Document Details
Title:
THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF PLUTONIUM IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PART II ANALYSIS OF STOOLS
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
HREX; ADSORPTION; ASHING; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COUNTING; DATA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EXCRETA ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; PLUTONIUM; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1945 Jun 13
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0012
Accession Number:
NV0700101
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
SEVEN-PAGE REPORT "THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF PLUTONIUM IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - PART II. ANALYSIS OF STOOLS" WRITTEN BY E. R. RUSSELL AND G. BROWN DATED JUNE 13, 1945. A ROUTINE SURVEY OF THE FECAL PLUTONIUM EXCRETION WILL NOT GIVE ACCURATE INFORMATION AS TO THE BODY CONTENT BUT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE THE EXPOSURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PROBLEM OF DETECTING VERY MINUTE QUANTITIES OF PLUTONIUM IS DEPENDENT ON THE COUNTING APPARATUS AS WELL AS THE PROCEDURE ADOPTED FOR THE ISOLATION OF THE ELEMENT. THE METHODS WHICH PROVIDE THE MOST CONSISTENT RESULTS ARE THE THIOPHENYLTRIFLUORACETONE PROCEDURE AND THE BISMUTH PHOSPHATE PROCEDURE. BOTH OF THESE METHODS MAKE USE OF PRELIMINARY WET-ASHING OF THE SAMPLE.