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Title:
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF PLUTONIUM AND RADIUM, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
Author(s):
MCINROY, J F [LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY]
Subject Terms:
HREX; EFFECTS; PLUTONIUM; RADIUM
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:
1976 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0023
Accession Number:
NV0703630
Originating Research Org.:
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF PLUTONIUM AND RADIUM BY J. F. MCINROY. SINCE 1959, THE HEALTH DIVISION, LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY, HAS ANALYZED THE TISSUES FROM 81 FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE LABORATORY FOR PLUTONIUM. ADDITIONALLY, APPROXIMATELY 700 AUTOPSY CASES FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION HAVE ALSO BEEN ANALYZED FOR PLUTONIUM RESULTING FROM FALLOUT. THE VARIATION IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM IN THE BODIES OF THE OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED INDIVIDUALS SUGGEST THAT EACH EXPOSURE INCIDENT IS UNIQUE AND MUST BE EVALUATED ON THE BASIS OF THE CHEMICAL FORM, SOLUBILITY, PARTICLE SIZE, MODE OF ENTRY, AND DURATION OF EXPOSURE. PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM IN A LYMPH NODE OF A LONG-TERM CHRONIC EXPOSURE CASE HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO HAVE A MASS MEDIAN DIAMETER OF 0.32 UM WITH A GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATE OF 1.5. THE BASELINE CONCENTRATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLUTONIUM HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION AND THE TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS COMPARED WITH THE OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED CASES.