False indications of an actinide lung burden arising from a contaminated finger wound.
This paper presents the results of in vivo measurements on a worker from a fuel reprocessing plant who was involved in an actinide intake. The results revealed that false indications of an actinide lung burden could arise from a contaminant present elsewhere in the chest region. Consequently, it is important that lung monitoring programs for occupational workers handling actinides are conducted with this caution in mind and that due consideration is given even in cases of minor cuts/wounds in order to rule out substantial overestimation of internal radiation doses.
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Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Bombay.
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D000328:Adult; D000576:Americium / Q000032:analysis*; D016477:Artifacts; D001822:Body Burden; D005385:Fingers; D005579:Fossil Fuels; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D017785:Photons; D011005:Plutonium / Q000032:analysis*; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014947:Wounds and Injuries
D005579:Fossil Fuels; D011005:Plutonium; D000576:Americium