RE: Lab Tests Indicate Plutonium in Air

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 12:49 27.07.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Franz,
>
>Here are the figures as released in an article in the local (Richland, Wa
>area) newspaper.  All are for Pu239.
>.00036pci/m^3 in downtown Richland
>.00042pci/m^3 across Columbia river in Pasco, Wa area (southeast of Hanford
>site)
>.00012-.00023pci/m^3 at various other sites around Richland area
>
>For a baseline of "normal" concentration of Pu 239 in the air at Hanford
>site boundary the following was given: ~.0000003pci/m^3


Jim, thank you. It is already 1:30 am. in Vienna, so I postpone conversion
to Bq for tomorrow, this might also be advisable in order not to make any
errors..... 

Franz




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