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Title:
REPRINTED FROM "ACTINIDES IN MAN AND ANIMALS", SUBJECT: PLUTONIUM MICRODISTRIBUTION IN HUMAN BONE ( PP 199-206 )
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
HREX; PLUTONIUM
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:
1979 Oct 15
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0009
Accession Number:
NV0703488
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THE AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF PLUTONIUM IN BONE FROM THREE HUMANS INJECTED DURING THE MID-1940'S HAVE BEEN STUDIED BY AUTORADIOGRAPHY AND ALPHA-PARTICLE SPECTROMETRY. CONCENTRATIONS ARE SIMILAR ON ENDOSTEAL SURFACES, HAVERSIAN CANAL SURFACES, AND ON THE PERIOSTEAL SURFACES AT THE MIDSHAFTS OF LONG BONES 17 MONTHS AFTER INJECTION. ENDOSTEAL SURFACE CONCENTRATIONS ARE HIGHER IN THE AXIAL SKELETON THAN THE APPENDICULAR SKELETON 15 AND 17 MONTHS POST INJECTION. FOR DOSIMETRIC PURPOSES, VOLUME DEPOSITS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE "INFINITELY THICK," WHEREAS SURFACE DEPOSITS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE ZERO THICKNESS. SECONDARY SURFACE DEPOSITS ARE DOSIMETRICALLY IMPORTANT, EVEN WHEN THE PLUTONIUM IS ALMOST COMPLETELY DEPOSITED IN BONE VOLUME.