Published March 1978
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Report
The clearance of plutonium and americium from the lungs of rodents following the inhalation of oxide aerosols of these actinides either alone or in combination with sodium oxide
Description
Previous work was continued, studying the lung clearance of plutonium in hamsters at various times to 18 months after inhalation of aerosols of either Pu02 (+AmO2) or a mixed oxide of plutonium and sodium oxides with a Pu:Na atomic ratio of 1:27 or 1:104. Autoradiographic studies are reported. The distribution of Pu and Am as between lung and liver at various times is shown. The Pu content of thoracic lymph nodes at various times following inhalation is shown for (a) Pu02 aerosol, and (b) mixed oxide aerosol. (U.K.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- ISBN
- 0 85951 081 6
- Imprint Title
- Annual research and development report 1977
- Journal Page Range
- p. 49-54.
- Report number
- NRPB/RandD--2
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 9417740
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AEROSOLS; AMERICIUM OXIDES; AMERICIUM 241; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; HAMSTERS; INHALATION; LIVER; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNGS; LYMPH NODES; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; PLUTONIUM 239; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; RETENTION; SODIUM OXIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM COMPOUNDS; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; ANIMALS; BODY; CHALCOGENIDES; CLEARANCE; COLLOIDS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISPERSIONS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; EXCRETION; GLANDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTAKE; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAMMALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; RADIOISOTOPES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RODENTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES