Table 4.
Percentage of Plutonium-238 Transported to Milk, Urine, and Feces of
One Cow Over a 72-Hour Period Following a Single 83 mCi Intravenous
Injection of Citrate-Buffered Plutonium Nitrate
Total Day's Collection
Milk
Urine
Feces
Percentage of Dose per kg
of Material
Milk
Urine
Feces
24
0.55
1.4
0.35
0.027
0.10
0.028
48
0.52
0.31
0.42
0.033
0.034
0.12
72
0.25
0.12
0.15
0.025
0.028
0.19
1.3
1.8
0.92
Percentage of Dose per
Post-Dosing
Time (h)
TOTAL
Table 5.
Percentage of Plutonium-238 Transported to Milk, Urine, and Feces of
One Cow Over a 72-Hour Period Following a Single 9.95 mCi Intravenous
Injection of Citrate-Buffered Plutonium Nitrate
Total Day's Collection
Milk
Urine
Feces
Percentage of Dose per kg
of Material
Milk
Urine
Feces
24
0.39
1.4
0.82
0.023
0.084
0.038
48
0.28
0.35
1.0
0.015
0.019
0.053
72
0.14
0.23
0.61
0.0078
0.0094
0.024
96
0.10
0.15
0.37
0.0055
0.0073
0.018
0.060
0.11
0.31
0.0033
0.0054
0.016
0.97
2.2
3.1
Post—Dosing
Time (h)
120
TOTAL
Percentage of Dose per
187