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DISTRIBUTION AND EXCRETION OF PLUTONIUM CHAPTER VII, VOLUME 20 A, PPR ( CASE NO. 40-004 ) ( MUC-ERR-209 ) ( DCV-A30887 )

NICKSON, J J; RUSSELL, E R

HREX; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; EXCRETION; HUMANS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOLOGICAL PERSONNEL

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

JOURNAL ARTICLE

1946 Jun 11

Never classified

0012

NV0700643

1994 Aug 27

2017 Dec 21

REPORT BY E R RUSSELL AND J J NICKSON, DTD 11 JUN 46; SUBJECT: DISTRIBUTION AND EXCRETION OF PLUTONIUM, CHAPTER VII, VOL 20 A, PPR. CONTAINS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND A TABLE OF CONTENTS. THE INTRODUCTION CONTAINS BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE STUDY DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT; THE NEED TO KNOW THE AMOUNT OF PLUTONIUM IN AN INDIVIDUAL WORKER, AND WHAT WAS THE BEST METHOD OF REACHING THIS CONCLUSION. THE SECOND PART CONTAINS A REPORT ON THE ESTIMATION OF PLUTONIUM IN THE BODY, WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE ANALYTICAL METHODS APPLICABLE TO URINE ANALYSIS. THE REPORT JUMPS FROM PAGE 4 TO PAGE 26. PART 4 CONTAINS A REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF HUMAN EXCRETION STUDIES, SPECIFICALLY URINARY EXCRETION OF PLUTONIUM. THREE EXPERIMENTS WERE BEGUN IN WHICH PLUTONIUM WAS INJECTED INTO A HUMAN AND THE PLUTONIUM EXCRETION WAS FOLLOWED DAILY. ADDITIONAL STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ABOVE MENTION THREE STUDIES. THE REPORT ALSO STUDIES FECAL EXCRETION OF PLUTONIUM AS WELL AS THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM IN THE BODY. THE RESULTS OF CHICAGO CASE ONE (CHI-1) ARE CONTAINED IN TABLE 1: DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM IN A 68-YEAR, WHITE MALE, 155 DAYS AFTER INJECTION. THE RESULTS OF CHICAGO CASE TWO (CHI-2) ARE CONTAINED IN TABLE II: DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM IN A 54-YEAR, WHITE FEMALE, 16 DAYS AFTER INJECTION.