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Main Title Plutonium-239 and americium-241 uptake by plants from soil /
Author Brown, Kenneth Warren,
CORP Author Environmental Monitoring and Support Lab., Las Vegas, NV. Monitoring Systems Research and Development Div.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/3-79-026
Stock Number PB-298 241
OCLC Number 05290094
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Plants--Effect of radioactive pollution on ; Plant-soil relationships ; Growth (Plants) ; Plutonium ; Americium
Additional Subjects Plant growth ; Plutonium 239 ; Soils ; Plutonium 238 ; Americium isotopes ; Radioactive isotopes ; Concentration(Composition) ; Exposure ; Time ; Metabolism ; Plants(Botany) ; Uptake ; Bioaccumulation
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EJBD  EPA 600-3-79-026 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 10/26/2016
EKBD  EPA-600/3-79-026 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/18/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-3-79-026 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
EMBD  EPA/600/3-79/026 NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK 01/21/1994
ESAD  EPA 600-3-79-026 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-298 241 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation v, 16 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
Alfalfa was grown in soil contaminated with plutonium-239 dioxide (239PuO2) at a concentration of 29.7 nanocuries per gram (nCi/g). In addition to alfalfa, radishes, wheat, rye, and tomatoes were grown in soils contaminated with americium-241 nitrate (241Am(NO3)3) at a concentration of 189 nCi/g. The length of exposure varied from 52 days for the radishes to 237 days for the alfalfa. The magnitude of plutonium incorporation by the alfalfa as indicated by the concentration ratio, 0.0000025, was similar to previously reported data using other chemical forms of plutonium. The results did indicate, however, that differences in the biological availability of plutonium isotopes do exist. All of the species exposed to americium-241 assimilated and translocated this radioisotope to the stem, leaf, and fruiting structures. The magnitude of incorporation as signified by the concentration ratios varied from 0.00001 for the wheat grass to 0.0152 for the radishes. An increase in the uptake of americium also occurred as a function of time for four of the five plant species. Evidence indicates that the predominant factor in plutonium and americium uptake by plants may involve the chelation of these elements in soils by the action of compounds such as citric acid and/or other similar chelating agents released from plant roots.
Notes
"March 1979." Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-16).