Published October 1978 | Version v1
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History of PUQFUA: plutonium body burden (Q) from urine assays

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PUQFUA is a FORTRAN computer program that calculates plutonium body burdens (Q) from urine assay data. This report describes the historical development of the program at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) since 1959. After a review of the basic techniques used in the original PUQFUA, its deficiencies are listed. The procedures used to improve the program and correct the deficiencies are described. Appendixes provide a detailed discussion of the evaluation made of the analytical errors in the plutonium urine assay program at LASL from 1944 to 1978

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A03/MF A01.

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Imprint Pagination
29 p.
Report number
LA--7403-H

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
10448671
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Descriptors DEI
BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; P CODES; PERSONNEL; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; RADIOASSAY; URINE
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTER CODES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES