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Title:
A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PLUTONIUM LUNG CANCER ESTIMATES BY JOHN W GOFMAN ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
Author(s):
ANDERSON, E C [LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY]; HEALY, J W [LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY]; MCINROY, J F [LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY]; THOMAS, R G [LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY]; THOMAS, R L [LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY]
Subject Terms:
HREX; ESTIMATES; PLUTONIUM LUNG CANCER; REVIEW
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:
0023
Accession Number:
NV0703628
Originating Research Org.:
LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PLUTONIUM LUNG CANCER ESTIMATES BY JOHN W. GOFMAN, J. W. HEALY, E. C. ANDERSON, J. F. MCINROY, R. G. THOMAS, AND R. L. THOMAS, LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY, OCTOBER 8, 1974. IN SEVERAL REPORTS ISSUED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR NUCLEAR RESPONSIBILITY, GOFMAN PROPOSES A DOSIMETRIC MODEL FOR PLUTONIUM IN THE THE BRONCHIAL PORTION OF THE LUNG, WHICH, WITH HIS ASSUMPTIONS AS TO THE BEHAVIOR OF INSOLUBLE PARTICLES IN THIS REGION AND THE CARCINOGENIC RESPONSE, LEADS TO ESTIMATES OF VERY HIGH CANCER PRODUCTION. IT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT TO REVIEW HIS BASIC HYPOTHESES AND THE RATIONALE LEADING TO THE ASSUMPTIONS OF CONSTANTS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATE. FOR THIS PURPOSE, WE HAVE FOCUSED ON THOSE POINTS WHICH WE REGARD AS CRITICAL TO HIS HYPOTHESIS AND HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO COVER ALL POINTS IN THE TWO DOCUMENTS.