INDEX 



121 



Retention of particles 



factors intluencing, 289 



half-times, 290 



by plants, 289-294 

 Risk estimates of ecological hazard, 708-709 

 Rocky Flats 



plutoniiim in aquatic systems of, 644-658 



Plutonium in sediments of, 650 



Plutonium in soils, 154-155 



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and air, 253-260 

 ^^'Pu contamination, 705-706 



resuspension of, 241-245 

 Routes of exposure 

 ingestion, 692-693 

 inhalation, 692 



Samphng designs 

 analytical sampling, 1 77-1 78 

 Battelle large volume water sampler used at 



Bikini Atoll, 562-569 

 descriptive (survey), 176-177 

 descriptive sampling, 1 76 

 estimate of sampling error, 167 

 vs. experimental design, 1 74-178 

 importance in radiological assessment, 51 

 for modeling, 1 78 

 random vs. systematic, 183 

 relationship of concentration : aliquot size 



in, 194-196 

 spatial pattern, 177 

 stratification in, 179 



Savannah River Plant, 382-384 



Seasonal cycles of ^ ' ' -^ ^ " Pu in Lake Michigan, 

 668-680 



Sediments 

 Plutonium in Great Lakes, 670-680 

 Plutonium in Hanford U-Pond. 634-637 

 Plutonium in Hudson River, 685-687 

 Plutonium in Rocky Flats, 650 

 size fraction at Enewetak Atoll, 589 

 association of transuranics uitli, 589-593 



Soil 

 airborne, concentrations of ^ ■' •'* Pu on, 250- 



253 

 behavior of plutonium in, 13 

 cliemical reactions of - " ' Am in, 309 

 chemical reactions of " "Cm in, 309 

 cliemical reactions of plutonium in, 303-309 

 complexation of transuranic elements in, 



309-312 

 extraction of plut'miuni from, 159, 398 

 horizontal and vertical distribution of 

 2 3«.2.9..4op^jj^ Los Alamos, 408 



iniplicalions of particle size, 161-162 

 ingestion b\' cattle, 481-482 

 movement in resuspensiiin, 213-232 



plutonium concentration in, effects of culti- 

 vation on, 395-398 

 Enewetak AtoU, 588 

 as function of particle size, 160-162, 250, 



429 

 Rocky Flats, 250,425-430 

 plutonium in/on airborne vs. surface, 280- 



281 

 plutonium index, 229 

 plutonium transport by, 24-26, 414-416, 

 429-430 

 Soil factors, effect on transuranic nuclide 



uptake by plants, 302-315, 337-357 

 Solubility of transuranic elements 

 in Bikini Atoll marine water, 568-569 

 factors governing, 10-12 

 general considerations, 9-10 

 microbial alteration of, 312-315 

 Source terms 

 '"'Am, 90 

 classification according to solubility in soil, 



302-303 

 decommissioning of nuclear power plants, 



103-106 

 Enewetak Atoll, 579-581 

 general considerations, 2-3, 404-408, 605 

 nuclear fuel reprocessing plants, 89-90, 



92-103, 241-245, 382-384, 605, 646-647 

 nuclear weapons accidents, 89 

 nuclear weapons fabrication plants, 89-90, 



241, 404-406, 420-439, 626, 646-647 

 nuclear weapons tests, 54-78, 266, 542-544 

 ^•^«Pu, 83 

 '-''•""Pu, 83 



spacecraft power systems, 83-85 

 Stability constants, 10-12 

 Statistics in sampling 

 aliquots. 182-183 

 counting statistics, 182 

 multivariate vs. univariate, 200-203 

 random vs. systematic, 183 

 ratios, constraints on, 197-200 

 "zero" or nondetectable values, 182 



Transfer of transuranics 

 effect of complexation in aquatic systems, 



617-618 

 effect of complexation on, 326-330 

 between ecosystem model compartments, 



461-463 

 to man from aquatic ecosystems, 621-622 

 through Rocky Flats aquatic systems. 654- 



656 

 from soil to plants, 159 

 from water to sediment, 652 



Transformation of transuranic elements b)' 

 microorganisms in soil, 319-3 26 



