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Title:
CLINICAL EXPERIENCES WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Author(s):
EUSTLER, B C [LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY]; FOREMAN, H [LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY]; MOSS, W [LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY]
Subject Terms:
HREX
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:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0009
Accession Number:
NV0701340
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 21
Description/Abstract:
CASE REPORTS ARE PRESENTED ON 1 INDIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVED AN INTERNAL DOSE OF 241AM, ON 2 INDIVIDUALS WHO ACCUMULATED 239PU INTERNALLY, AND ON 2 INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED A BODY BURDEN OF 210PO. IN THE CASE OF THE INTERNAL DOSE OF 241AM, THE FIRST URINE SAMPLE ASSAYED 2 TO 3 D./MIN/CC. THE NEXT URINE SAMPLE WAS EVEN HIGHER. CA EDTA WAS GIVEN TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO FACILITATE THE EXCREMENT OF 241AM. EXCRETION WAS ABOUT 11,000 D./MIN INDICATING A HIGH DEGREE OF EFFECTIVENESS OF ADMINISTRATING CA EDTA. IN THE CASE OF THE 239PU EXPOSURE, URINE SAMPLES IN THE FIRST DAY CONTAINED 90 D./MIN. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS GIVEN CA EDTA WHICH BROUGHT OUT AND EXCRETION LEVEL TO 1,380 D./MIN. WHEN TREATMENT OF CA EDTA WAS STOPPED, THE LEVEL OF EXCRETION DRASTICALLY DROPPED. IN THE THIRD CASE AN INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS THUMB AND WAS CONTAMINATED WITH PLUTONIUM. A SURFACE READING INDICATED 850,000 D./MIN. AFTER GIVING THE INDIVIDUAL CA EDTA IT WAS EXPECTED THAT A HIGH EXCRETION LEVEL WOULD BE PRESENT. TESTS SHOWED THAT ONLY 80 D./MIN WAS EXCRETED.