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Specific Activity of Uranium

Good afternoon, everyone:

While working with HPS N13.22-1995 (Bioassay Programs 
for Uranium), I noticed that Table C.1 lists the specific 
activites of various uranium enrichments as 
dpm/m(milli)g.  Some matchbook calculations suggest 
that the Table caption should be dpm/u(micro)g.

Specifically, the specific activity of 93% enriched U 
shows an activity of 144.52 dpm/mg for U-234.  That seems  
a bit low.

Is there a typo in this table?

Jim Barnes, CHP
Radiation Safety Officer
Rocketdyne / Boeing
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