RE: Seeking reference materials on Pu, U, and Th

["Jim Otton" <jkotton@usgs.gov>]

Peter, Radsafers,



Studies by the USGS and DOE contractors at Rocky Flats have led to some very

excellent papers on the mobility of uranium, americium, and plutonium in

soils, ground water, and surface water in the semi-arid climatic conditions

of the Denver metro area.

TI: The behavior of radionuclides in the soils of Rocky Flats, Colorado

AU: Litaor, M I; Barth, G; Zika, E M; Litus, G; Moffitt, J; Daniels, H

SO: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol.38, no.1, pp.17-46, 1998



TI: Fate and transport of plutonium-239+240 and americium-241 in the soil of

Rocky Flats, Colorado

AU: Litaor, M Iggy; Barth, G R; Zika, E M

SO: Journal of Environmental Quality, vol.25, no.4, pp.671-683, Aug 1996



TI: Particulate, colloidal, and solution phase associations of plutonium,

americium, and uranium in

     surface and ground water at the Rocky Flats Plant, Colorado

AU: Hamish, Richard A; McKnight, Diane M; Ranville, James F; Stephens,

Verlin Cory; Honeyman,

     Bruce D; Grace, Scott R

SO:  Water-Resources Investigations - U. S. Geological Survey, Report: WRI

95-4015, pp.33-42, 1996



TI: Particulate, colloidal, and dissolved-phase associations of plutonium,

americium, and

     uranium in water samples from Well 1587 and surface-water sites SW-51

and SW-53 at the Rocky

     Flats Plant, Colorado

AU: Harnish, R A; McKnight, D M; Ranville, J F; Stephens, V C; Orem, W H

SO: Water-Resources Investigations - U. S. Geological Survey, Report: WRI

96-4067, 43 pp., 1996



TI: Characterization of selected radionuclides in sediment and surface water

in Standley

     Lake, Great Western Reservoir, and Mower Reservoir, Jefferson County,

Colorado, 1992

AU:  Clow, David W; Johncox, David A

SO: Water-Resources Investigations - U. S. Geological Survey, Report: WRI

95-4126, 77 pp., 1995



TI: Ecological considerations of the behavior of plutonium in the

environment

AU: Hanson, Wayne C

SO:  Health Physics, vol.28, no.5, pp.529-537, May 1975



TI: Plutonium in the aquatic environment around the Rocky Flats facility

AU: Thompson, M A

SO: Proceedings Series - International Atomic Energy Agency = Collection

Comptes Rendus - Agence

     Internationale de l'Energie Atomique, no.406, pp.213-226, 1975



Jim Otton

U.S. Geological Survey

Lakewood, Colorado



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[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf Of Darnell, Peter

Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 11:42 AM

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Subject: Seeking reference materials on Pu, U, and Th





I'm interested in finding a reference that discusses how Pu, U, and Th

surface contamination behaves in the environment.  Specifically, I'm

interested in why Pu and Th are much more mobile than U.



Thanks,

Pete Darnell

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