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Title:
CONSEQUENCES OF ACTIVITY RELEASE; THE ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME ( NUCLEAR SAFETY, JUNE 1962 )
Author(s):
ANDREWS, G A [OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES]
Subject Terms:
HREX
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:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1962 Jun 30
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0008
Accession Number:
NV0704475
Originating Research Org.:
NUCLEAR SAFETY JOURNAL
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THE EXPERIENCES OF RECENT YEARS HAVE DONE MUCH TO CLARIFY THE UNDERSTANDING OF RADIATION INJURY, AND THE WORK IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN EXCEEDINGLY FRUITFUL IN YIELDING INFORMATION OF BASIC BIOLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE. ALTHOUGH LESS IS KNOWN OF THE SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF RADIATION EXPOSURES IN EXCESS OF 800 R WHICH PRODUCE THE GASTROINTESTINAL OR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SYNDROMES, THE WORK AT RADIATION LEVELS LESS THAN THIS IS MORE COMMON, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT IS SUBJECT TO THERAPY. TREATMENT OF PATIENTS MANIFESTING THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYNDROME INVOLVES MARROW GRAFT THERAPY AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO HELP THE PATIENT COMBAT SUCH SECONDARY EFFECTS AS HEMORRHAGE AND INFECTION. IT IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT IN VIEW OF THE USE MADE IN RADIATION-ACCIDENT ANALYSIS OF ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPOSURES THAT THERE IS A RATHER WIDE RANGE, PROBABLY UP TO AT LEAST 200 RADS, TO WHICH THE DANGERS OF AN ACUTE LETHAL EFFECT ARE MINIMAL.