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Main Title Tritium Body Burden of Swine following the Rupture of a Luminous Source Activated with Elemental Tritium.
Author McNeli, D. N. ; Moghiss, A. A. ; Patze, R. G. ; McMilla, R. C. ;
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency Las Vegas Nev Western Environmental Research Lab
Year Published 1971
Stock Number AD-739 274
Additional Subjects ( Tritium ; Radiation hazards) ; Health physics ; Radioactive isotopes ; Radiological dosage ; Absorption(Biological) ; Health physics ; Swine ; Experimental data ;
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Abstract The biological absorption of tritium released by the rupture of self luminous sources activated with elemental tritium was studied using swine. Sources were ruptured in open air or in an enclosed tent. While biological absorption of released tritium in the open air experiment was found to be 0.001% or less, a 70-fold increase in the biological absorption was observed during the experiment in a tent. An extrapolation of these findings to a similar human exposure indicates that the rupture of a 1 Ci source in an enclosure would result in a dose commitment of 230 mrem. (Author)
Supplementary Notes Revision of report dated 22 Mar 71.
Availability Notes Availability: Pub. in Health Physics, v22 p161-164 Feb 72.
Title Annotations +++Reprint: Tritium Body Burden of Swine following the Rupture of a Luminous Source Activated with Elemental Tritium.
PUB Date Free Form 19 May 71,
Category Codes 6R; 57V
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Control Number 326500291
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