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CONFERENCE ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH EXPERIENCE WITH URANIUM ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )

CAMPBELL, E E; MCINROY, J F; SCHULTE, H F

HREX; CONFERENCE; URANIUM

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

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NV0703631

1994 Aug 27

2012 May 14

CONFERENCE ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH EXPERIENCE WITH URANIUM, APRIL 28- 30, 1975. URANIUM IN THE TISSUE OF OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED WORKERS BY EVAN F. CAMPBELL, JAMES F. MCINROY, AND H. F. SCHULTE. SINCE 1959, THE LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY (LASL) INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE GROUP HAS OBTAINED HUMAN NECROPSY MATERIAL FOR ANALYSIS. THE ANALYSIS CONSISTS OF PLUTONIUM AND URANIUM MEASUREMENTS BY VARIATIONS OF THE METHODS ROUTINELY USED IN THE BIOASSAY PROGRAM TO DETERMINE THESE ELEMENTS IN THE URINE OF WORKERS POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE ELEMENTS. THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE TISSUE ANALYSIS PROGRAM WAS TO ASSESS THE VALIDITY OF ESTIMATES OF PLUTONIUM BODY CONTENT BY URINE ANALYSIS AND THE VALIDITY OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE CONTROLS AS DETERMINED BY URANIUM IN WORKERS' URINE. THE DATA ACCUMULATED IN THIS PROGRAM FOR PLUTONIUM FOUND IN AUTOPSY TISSUE HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN LA-4875(1) AND LA-4876(2). DURING THIS STUDY SOME 350 CASES WERE ANALYZED FOR URANIUM. THE OBJECT OF THESE ANALYSES WAS TO DETECT AND DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF URANIUM IN THE TISSUE OF DECEASED OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED URANIUM WORKERS. WHILE MANY NON-OCCUPATIONALLY (GENERAL POPULATION) CASES WERE ANALYZED, IT WAS NOT A PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH THE NORMAL LEVELS OF THESE CASES. THE PROGRAM IS CONTINUING WITH A GREATER EMPHASIS ON COLLECTING OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED CASES.