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INDEX 



at Rocky Flats, 242-260 

 concentration ratio (CR), 363-368 

 distribution in plants, 365 

 in particles at Savannah River, 107-144 

 transport and dose estimation model, 459- 



508 

 uptake by plants, 363-368 

 variation in soil, 166-172 

 Plutonium-239, -240 

 in arctic ecosystems, 441-456 

 concentration ratio (CR) in Great Lakes, 



616-617 

 concentrations in agricultural crops, 390-394 

 concentrations in Bikini Atoll waters, 560- 



561 

 concentrations in Nevada Test Site soils, 46 1- 



462 

 distribution in Enewetak sediments, 583-589 

 distribution in plants, 365 

 in Enewetak coral growth increments, 597- 



600 

 in Enewetak sediments, 594 

 in Enewetak zooplankton, 596-597 

 field experiments with, 363-368 

 fractionation between Bikini Atoll sediments, 



551-559 

 in Hudson River and estuary, 685-688 

 from nuclear weapons tests, 88-89 

 '""Pu/^^Pu ratios at Enewetak, 582-583 

 released to environs of Savannah River plant, 



381-384 

 released to White Oak Creek, 384-385 

 in Rocky Flats aquatic systems, 650-656 

 in Rocky Flats biota, 431-437 

 in Rocky Flats ponds, 652 

 in Savannah River water, 606-607 

 in soil depth profiles at Rocky Flats, 425-430 

 from spacecraft power systems, 83 

 uptake by plants, 344-346, 363-368, 390-394 



effect of soil concentration on, 365 

 Plutonium-241 

 2 4 1 py/2 3 9 +2 4 p^j ^^^j^^ -^^ Encwctak water 



samples, 583 

 as a source of ^^ ' Am in nuclear weapons 

 debris, 90 

 Plutonium particles, formation in nuclear tests, 

 87-88 



Radiation dose rates 

 to humans from Savannah River biota, 609- 



610 

 to marine organisms, from natural radio- 

 nuclides, 716 

 from transuranic elements, 716 

 Radiation effects on marine organisms, 716- 

 718 

 compared to other mortality, 718-719 



comparison of plutonium and ^ ' " Po, 7 1 6 



research needs, 719 

 Radiological assessments, 45-51 



requirements for, 46-49 



standards for plutonium in soils, 161-162 

 Ratios 



Am/ 



2 3 9,240 



Pu, in Enewetak sedi- 



ments, 583 



in marine waters, 5 33 

 concentration (CR), 26-33, 189-207 

 concentration ratios and inventory ratios 



of plutonium in Oak Ridge and Los 



Alamos, 377-379 

 inventory (IR), 4-7, 184-207 



comparison by profile analysis, 203 

 mathematical considerations in use of, 187- 



207 

 of ""-^ ^°Pu/' 2^ Cs in fallout, 68-70 

 Qf 2 3 9 ,2 4 p^j/9 g^ ^^ Q^^^^ ^akcs, 659-660 



of transuranic elements in airborne vs. 



surface-soil solids at Rocky Flats and 



Hanford, 283 

 types of, 187 



Remobilization of transuranic elements 



in Enewetak Atoll environment, 593-599 



in Great Lakes sediments, 673-674 

 Research needs 



in aquatic studies, 622 



in ecological effects, 709-710 



general, 37 



in marine studies, 535-536 



in plutonium availability to native animals, 

 417 



in plutonium resuspension. 231, 250, 280- 

 281 



radiation (pollutant) effects, 709-710. 719 



in sampling for models, 182 



soil-plant chemistry, 330-331 



in transport and dose modeling, 462-463 

 Residence time 



of nuclear weapons test debris in atmo- 

 sphere, 62-66 



oj- 2 3 9 ,2 4 py j,^ Q^^^^j Lakes, 664 



Resuspension 



definition, 209-210, 237-238 



mechanical, 224-226 



of plutonium from Great Lakes sediments, 

 674-678 



of plutonium by wind at Trinity Site, 416 



rates, 213, 278 

 factors important in, 284 



wind, 213-224 

 Resuspension factors 



used in deciduous forest model, 515 



definition and range, 210-212, 237-238, 268 



at Hanford, 268 



at Nevada Test Site, 467-468 



