RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. Quarterly Progress Report for January-March 1959

Technical Report · Thu Apr 23 04:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4207185

Healy, J.W. ed.

Comparative studies of calcium and strontium metabolism and the influence of calcium content of the diet on strontium uptake indicate a lack of similarity in behavior between these two ions. Progress is reported in the following studies: the effect of strontium-90 and yttrium-90 on rainbow trout; the effects of the chronic ingestion of small doses of iodine-131 in sheep; the gastrointestinal absorption of orally administered strontium-90 in miniature swine; the effectiveness of various treatments in the therapy of radioinduced skin lesions; the absorption and metabolism of plutonium and the effects of DTPA on the deposition of plutonium in bone; the effects of the chronic ingestion of strontium-90 and calcium-45 in young rats; the effects of age on the absorption and retention of zinc-65 in rats; the long term effects of ingested yttrium-90 on the intestine; the radioprotective effects of erioglaucine in rats; the presence of lymphosarcomas in the intestinal mesentery of mice exposed to Pu/sup 239/ O/ sub 2/ atmosphere; the deposition and translocation of Pu/sup 239/ following inhalation of Pu/sup 239/O/sub 2/ in dogs; the distribution of iodine-131 in sheep following exposure to iodine-131 vapor and silver iodide-iodine-131 aerosol; the radiosensitivity of yeast cells; the uptake of cesium-137 and strontium-90 by bean plants; a comparison of the quantities of the fission products, zirconium-niobium-95, cesium-137, cerium-141, and cesium-praseodymium- 144 in plants and animals collected from various habitats with the amount of rainfall; the radiobiological monitoring of the Columbia River; modifications in personnel monitoring instruments; the completion of a whole-body monitor; the installation and testing of radiotelemetering equipment; investigations relative to detection techniques; a study of the process of adsorption and subsequent erosion of isotopes in reactor process tube film; geological and hydrological studies of the Hanford area of interest in problems of waste disposal; investigations on the immobilization of radioisotopes in waste solutions; the effectiveness of commercial anion exchange resins for removing plutonium from waste solutions; a review and analysis of information on fuel element rupture debris released to the Columbia River; and the release of fission products from heated low-level irradiated unclad uranium. (For preceding period see HW-5B833.) (auth)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash.
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-52
• NSA Number: NSA-13-020028
• OSTI ID: 4207185
• Report Number(s): HW-60137
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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