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
191