Generic environmental statement of routine use of plutonium-powered cardiac pacemakers. Final report

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5522865

The Final Environmental Statement on Routine Use of Plutonium-Powered Cardiac Pacemakers (FES) was issued in July 1976. Supplement 1, prepared in 1978, updates the FES with respect to power sources for pacemakers. Particular attention is given to the non-nuclear lithium batteries as alternatives to Pu-238 power sources in pacemakers. Supplement 1 also considers the current extent of pacemaker use and makeup of the patient population and concludes that the FES' conclusion is still valid, that distribution of Pu-238 powered pacemakers for routine use should be authorized subject to specific conditions.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Standards Development
• OSTI ID: 5522865
• Report Number(s): NUREG-0060-SUP-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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