Research and development activities in the field of radiological sciences quarterly progress report, April-June 1958

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

OSTI ID:5675762

Healy, J W ^[1]

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1. ed.

A test was made to determine the effect of changing concentrations of reactor effluent in the Columbia River on young Chinook salmon. Progress is reported in the following studies: the effects of chronic ingestion of low-level iodine-131, tracer studies on strontium metabolism in swine and rats; the effects of various treatments on the absorption and tissue distribution of plutonium; and the absorption and metabolism of fission products in rats. Increased genetic effects were observed from phosphorus-32 metabolized by yeast cells. Data are included from studies on the effects of soil conditions on the uptake of strontium-90 by plants. A study was made of the formation of radioisotopes in reactor effluent water. Fluorescein dye was used in studies of ground water flow. Laboratory investigations were conducted to obtain data for waste disposal studies.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Richland, WA (USA). Hanford Atomic Products Operation
• OSTI ID: 5675762
• Report Number(s): HW-56928
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACTINIDES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
COLUMBIA RIVER
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ELEMENTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FISHES
FISSION PRODUCTS
FUNGI
GENETIC EFFECTS
GENETIC RADIATION EFFECTS
HANFORD RESERVATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IODINE 131
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAMMALS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
MICROORGANISMS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PHOSPHORUS 32
PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES
PLANTS
PLUTONIUM
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
RATS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RIVERS
RODENTS
SALMON
SOILS
STREAMS
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SURFACE WATERS
SWINE
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VERTEBRATES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
YEASTS