Table 5:Compared toxicity of different radionuclides

Radio nuclide

Tritium

Ru-106

Cs-137

I-129

Pu-239

Po-210

Toxicity per ingestion
(microSv/Bq)

 

0.000018

0.007

0.013

0.12

0.25

1.2

Impact for marine release
of 1 GBq/year at La Hague
(microSv/year)

10-9

10-4

0.7 10-4

4 10-4

70 10-4

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