RE: Chemistry web site & plutonium

[Hewing Peter RB4 <Peter.Hewing@off1.siemens.de>]

The PTB Report Ra-16/5 gives 8.806E6 days and cites "Decay Data of the
Tramsactinum Nuclides, Techn. Reports Series No. 261, IAEA, Vienna, 1986"



> Radsafers,
>     
> Just searched for the best estimate for the half-life of 
> plutonium 239 - is 
> it 24300 years (I have seen this commonly quoted), 24100 
> years, or 24065 
> years (ICRP, 1983) or yet some other value?

    
Peter Hewing
Siemens Karlstein
Germany
Phone +49 6188 780251
Fax +49 6188 780690
e-mail:Peter.Hewing@off1.siemens.de
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