied from solutions at pH5.§ to 7.0; aerosol characteristics for the fresh and
hydrated oxides given in Table 1; aerosols of Pu-citrate had an AMAD of 1.61 um and a GSD of 1.86,
count mode was 0.200 wm; Pu-nitrate had an AMAD of 2.29 um and a GSD of 1.91, count mode was 0.152 um,
3.
Aged in H,O at pH 7.0 for 10 months
2
4.
Transport Ratio = pCi/gm Seed Tissue/pCi/gm Contaminated Leaf Tissue; average of four replicate samples
Table 4.
Extent of Translocation of 233
3 Pu From Contaminated Foliage of Bushbean to Root Tissues in
the Absence and Presence of a Solution Vector!
Time of Leaching
(Days Following
Contamination)
Stage
Of Development
Pu Oxide
(Fresh)
Plutonium Chemical Form”
Pu Oxide
Pu Citrate
(Hydrated)?
Pu Nitrate |
Tr*
Control--No Leach
<6.6x107"°
Day 1
<4, 8x107>
7,3x10°°
Pref lowering
2.2x10°?
Day 7
1.6x107>
Flowering, Seed
4.7x10->
1.1x10~*
1.4x107°
2.2x107>
5.7x10->
4.6x10~"
Development
Eve
-6
Day y 14
Seed Filling
1.1x10
Day 21
Seed Filling Completed
1.6x107>
73
4.3x10
“9
1.9x10"°
7,1x10
9
1.7x10“
3,3x107>
1.4x10
>
3.3x10°°
1.
Plants leached with 200 ml of solution, equivalent to a 7 min rainfall of 0.4 cm.
2.
All compounds supplied from solutions at pH 5.8 to 7.0; aerosol characteristics given in Table 3.
3.
Aged in H,9 at pH 7.0 for 10 months
4,
Transport Ratio = pCi/gm Root Tissue/pCi/gm Contaminated Leaf Tissue; average of four replicate samples