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PUQFUA: AN IBM-704 FORTRAN CODE FOR DETERMINING PLUTONIUM BODY BURDEN FROM URINE ASSAYS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4173352
PUQFUA is an IBM-704 FORTRAN program, written primarily for Pu/sup 239/, which calculates from urinalyses the plutonium body burden in microcuries and the percent of the maximum permissible body burden. It is based on a set of power function eliminuation equations developed for the excretion of plutonium over a five-year period. Results with PUQFUA compare favorably with those of other methods. In general, it is easy to apply for a large number ot innividual ssmples, and the validation method is objective and requires no past experience with plutonium body harden calculations on the part of the evaluator. (auth)
Research Organization:
Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
NSA Number:
NSA-14-013562
OSTI ID:
4173352
Report Number(s):
LA-2329
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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