Tritium hazard via the ingestion pathway

Conference · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · Fusion Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5817808

Travis, C C

The classic methodology for estimating dose to man from environmental tritium ignores the fact that organically bound tritium in foodstuffs may be directly assimilated in the bound compartment of tissues without previous oxidation. We propose a four-compartment model that allows for the ability to input organically bound tritium in foodstuffs directly into the organic compartments of the model. We found that organically bound tritium in foodstuffs can increase the total body dose by a factor of 1.7-4.5 times the free body water dose alone, depending on the bound to loose ratio of tritium in the diet.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
• OSTI ID: 5817808
• Report Number(s): CONF-850405-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fusion Technol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 8:2
• 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.
ABSORPTION
ANIMAL TISSUES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MODELS
BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS
BODY
COMPARTMENTS
DISTRIBUTION
DOSES
FOOD
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INGESTION
INTAKE
INTESTINAL ABSORPTION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAMMALS
MAN
METABOLIC ACTIVATION
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PRIMATES
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
TISSUES
TRITIUM
UPTAKE
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES