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INDEX 



Hanford 



^ "* ' Am in effluent ponds at, 6 1 2-6 1 3 



plutonium in U-Pond components, 631-640 



transuranic elements in air and soil, 245-263 

 Hudson River and estuary, distribution of 



plutonium in, 685-689 

 Human exposure to transuranics 



dose rates from, 697-698 



effects on humans, 695-698 



ingestion, 487-488, 692-693 



inhalation, 486-487,692 



possible routes, 486-488, 691-693 



respirable Rocky Flats contamination, 

 260-263 

 Hypothesis testing, 204-205 



Industrial wastes 



from Light Water Reactor fuel cycle, 93-103 

 Inventories 

 of plutonium, in biotic components, 5-6 

 in deciduous forest components, 377, 



519-521 

 in Hanford U-Pond, 631-636 

 in New Mexico ecosystems, 377, 413-416 

 pf 2 3 9 ,2 4 py^ jj^ Enewetak sediments, 594 

 in Rocky Flats ponds, 652 

 in soils and alluvium at Thule, Greenland, 

 and in Alaska, 447-449 

 Ionizing radiation, effects on aquatic organisms, 



716-719 

 Isotopic ratios of ^ ^ « Pu/^ 3 9 ,2 4 o p^ 

 in aquatic systems, 613 

 in arctic biota, 449-454 

 in arctic soils, 448 

 in fallout, 70 



in Rocky Flats soils and air, 253-260 

 in Savannah River estuary sediments, 608-609 

 in world soils, 71-73 



Kj {see Distribution coefficient) 



Logarithmic transformed data used in models, 



183 

 Long-term behavior, 33-34 

 Los Alamos, New Mexico 



biota, ^^^■^^'•^^"Pu in, 407-414 



rates of plutonium release, 372 



soils, "«-" ^-^""Pu in, 409-414 



Marine ecosystems, transuranic element 



behavior in, 20-24 

 Mass loading of soil contamination in air, 



226-228, 231,468 

 Microorganisms 

 role in transuranic element, distribution in 

 plants, 326-328 

 solubility in soils, 303, 312-315 



Modeling methods, simulation techniques, 

 COMEX, 517 



Modeling results 

 comparison of predicted and observed values 



in Enewetak waters, 598-600 

 power-function model to describe plutonium 



in Rocky Flats soil, 427 

 predicted release of plutonium by fire in 



deciduous forest, 520-521 

 simulation of plutonium dynamics in 



deciduous forest, 517-521 

 sources of variation in predictions, 520-521 



Models 

 categories, 181 



closed system, descriptive, 515-517 

 to describe plutonium cycHng in deciduous 



forest ecosystem, 513-521 

 for ingestion of transuranics, 490-492 

 for inhaled transuranics, 50, 493-504, 692 

 for predicting transuranic element concen- 

 trations in Enewetak waters, 597-598 



comparison of predicted and observed 

 values, 598-600 

 ^ ^ ^ Pu transport and dose estimation, 459- 



508 

 research needs, 182 



theoretical resuspension, 280 

 resuspension, 210, 467-468 

 sampling for, 181-184 



Mound Laboratory, chemical nature of 

 plutonium in canal, 155 



Natural radiation 

 compared to other sources, 697-698 

 dose to humans, 697-698 

 dose rates to aquatic biota, 697, 715 

 dose rates to terrestrial biota, 707 

 health effects in humans, 697 

 human exposures to, 697-698 



Neptunium-237 

 chemical properties, 14 

 distribution in plants, 368 

 in Enewetak Atoll samples, 582 

 field experiments with, 361-368 

 in marine mussels and shrimps, 530-531 

 uptake by plants, 361-368 

 effect of soil concentrations on, 365 



Neptunium-239, ratio to "*°Ba in Chinese 

 nuclear test debris, 78 



Nevada Test Site, solubility of plutonium in 

 soils, 154 



New Mexico ecosystems, inventories of 



plutonium in, 377, 519-521 

 Nuclear fuel reprocessing plants, 382 



