Uploaded March 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Plutonium 239 has a half life of 24,100 years. According to the Nuclear Information Resource Center (NIRS), ... a single milligram (mg) of MOX (plutonium-urnanium mixed fuel) is as deadly as 2,000,000 mg of normal enriched uranium.
The main carcinogenic property of plutonium-239 arises from the energetic alpha radiation it emits. The alpha radiation it emits does not penetrate the skin, but can irradiate internal organs when plutonium is inhaled or ingested. Extremely small particles of plutonium on the order of micrograms can cause lung cancer if inhaled into the lungs.
Furthermore, plutonium may affect the ability to resist disease and the radioactivity from plutonium may cause reproductive failure.
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Radiation & its Effects to you Body 101 - Fukushima Nuclear Plant
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Plutonium has just been detected in the soil at five locations around the Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday.
Meanwhile, high levels of radiation exceeding 1,000 millisieverts per hour have been detected in water in a trench outside the No. 2 reactor's building at the nuclear plant, with the contaminated water suspected to have come from the reactor's core, where fuel rods have partially melted, authorities said Monday.
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Plutonium-239 is a very hazardous carcinogen which can also be used to make nuclear weapons. This combination of properties makes it one of the most dangerous substances.
Experiments on beagles have shown that a very small amount of plutonium in insoluble form will produce lung cancer with near-one-hundred-percent probability. When this data is extrapolated to humans, the figure for lethal lung burden of plutonium comes out to about 27 micrograms. Such an extrapolation from animals, of course, has some uncertainties. However, it is safe to assume that several tens of micrograms of plutonium-239 in the lung would greatly increase the risk of lung cancer. Larger quantities of plutonium will produce health problems in the short-term as well.
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Plutonium 239 has a half life of 24,100 years. According to the Nuclear Information Resource Center (NIRS), ... a single milligram (mg) of MOX (plutonium-urnanium mixed fuel) is as deadly as 2,000,000 mg of normal enriched uranium.
The main carcinogenic property of plutonium-239 arises from the energetic alpha radiation it emits. The alpha radiation it emits does not penetrate the skin, but can irradiate internal organs when plutonium is inhaled or ingested. Extremely small particles of plutonium on the order of micrograms can cause lung cancer if inhaled into the lungs.
Furthermore, plutonium may affect the ability to resist disease and the radioactivity from plutonium may cause reproductive failure.
naturalnews.com/031736_plutonium_enriched_uranium.html
lenntech.com/periodic/elements/pu.htm
Radiation & its Effects to you Body 101 - Fukushima Nuclear Plant
youtube.com/watch?v=vDri43B22oA&feature=player_embedded
Plutonium has just been detected in the soil at five locations around the Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday.
Meanwhile, high levels of radiation exceeding 1,000 millisieverts per hour have been detected in water in a trench outside the No. 2 reactor's building at the nuclear plant, with the contaminated water suspected to have come from the reactor's core, where fuel rods have partially melted, authorities said Monday.
english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/81603.html
Plutonium-239 is a very hazardous carcinogen which can also be used to make nuclear weapons. This combination of properties makes it one of the most dangerous substances.
Experiments on beagles have shown that a very small amount of plutonium in insoluble form will produce lung cancer with near-one-hundred-percent probability. When this data is extrapolated to humans, the figure for lethal lung burden of plutonium comes out to about 27 micrograms. Such an extrapolation from animals, of course, has some uncertainties. However, it is safe to assume that several tens of micrograms of plutonium-239 in the lung would greatly increase the risk of lung cancer. Larger quantities of plutonium will produce health problems in the short-term as well.
ieer.org/ensec/no-3/puhealth.html
*FAIR USE STATEMENT* For educational, non-commercial purposes only. Please see my channel home page for more information.
