Comprehensive dosimetry for seven exposure sources at the earliest US uranium processing facility

Conference · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20191403005· OSTI ID:1560413

Ellis, Elizabeth ^[1]; Leggett, Richard Wayne  ^[2]; Golden, Ashley ^[1]; Boice, John ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
2. ORNL
3. Vanderbilt University, Nashville

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works (MCW) was the earliest uranium processing facility in the United States, beginning in 1942. The 2,514 workers included in the epidemiologic study were exposed to external gamma radiation, medical x-rays, internal radiation from intakes of pitchblende ore and its extracted radionuclides (mainly uranium isotopes and radium-226), and ambient levels of radon and its progeny [1].

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1560413
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 14; Conference: 12th International Conference on the Health Effects of Incorporated Radionuclides (HEIR 2019) - Fontenay-aux-Roses, , France - 10/8/2018 8:00:00 AM-10/11/2018 8:00:00 AM
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English