Table 6-9. Curies of Important Nuclides Released During Nuclear Excursion Involving Plutonium Solution

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Table 6-9. Curies of Important Nuclides Released During Nuclear Excursion

Involving Plutonium Solution

(NRC, July 1979)

Radioactivity, Ci(a)

Half-life(b)

Nuclide

0 to 0.5 hr

0.5 to 8 hr

Total

Kr-83m

1.8 h

1.5.E+1

9.5E+1

1.1E+2

Kr-85m

4.5 yr

9.4E+0

6.1E+1

7.1E+1

Kr-85

1.7 yr

1.2E-4

7.2E-4

8.1E-3

Kr-87

76.3 m

6.0E+1

3.7E+2

4.3E+2

Kr-88

2.8 h

3.2E+1

2.0E+2

2.3E+2

Kr-89

3.2 m

1.8E+3

1.1E+4

1.3E+4

Xe-131m

11.9 d

1.4E-2

8.6E-2

1.0E-1

Xe-133m

2.0 d

3.1E-1

1.9E+0

2.2E+0

Xe-133

5.2 d

3.8E+0

2.3E+1

2.7E+1

Xe-135m

15.6 m

4.6E+2

2.8E+3

3.3E+3

Xe-135

9.1 h

5.7E+1

3.5E+2

4.1E+2

Xe-137

3.8 m

6.9E+3

4.2E+4

4.9E+4

Xe-138

14.2 m

1.5E+3

9.5E+3

1.1E+4

I-131

8.0 d

1.5E+0

9.5E+0

1.1E+1

I-132

2.3 h

1.7E+2

1.0E+3

1.2E+3

I-133

20.8 h

2.2E+1

1.4E+2

1.6E+2

I-134

52.6 m

6.0E+2

3.7E+3

4.3E+3

I-135

6.6 h

6.3E+1

3.9E+2

4.5E+2

Pu-238(c)

5.9E-4

Pu-239(c)

2.7E-5

Pu-240(c)

5.8E-5

Pu-241(c)

1.8E-2

Pu-242(c)

4.3E-7

Am-241(c)

2.4E-5

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