[ RadSafe ] Po-210 poisoning of Litwinenko

[Morten Sickel]

Franz,

I realize it is quite a long time since you posted this, and it is not exactly what you asked for, but 

G.J. Ham, The Determination of Polonium-210 in urine following the Litvinenko incident, Radioprotection, vol 44 no 5 (2009) pp 41-46 

may be of interest if you still are looking for information around this incident.


-- 
Morten Sickel
Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
tel (+47) 6716 2551


-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf Of Franz Schönhofer
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:05 PM
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Po-210 poisoning of Litwinenko

Dear collegues,

 

A few years ago a Russian (Mr. Litwinenko) was poisoned in London with Po-210 and died subsequently. At the time of the incident I have been in London and I remember that mass media were full with mostly ridiculous speculations. Never after that time I have read any scientific article about the murder, I rather had the impression that facts were covered up. 

 

I wonder whether there has ever been a scientific paper dealing with the scientific facts behind the murder - i.e: how much Po-210 and in which form was used and especially I would be interested in knowing about the results of analysis of concentrations in body fluids and the dosimetric aspects. 

 

Thank you for any information!

 

Franz

 

Franz Schoenhofer, PhD

MinRat i.R.

Habicherg. 31/7

A-1160 Wien/Vienna

AUSTRIA

 

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