Exposure implications for uranium aerosols formed at a new laser enrichment facility: Application of the ICRP respiratory tract and systemic model

E. Ansoborlo; Alan Hodgson; G. N. Stradling; S. Hodgson; H. Métivier; M. H. Hengé-Napoli; N. S. Jarvis; A. Birchall

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032399

Exposure implications for uranium aerosols formed at a new laser enrichment facility: Application of the ICRP respiratory tract and systemic model

E. Ansoborlo^*, Alan Hodgson, G. N. Stradling, S. Hodgson, H. Métivier, M. H. Hengé-Napoli, N. S. Jarvis, A. Birchall

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A pilot enrichment facility developed in France employs laser technology. The development of this process has resulted in three different types of aerosols identified as variable mixtures of U(metal) + UO₂ and U₃O₈. A procedure is described for assessing intakes and doses after inhalation of these dusts using site and material specific data in conjunction with the most recent ICRP biokinetic models. It is concluded that exposure control could be based on either radiotoxicity or chemical toxicity and that chest monitoring and urine assay could be useful, provided that measurements are made soon after a known acute intake.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-27
Number of pages	5
Journal	Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Volume	79
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032399
Publication status	Published - 1998

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Ansoborlo, E., Hodgson, A., Stradling, G. N., Hodgson, S., Métivier, H., Hengé-Napoli, M. H., Jarvis, N. S., & Birchall, A. (1998). Exposure implications for uranium aerosols formed at a new laser enrichment facility: Application of the ICRP respiratory tract and systemic model. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 79(1-4), 23-27. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032399

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