United States Transuranium Registry annual report, October 1, 1980-October 1, 1981 to Human Health and Assessments Division, US Department of Energy

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:7085783

Breitenstein, Jr, B D; Heid, K R; Swint, M J

The Registry initiates and supports programs at the various sites, where significant numbers of transuranic workers are employed, to conduct interviews and secure medical, health physics and autopsy releases. Terminated employees, not previously contacted, are encouraged to participate in the Registry program. This effort requires cooperation from the company administration as well as the medical and health physics staff. For those persons who are not reached through this network, we attempt to reach them through information about the Registry in professional newsletters and publications. Table 1 is a summary of the status of the US Transuranium Registry autopsy program as of September 1981. The need to prove or improve the accuracy of the present in vivo models is of paramount interest to health physicists. The correlation of in vivo measurements with the radiochemical analysis brings the possibilities of increased predictability of whole body deposition closer to reality. The correlation of in vivo with autopsy tissue will aid epidemiological studies to define those observable health effects in the exposed population that should be looked for.

• Research Organization: Hanford Environmental Health Foundation, Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01837
• OSTI ID: 7085783
• Report Number(s): HEHF-34; ON: DE82015471
• 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.
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BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
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