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Title:
ARTICLE: DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM-239 AND AMERICIUM-241 IN THE HUMAN SKELETON ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
Author(s):
MCINROY, J F [LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY]; SWINT, M J [LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY]
Subject Terms:
HREX; AMERICIUM-241; DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN SKELETON; PLUTONIUM-239; SKELETON
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:
BOOK
Publication Date:
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0703624
Originating Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM-239 AND AMERICIUM-241 IN THE HUMAN SKELETON BY JAMES F. MCINROY, LANL AND MARGERY J. SWINT, US TRANSURANIUM REGISTRY. THE CONCENTRATION OF 239PU AND 241AM IN EACH BONE OF TWO NUCLEAR WORKERS HAVING 25 YEARS EXPOSURE WAS DETERMINED. THE DEFLESHED BONES OF THE RIGHT HALF OF EACH SKELETON WERE ASHED AND DISSOLVED IN ACID. THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM AND AMERICIUM IN THESE 2 SKELETONS WAS SIMILAR. FROM THIS DATA, DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENTS CAN BE OBTAINED AND USED FOR THE EXTRAPOLATION OF MEASUREMENTS FROM THE SMALLER BONE SPECIMENS OBTAINED FROM ROUTINE AUTOPSIES TO THE WHOLE SKELETON.