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Title: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UO3 PLANT BIOASSAY

Abstract

Alternative urine bioassay programs are described for application with decontamination and decommissioning activities at the Hanford UO3 Plant. The alternatives are based on quarterly or monthly urine bioassay for recycled uranium, assuming multiple acute inhalation intakes of recycled uranium occurring over a year. The inhalations are assumed to be 5µm AMAD particles of 80% absorption type F and 20% absorption type M. Screening levels, expressed as daily uranium mass excretion rates in urine, and the actions associated with these levels are provided for both quarterly and monthly sampling frequencies.

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Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
983733
Report Number(s):
PNNL-19550
TRN: US1005027
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ABSORPTION; BIOASSAY; DECOMMISSIONING; DECONTAMINATION; EXCRETION; INHALATION; LEVELS; MASS; PARTICLES; PLANTS; RECOMMENDATIONS; SAMPLING; SCREENING; URANIUM; URINE; USES; urine bioassay; bioassay monitoring; urinalysis; excretion rates; committed effective dose

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Carbaugh, Eugene H. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UO3 PLANT BIOASSAY. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.2172/983733.
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abstractNote = {Alternative urine bioassay programs are described for application with decontamination and decommissioning activities at the Hanford UO3 Plant. The alternatives are based on quarterly or monthly urine bioassay for recycled uranium, assuming multiple acute inhalation intakes of recycled uranium occurring over a year. The inhalations are assumed to be 5µm AMAD particles of 80% absorption type F and 20% absorption type M. Screening levels, expressed as daily uranium mass excretion rates in urine, and the actions associated with these levels are provided for both quarterly and monthly sampling frequencies.},
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