Published January 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurements of actinide gut-transfer factors in humans

  • 1. National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton (United Kingdom)

Description

Measurements have been made of the gastrointestinal absorption in humans of 239Np and 242Cm administered together in citrate media. Using five volunteers, consistent results of (2.0 ± 0.2) x 10-4 and (1.7 ± 0.3) x 10-4 were obtained for Np and Cm respectively; the quoted uncertainties are the standard errors of the means. A progress report is given of work to measure the f1 value for Pu in humans. Early work suggests an f1 value of 2 x 10-4. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
1-2
Series
Appl. Radiat. Isot.
Journal Page Range
339-347
ISSN
0883-2889
CODEN
ARISE

Conference

Title
ICRM symposium of low-level-radioactivity measuring techniques and alpha-particle spectrometry.
Dates
4-7 Jun 1991.
Place
Monaco (Monaco).