TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
I.
INTRODUCTION
Il.
SAFETY PROBLEMS CONCERNED WITH PLUTONIUM PROCESSING
Til.
PLUTONIUM OPERATIONS CAUSING HEAVY EXPOSURES
A.
Recovery Operation
B.
Purification Operation
C.
Filuorination Operation
D.
Reduction Operation
Iv.
EXPOSURE OF THE SUBJECTS
10
Vv.
CLINICAL, LABORATORY, AND RADIOACTIVITY OBSERVATIONS
12
A.
Medical Observations
12
B.
Piutonium Body Burdens as Determined by Urine Assay
13
C.
Determination of Plutonium in the Body by In Vivo Measurements
15
D.
Chromosome Analysis
18
E.
Cytology of Exfoliated Bronchial Cells
19
VI.
CONCLUDING REMARKS
19
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
19
REFERENCES
20
APPENDIX A -— DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURES AND RESPIRATORS USED AT LASL IN 1944
22
APPENDIX B -- URINE ASSAY METHOD AND ESTIMATION OF BODY BURDEN
24
APPENDIX C -- MEDICAL FOLLOW-UP OF PATIENT NO. 2
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APPENDIX D -- RADIATION DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR IN VIVO MEASUREMENT OF PLUTONIUM
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