Factors affecting the abundance of uranium isotopes in body tissues and excreta following the deposition of enriched uranium dioxide in the lungs. The radiological implications

G. N. Stradling; H. Smith; J. R. Cooper; S. E. Ham; N. Cooke; D. Sedgwick; R. S. Shaw

Factors affecting the abundance of uranium isotopes in body tissues and excreta following the deposition of enriched uranium dioxide in the lungs. The radiological implications

G. N. Stradling, H. Smith, J. R. Cooper, S. E. Ham, N. Cooke, D. Sedgwick, R. S. Shaw

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Abstract

At British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, (BNFL). Springfields Works, the fabrication of ceramic fuel pellets for use in some types of nuclear reactors requires the manipulaton of uranium dioxide (²³⁸UO₂) powders variably enriched in ²³⁵U (2-5%) and ²³⁴U (0.02-0.05%). To ensure that workers are not unacceptably exposed to uranium dust, in addition to routine air sampling and bioassay, periodic estimates of deposition in the lungs are made by external counting of the chest; ²³⁵U is detected by its 185-keV photon and ²³⁸U by the 90-keV photon emitted by the daughter nuclide ²³⁴Th.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	434-438
Number of pages	5
Journal	Health Physics
Volume	46
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1984

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