Published February 1978 | Version v1
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Translocation of mixed LMFBR fuel-sodium aerosols from the lung following inhalation by rodents

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Rats were exposed to aerosols consisting of either LMFBR fuel or mixtures of sodium and fuel. Pulmonary deposition of the mixed aerosol was usually less than that of the fuel only because of the larger size of the mixed aerosol. When the ratio of sodium to fuel was high (>32), the rate of clearance from the lung was faster than for the aerosols with low sodium-to-fuel ratios

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Imprint Title
Pacific Northwest Laboratory annual report for 1977 to the DOE Assistant Secretary for Environment. Part 1. Biomedical sciences
Journal Page Range
p. 3.59-3.60.
Report number
PNL--2500(Pt.1)

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
9407985
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTRIBUTION; EVAPORATION; FUEL ELEMENTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INHALATION; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; LUNG CLEARANCE; MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; RATS; RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS; RETENTION FUNCTIONS; SODIUM; TISSUES; URANIUM OXIDES; VAPORIZATION HEAT
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; AEROSOLS; ALKALI METALS; ANIMALS; BODY; BREEDER REACTORS; CHALCOGENIDES; CLEARANCE; COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; ENTHALPY; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EXCRETION; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; HAZARDS; INTAKE; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; MAMMALS; METALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; RODENTS; SIZE; SOLS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION HEAT; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; VERTEBRATES