CHAPTER 5
RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1
FIELD
1. In any emergencysituation arising from a contaminating type detonation, the early collection of 24-hr urine samples would be highly desirable.
2. EDTA decontamination procedures should also be applied early following contamination.
EDTAis of potential benefit only when administered at early intervals following exposure.
3. Information concerning the nature of the internal-radiation hazard should be widely
disseminated to minimize the inhalation and ingestion hazard.
4. Simple procedures for decontamination of food and water should be developed for use
in emergency situations.
5.2
LABORATORY
1. More data on the ratio of body burden of individual fission products to the amounts excreted in the urine as a function of time should be obtained. These data would serve as the
basis for an estimate of the internal hazard to human beings exposedto fission products.
2. The combined effects of internal and external radiation should be studied in detail.
3. Radiochemical techniques for the isolation and measurement of individual radionuclides
in urine and in the tissues should be improved.
4. The long-term effects of internally deposited radioactive isotopes, particularly the
effects in bone, should he studied.
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