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. 2020 Sep 1;119(4):504–516. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001146

Table 4.

Fraction of unfissioned plutonium deposited vs. distance

a. Using soil data supplemented by model estimates of deposition density.
Distance (km) Unfissioned 239Pu deposited (%) Cumulative (%)
0–10 5.0 5.0
10–30 3.9 8.9
30–100 53 62
100–200 19 81
200–300 1.4 82
300–500 0.4 83
>500 17 100
b. Using model estimates of plutonium deposition density only.
Distance (km) Unfissioned 239Pu deposited (%) Cumulative (%)
0–10 5 5.0
10–30 3.6 8.6
30–100 52 61
100–200 17 78
200–300 1.2 80
300–500 0.4 80
>500 20 100