RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT FOR APRIL-JUNE 1958

Technical Report · Mon Jul 28 04:00:00 EDT 1958

OSTI ID:4267199

Healy, J.W. ed.

A test was made to determine the effect of changing concenirations of reactor effluent in the Columbia River on young Chinook salmon. Dnta are tabulated. Progress is reported in the following studies: the effects of chronic ingestion of low-level iodine-131 in sheep and swine; tracer studies on stroniium metabolism in swine and rats; the effects of various trentmenis on the absorption and tissue distribution of plutonium; the effect of dietary calcium levels on stroniium-90 bone deposition in rats; and the absorption and metabollsm of fission products in rats. The fate and toxicity of inhaled radioactive materials were studied in mice. Data are included for particles coniaining plutoninm-239, ruthenium-106, iodine-131, and stroniium-90. lncreased genetic effects were observed from phosphorus-32 metabolized by yeast cells when compared with the effects from phosphorus-32 in the medium surrounding the cells. Data are included from studies on the effects of soil conditions on the uptake of strontium-90 by plants. Results are reported from routine radiobiologcal studies and environs monitoring activities. A study was made of the formntion of radioisotopes in reactor effluent water, and an analysis was made of reactor film mnterial removed from two process tubes by purging with a chemical cleaner. Fluorescein dye was used in studies of ground water flow. Laborntory investigations were conducted to obtain data for waste dlsposal studies. (For preceding period see HW-55586.) (C.H.)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash.
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-52
• NSA Number: NSA-13-003518
• OSTI ID: 4267199
• Report Number(s): HW-56928
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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