| Table 5:Compared toxicity of different radionuclides | ||||||
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Radio nuclide |
Tritium |
Ru-106 |
Cs-137 |
I-129 |
Pu-239 |
Po-210 |
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Toxicity
per ingestion
|
0.000018 |
0.007 |
0.013 |
0.12 |
0.25 |
1.2 |
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Impact
for marine release |
10-9 |
10-4 |
0.7 10-4 |
4 10-4 |
70 10-4 |
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