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Plutonium-242

Atomic
No.
Radionuclide Class Table 1
Occupational Values
Table 2
Effluent Concentrations
Table 3
Releases to
Sewers
Col. 1 Col. 2 Col. 3 Col. 1 Col. 2
Oral
Ingestion
ALI
(µCi)
Inhalation Air
(µCi/ml)
Water
(µCi/ml)
Monthly
Average
Concentration
(µCi/ml)
ALI
(µCi)
DAC
(µCi/ml)
94 Plutonium-242 W, see 234Pu 8E-1
Bone Surf
7E-3
Bone Surf
3E-12 - - -
(1E+0) (1E-2) - 2E-14 2E-8 2E-7
Y, see 234Pu - 2E-2
Bone Surf
7E-12 - - -
- (2E-2) - 2E-14 - -

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