Dose coefficients and assessment of intake after inhalation of contaminated dusts from Palomares

G. N. Stradling; S. A. Hodgson; Alan Hodgson; Timothy Fell; C. E. Iranzo; A. Espinoza; A. Aragon

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032387

Dose coefficients and assessment of intake after inhalation of contaminated dusts from Palomares

G. N. Stradling^*, S. A. Hodgson, Alan Hodgson, Timothy Fell, C. E. Iranzo, A. Espinoza, A. Aragon

^*Corresponding author for this work

Public Health England

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The inhalation of dust particles bearing ²³⁹Pu and ²⁴¹Am resulting from the aviation accident at Palomares in 1966 is still a potential health hazard fro persons living or working in the vicinity. The dose coefficient for the dust and the behaviour of these actinides in members of the public have been predicted by combining absorption parameters from the lungs into blood derived from animal studies with human data from the most recent age-dependent biokinetic models published by the International Commission on Radiological Protection. For an aerosol of 1 μm activity median aerodynamic diameter it is concluded that the most appropriate dose coefficients for adults, 10 year old and 1 year old children are 2.3 X 10^-5, 2.6 X 10^-5 and 4.8 X 10^-5 Sv.Bq^-1 respectively. For assessing intakes of the dust, measurements of ²³⁹Pu in urine could be used with advantage provided fission track or mass spectrometric methods of analysis were used.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	179-182
Number of pages	4
Journal	Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Volume	79
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032387
Publication status	Published - 1998

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032387

Cite this

@article{b96e8d90676f4b4b8e600f64f55a3b96,

title = "Dose coefficients and assessment of intake after inhalation of contaminated dusts from Palomares",

abstract = "The inhalation of dust particles bearing 239Pu and 241Am resulting from the aviation accident at Palomares in 1966 is still a potential health hazard fro persons living or working in the vicinity. The dose coefficient for the dust and the behaviour of these actinides in members of the public have been predicted by combining absorption parameters from the lungs into blood derived from animal studies with human data from the most recent age-dependent biokinetic models published by the International Commission on Radiological Protection. For an aerosol of 1 μm activity median aerodynamic diameter it is concluded that the most appropriate dose coefficients for adults, 10 year old and 1 year old children are 2.3 X 10-5, 2.6 X 10-5 and 4.8 X 10-5 Sv.Bq-1 respectively. For assessing intakes of the dust, measurements of 239Pu in urine could be used with advantage provided fission track or mass spectrometric methods of analysis were used.",

author = "Stradling, {G. N.} and Hodgson, {S. A.} and Alan Hodgson and Timothy Fell and Iranzo, {C. E.} and A. Espinoza and A. Aragon",

year = "1998",

doi = "10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032387",

language = "English",

volume = "79",

pages = "179--182",

journal = "Radiation Protection Dosimetry",

issn = "0144-8420",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "1-4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Dose coefficients and assessment of intake after inhalation of contaminated dusts from Palomares

AU - Stradling, G. N.

AU - Hodgson, S. A.

AU - Hodgson, Alan

AU - Fell, Timothy

AU - Iranzo, C. E.

AU - Espinoza, A.

AU - Aragon, A.

PY - 1998

Y1 - 1998

N2 - The inhalation of dust particles bearing 239Pu and 241Am resulting from the aviation accident at Palomares in 1966 is still a potential health hazard fro persons living or working in the vicinity. The dose coefficient for the dust and the behaviour of these actinides in members of the public have been predicted by combining absorption parameters from the lungs into blood derived from animal studies with human data from the most recent age-dependent biokinetic models published by the International Commission on Radiological Protection. For an aerosol of 1 μm activity median aerodynamic diameter it is concluded that the most appropriate dose coefficients for adults, 10 year old and 1 year old children are 2.3 X 10-5, 2.6 X 10-5 and 4.8 X 10-5 Sv.Bq-1 respectively. For assessing intakes of the dust, measurements of 239Pu in urine could be used with advantage provided fission track or mass spectrometric methods of analysis were used.

AB - The inhalation of dust particles bearing 239Pu and 241Am resulting from the aviation accident at Palomares in 1966 is still a potential health hazard fro persons living or working in the vicinity. The dose coefficient for the dust and the behaviour of these actinides in members of the public have been predicted by combining absorption parameters from the lungs into blood derived from animal studies with human data from the most recent age-dependent biokinetic models published by the International Commission on Radiological Protection. For an aerosol of 1 μm activity median aerodynamic diameter it is concluded that the most appropriate dose coefficients for adults, 10 year old and 1 year old children are 2.3 X 10-5, 2.6 X 10-5 and 4.8 X 10-5 Sv.Bq-1 respectively. For assessing intakes of the dust, measurements of 239Pu in urine could be used with advantage provided fission track or mass spectrometric methods of analysis were used.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031669724&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032387

DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032387

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0031669724

VL - 79

SP - 179

EP - 182

JO - Radiation Protection Dosimetry

JF - Radiation Protection Dosimetry

SN - 0144-8420

IS - 1-4

ER -

Dose coefficients and assessment of intake after inhalation of contaminated dusts from Palomares

Abstract

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this