Methods used to calculate doses resulting from inhalation of Capstone depleted uranium aerosols.
The methods used to calculate radiological and toxicological doses to hypothetical persons inside either a U.S. Army Abrams tank or Bradley Fighting Vehicle that has been perforated by depleted uranium munitions are described. Data from time- and particle-size-resolved measurements of depleted uranium aerosol as well as particle-size-resolved measurements of aerosol solubility in lung fluids for aerosol produced in the breathing zones of the hypothetical occupants were used. The aerosol was approximated as a mixture of nine monodisperse (single particle size) components corresponding to particle size increments measured by the eight stages plus the backup filter of the cascade impactors used. A Markov Chain Monte Carlo Bayesian analysis technique was employed, which straightforwardly calculates the uncertainties in doses. Extensive quality control checking of the various computer codes used is described.
Miller
Guthrie
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS G761, RP2, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. guthrie@lanl.gov
Cheng
Yung Sung
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Traub
Richard J
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Little
Tom T
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Guilmette
Raymond A
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