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Re: Deadly Plutonium ?




Off the top of my head, that is probably an ok number if the Pu is taken into the body.   However, most of the Pu ingested will be excreted in a fairly short period of time.  Such being the case the actual dose is much less.


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     If I calculated correctly, 1/200 ounce of ingested, insoluble
    Pu-239 would give a committed effective dose equivalent of around
    2000 rem (remember, that's over a fifty year period)...certainly
    not "immediately lethal"...

     Vincent King
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Subject: Deadly Plutonium ?
Author:  "Gerald Schlenker" <glschl1@pop.uky.edu> at Internet
Date:    2/7/00 8:38 AM


Is 2/100th of a ounce of injested plutonium immediatly leathal?

Gerald Schlenker
GLSCHL1@pop.uky.edu

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