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Title:
SOURCE BOOK ON PLUTONIUM AND ITS DECONTAMINATION
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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:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1973 Sep 24
Declassification Status:
Unknown
Document Pages:
0094
Accession Number:
NV0754812
Document Number(s):
DNA 3272T
Originating Research Org.:
DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY, U.S.
OpenNet Entry Date:
1998 Jun 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 22
Description/Abstract:
A SOURCE BOOK ON PLUTONIUM, ITS DEPOSITION AND RETENTION IN THE HUMAN BODY, AND METHODS TO REDUCE THE PLUTONIUM HAZARD. A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF PLUTONIUM AND THE GENERAL CONTAMINATION SITUATION, ALONG WITH A REVIEW OF EARLY U.S. POLICY (EG. MANHATTAN PROJECT). THE BIOLOGY OF PLUTONIUM CONTAMINATION IS DISCUSSED ALONG AS WELL AS CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE FIELD. NEW IDEAS SUCH, SUCH AS LUNG LEVAGE, AND THE USE CHELATING AGENTS, ARE INTRODUCED WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED TO REDUCE PLUTONIUM BODY BURDENS. THAT PLUTONIUM WHICH REMAINS IN THE BODY AFTER INHALATION (THE MOST LIKELY, AS WELL AS MOST DANGEROUS, INGRESS METHOD INTO THE BODY) IS TRANSLOCATED FROM THE LUNG TO OTHER ORGANS IN THE BODY, AND THE BURDENS, DOSE AND DOSE RATES ARE COMPUTED. THE CONCLUSION REACHED BASED ON THE 1965 LUNG MODEL AND SHOWN EVEN MORE IN THE PROPOSED 1973 LUNG MODEL, IS THE LUNG IS THE CRITICAL ORGAN NOT THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM. FORIEGN STANDARDS ARE PRESENTED, AND DECONTAMINTATION METHODS AND OPERATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. THERE MANY REFERENCES TO OTHER DOCUMENTATION ON THESE MATTERS.