Plutonium Accumulation from Long-term Occupational Exposure
Journal Article
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· Health Physics
Analyses of tissue aliquots from a plutonium process operator, who was exposed to Pu largely via chronic low-level inhalation for approximately 6 out of 11.5 years of employment, showed that he had accumulated a body burden of approximately 0.018 ation c. Estimations of his body burden from his urine assay record ranged from 0.019 to 0.034 ation c. The highest plutonium concentration was found in pulmonary lymph nodes, followed by liver, lungs, and bone. Some implications of these findings to chronic low-level inhalation exposures and to estimation of body burden from urine assays are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-018754
- OSTI ID:
- 4169933
- Journal Information:
- Health Physics, Vol. 2, Issue 4; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60; ISSN 0017-9078
- Publisher:
- Health Physics Society
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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