United States Transuranium Registry summary report, July 1, 1974 to October 1, 1975 to ERDA Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:6561221

Norwood, W D; Newton, Jr, C E

The primary purpose of the Registry is to protect the interests of workers, employers and the public by serving as a national focal point for the acquisition and provision of the latest and most precise information about the effects of the transuranic elements on man. This is being done by establishing the population at risk. To date some 9063 transuranium workers have been so identified. On a continuing basis, the best current estimates of the amount and location of any internal deposition of any of the transuranium elements in employees are being accumulated. These determinations have been improved by reconciliation with actual burdens found in various organs at autopsy or by alternate methods. Such employees are followed clinically and by epidemiological methods to determine whether there may be any adverse effects on such desposits on health or longevity. Registry statistics are given for the following sites: Hanford, Rocky Flats, Los Alamos, Savannah River, Mount, and Oak Ridge. The seven appendces contain information related to the Registry activities.

• Research Organization: Hanford Environmental Health Foundation, Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6561221
• Report Number(s): HEHF-23; ON: DE82015463
• 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.
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BLOOD CHEMISTRY
BODY
BODY BURDEN
DATA ACQUISITION
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DOSES
ELEMENTS
GLANDS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
LIVER
LUNGS
MONITORING
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ORGANS
PERSONNEL
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POPULATIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION MONITORING
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RISK ASSESSMENT
SKELETON
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS