Re: Alternative isotopes in RTGs?

["Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>]

October 14, 1997
Davis, CA

Given this list, plutonium-238 is probably the least hazardous in the case
of an accidental release because it is least environmentally mobile and
least-readily absorbed into the body. 

>   Po- 209   103   a
>   Ac- 227    21.8 a
>   U - 232    72.0 a
>   Pu- 238    87.7 a
>   Cm- 243    28.5 a
>   Cm- 244    18.1 a
>   Cf- 250    13.1 a
>
Otto

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