Thorium metabolism and dosimetry

Conference · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:10162816

Johnson, J R; Hill, R L ^[1]; Birchall, A; Jarvis, N S ^[2]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
2. National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton (United Kingdom)

Thorium occurs widely in nature, and has been used in medicine, industry, and advanced nuclear fuel cycles. Despite many studies, there still remains uncertainty in the dosimetry of Th, particularly that associated with the Th-232 decay chain. This presentation reviews past and current uses of thorium, and describes the residual difficulties involved with monitoring methods and calculations used in both environmental and occupational exposure evaluations.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10162816
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-23206; CONF-940437-6; ON: DE94014564; TRN: 94:023778
• Resource Relation: Conference: International seminar on health effects of radium and thorium,Heidelberg (Germany),18-22 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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