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Title:
THE DISTRIBUTION AND DEPOSITION OF RADON DAUGHTERS ATTACHED TO DUST PARTICLES IN THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM OF HUMANS EXPOSED TO URANIUM MINE ATMOSPHERES
Subject Terms:
MININGRADIATION AND RADIATION PROTECTIONRADON - DISTRIBUTIONURANIUM ORES - MINES
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1964 Apr 29
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
20
Accession Number:
RL-1-382420
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-3506
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 28
Description/Abstract:
STUDIES AT 2 U MINES NEAR NOTURITA, COLO, WERE MADE TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEMS OF INHALATION OF DUST PARTICLES. ONE MINE WAS OPERATING, THE OTHER WAS NOT. MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE OF THE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION, THE RADON DAUGHTER AND U CONTENT AND THE RADON CONC. DEPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE RADON DAUGHTERS IN RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS OF INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO THESE ATMOSPHERES WAS MEASURED IMMEDIATELY AFTER EXPOSURE BY A WHOLE BODY COUNTER AT THE MINE ENTRANCE.


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