[ RadSafe ] Biogeochemistry

[Otto G. Raabe]

At 03:48 AM 2/19/2012, Mark wrote:
>I was wanting to know the effects of 420 rem dose to the lung PU, am 
>241.  then 7.5 rem to the liver 17 rem to red bone marrow . 54 Rem 
>whole body asge 45
>lastly report reads worker was never infromed
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The lifetime virtual threshold ionizing radiation dose for lung 
cancer induction from plutonium-239 is about 1 Gy = 20 Sv = 2,000 rem.

Reference page 532  in Health Physics 98: 515-536; 2010.

Otto

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