Dose estimation to a worker hand from depleted uranium handling - 25471
Conference
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OSTI ID:23055103
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
- GAEA Scientific, 394 Catherine Ave., Los Alamos, NM 87547 (United States)
This work is a study of the dose to a hand from a depleted uranium (DU) slab. This research evaluates and compares the effective dose and localized skin-absorbed dose from handling depleted uranium. The analysis includes photons, neutrons, and beta particles emanating from depleted Uranium aged to 30 years. Although partial effective dose rates are small, the electron localized skin-absorbed dose rate is significant. These results may be used to check compliance with safety regulations, policies and procedures at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and to build recommendations for the safe handling of depleted Uranium samples. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 23055103
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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