Study of a Plutonium Oxide Fuel Inhalation Case

Lung retention, urine excretion and faecal excretion levels of plutonium fuel have been measured for an employee following a known inhalation. The employee has had no subsequent contact with the fuel material. The retention and excretion patterns are, however, complicated by a long previous history...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Radiation protection dosimetry 1991-09, Vol.38 (1-3), p.141-146
Main Author: Foster, P.P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Lung retention, urine excretion and faecal excretion levels of plutonium fuel have been measured for an employee following a known inhalation. The employee has had no subsequent contact with the fuel material. The retention and excretion patterns are, however, complicated by a long previous history of suspected small exposures. The monitoring data are presented together with an interpretation of the data which can be compared directly with single intake retention and excretion function as given in ICRP 54.
ISSN:0144-8420
1742-3406
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a081082