Table 4.
Calculated ratios between fission events from 239Pu, 235U and 238U, and all fission events in the bone sample.
| Isotope |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | 239Pu | 238U | 235U |
| Plutonium burden per 1 kg of bone tissue, Bq kg−1 | 1.9 × 103 | 1.5 × 10−5 | 1.08 × 10−3 |
| σi, barn | 7.5 × 102 | 5.0 × 10−6 | 5.85 × 102 |
| Ni, nuclei/kg | 2.14 × 1015 | 3.06 × 1016 | 3.47 × 1013 |
| Ki = Niσi/ΣNiσi | 9.88 × 10−1 | 9.38 × 10−8 | 1.25 × 1 |