Published 1982 | Version v1
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Concentrations of actinides (uranium, thorium and plutonium) in soft tissues of young adult control beagles

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Results are reported on the background concentrations of isotopes of uranium (238240U), thorium (228230232Th) and plutonium (239240Pu) in soft tissues of two young adult control beagle dogs (one male and one female) of our colony which were not administered any radioactivity. Activities must have been accumulated either through inhalation or ingestion through the food chain. The results indicate that neither of these radionuclides are accumulated in detectable concentrations in soft tissues of these dogs except the isotopes of uranium in kidney. The concentration of 238U in kidneys of two dogs is 0.48 and 1.4 pCi/kg and 234U is 0.59 and 1.6 pCi/kg. The ratios of 234U to 238U in the kidney were 1.2 and 1.1 for the two dogs

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Imprint Title
Research in radiobiology. Annual report of work in progress in the Internal Irradiation Program, 31 March 1981 and 1982
Journal Page Range
p. 84-88.
Report number
DOE/EV/00119--257

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Country of Publication
United States
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United States
INIS RN
14792132
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
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ADULTS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BEAGLES; DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; THORIUM 228; THORIUM 230; THORIUM 232; TISSUES; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 238
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ANIMALS; BODY; DATA; DOGS; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES