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Re: Total body irradiation
Total body irradiation is a technique frequently used as part of bone marrow transplantation
in the treatment of a handful of malignant diseases, among which is
metastatic breast cancer. In brief, a sample of bone marrow (or blood) containing progenitor
cells for the immune system is removed from the patient and filtered using
a variety of cell sorting techniques to isolate only healthy cells. The patient's
immune system is then basically killed using either chemotherapeutic agents,
high dose irradiation or a combination of the two. The radiation dose is by no
means low. Doses delivered over the course of several days can range up to
1000 cGy. It is a very aggressive therapy and generally a last ditch effort to save
a patient who has failed other regimens. Once the malignant cells are destroyed,
the patient's immune system is restored to functioning status by infusing the previously
obtained sample which still contains viable cells.
Jim O'Rear
GammaWest Brachytherapy
Salt Lake City
radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu wrote:
> RADSAFE Digest 2849
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Re: Total Body Irradiation
> by "Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@prodigy.net>
> 2) Nuke Reactors Enters 2000 Unscathed Russia and Japan
> by "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
> 3) -
> by LassePer@aol.com
> 4) Re: Nuke Reactors Enters 2000 Unscathed Russia and Japan
> by Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>
> 5) Re: "The Plutonium Files"-Question
> by "Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 08:53:11 -0800
> From: "Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@prodigy.net>
> To: <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Total Body Irradiation
> Message-ID: <003101bf53af$8dcbf740$160efd3f@06dnk>
>
> I believe it utilizes relatively low-dose irradiation to stimulate the
> immune system thereby enhancing ability to combat various disease processes
> , including cancer. jjcohen@prodigy.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harmon, Charles D <cdharmo@sandia.gov>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Thursday, December 30, 1999 8:01 AM
> Subject: Total Body Irradiation
>
> >What can anyone tell me about a cancer treatment called TBI (Total Body
> >Irradiation)?
> >
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> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:05:31 -0800
> From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
> To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Nuke Reactors Enters 2000 Unscathed Russia and Japan
> Message-ID: <199912311805.KAA02102@penguin.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
>
> Wishing all Peace and Good Will in this New Year!!!
>
> Friday December 31 12:03 PM ET
>
> Nuke Reactors Enters 2000 Unscathed Russia and Japan
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) - The first Russian nuclear plant to pass into
> 2000 did so without incident - cause for optimism, Energy
> Secretary Bill Richardson said today. ``But we have barely
> scratched the surface'' in terms of time zones, he added.
>
> Four units at the Bilibino Nuclear Heat and Power Plant in
> northeast Siberia above the Arctic Circle were functioning normally
> after the rollover to 2000, Richardson said, and early reports
> indicate that Russia's other energy systems made the Jan. 1
> switch without glitches.
>
> ``So far, international signs are encouraging but we have barely
> scratched the surface with the early time zones,'' Richardson said.
>
> The Bilibino plant provides energy for the mining industry and the
> seaport of Pevask, which is connected to the plant by a 300-mile
> transmission line.
>
> The first unit began operating in January, 1974 and the last one
> started up in December 1976, according to the Soviet Plant Source
> Book, published by the Nuclear Energy Institute, a Washington-
> based trade association for the nuclear industry.
>
> The units are targeted for closure in 2002 and 2006.
>
> A 1996 visit by U.S. and international energy officials found safety
> and maintenance problems at the site in part of because of the
> high turnover of personnel.
> -----
>
> Friday December 31, 10:49 am Eastern Time
>
> Japan says no power disruption as Jan 1 starts
>
> TOKYO, Jan 1 (Reuters) - No major disruption to Japan's power
> generation has been reported as the nation ticked into the year
> 2000, the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan said on
> Saturday.
>
> ``As of midnight, and as far as we can monitor from the power
> companies' central control centres, no major power outages have
> been reported and there are no problems reported at nuclear power
> generation plants,'' a spokesman for the federation said.
>
> Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), the country's largest power
> company, also said it detected no problems with power supplies in
> the Tokyo area. So far reports have been limited to those from
> central control centres, and reports from regional terminals are still
> pending, spokesmen at the federation and TEPCO said. Japan has
> a total 14 nuclear power stations operated by nine of its 10 major
> electric power companies, and two stations at Japan Atomic Power
> Co (JAPC). JAPC's nuclear power plants, however, are currently
> shut down for maintenance.
>
> On city gas supplies, Tokyo Gas Co Ltd said it has had no gas
> manufacturing or supply disruptions as of 12:10 a.m. in its service
> area including the largest consumer region of Tokyo.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:59:53 EST
> From: LassePer@aol.com
> To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: -
> Message-ID: <0.460a644b.259e7349@aol.com>
>
> An international workshop for editors of newsletters and journals in the
> field of health physics will take place on Friday 16 June 2000 at the Swedish
> Radiation Protection Institute, Stockholm (9.00-16.00).
> If you are interested to participate send an email to my office:
> lars.persson@ssi.se.
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> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:02:31 -0500
> From: Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>
> To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu, ans-pie@nuke-ans.org
> Subject: Re: Nuke Reactors Enters 2000 Unscathed Russia and Japan
> Message-ID: <386D19E7.F6CCAA1A@delphi.com>
>
> The "Four units at the Bilibino Nuclear Heat and Power Plant" are listed
> as 12 MWe. Anyone know the MWt re their district heating role?
>
> Have a great New Millennium! Committed to bring nuclear/radiation
> acceptance back from bureaucratic death! :-)
>
> Regards, Jim
> muckerheide@mediaone.net
> ========================
>
> Sandy Perle wrote:
> >
> > Wishing all Peace and Good Will in this New Year!!!
> >
> > Friday December 31 12:03 PM ET
> >
> > Nuke Reactors Enters 2000 Unscathed Russia and Japan
> >
> > WASHINGTON (AP) - The first Russian nuclear plant to pass into
> > 2000 did so without incident - cause for optimism, Energy
> > Secretary Bill Richardson said today. ``But we have barely
> > scratched the surface'' in terms of time zones, he added.
> >
> > Four units at the Bilibino Nuclear Heat and Power Plant in
> > northeast Siberia above the Arctic Circle were functioning normally
> > after the rollover to 2000, Richardson said, and early reports
> > indicate that Russia's other energy systems made the Jan. 1
> > switch without glitches.
> >
> > ``So far, international signs are encouraging but we have barely
> > scratched the surface with the early time zones,'' Richardson said.
> >
> > The Bilibino plant provides energy for the mining industry and the
> > seaport of Pevask, which is connected to the plant by a 300-mile
> > transmission line.
> >
> > The first unit began operating in January, 1974 and the last one
> > started up in December 1976, according to the Soviet Plant Source
> > Book, published by the Nuclear Energy Institute, a Washington-
> > based trade association for the nuclear industry.
> >
> > The units are targeted for closure in 2002 and 2006.
> >
> > A 1996 visit by U.S. and international energy officials found safety
> > and maintenance problems at the site in part of because of the
> > high turnover of personnel.
> > -----
> >
> > Friday December 31, 10:49 am Eastern Time
> >
> > Japan says no power disruption as Jan 1 starts
> >
> > TOKYO, Jan 1 (Reuters) - No major disruption to Japan's power
> > generation has been reported as the nation ticked into the year
> > 2000, the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan said on
> > Saturday.
> >
> > ``As of midnight, and as far as we can monitor from the power
> > companies' central control centres, no major power outages have
> > been reported and there are no problems reported at nuclear power
> > generation plants,'' a spokesman for the federation said.
> >
> > Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), the country's largest power
> > company, also said it detected no problems with power supplies in
> > the Tokyo area. So far reports have been limited to those from
> > central control centres, and reports from regional terminals are still
> > pending, spokesmen at the federation and TEPCO said. Japan has
> > a total 14 nuclear power stations operated by nine of its 10 major
> > electric power companies, and two stations at Japan Atomic Power
> > Co (JAPC). JAPC's nuclear power plants, however, are currently
> > shut down for maintenance.
> >
> > On city gas supplies, Tokyo Gas Co Ltd said it has had no gas
> > manufacturing or supply disruptions as of 12:10 a.m. in its service
> > area including the largest consumer region of Tokyo.
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Sandy Perle Tel:(714) 545-0100 / (800) 548-5100
> > Director, Technical Extension 2306
> > ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Division Fax:(714) 668-3149
> > ICN Biomedicals, Inc. E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net
> > ICN Plaza, 3300 Hyland Avenue E-Mail: sperle@icnpharm.com
> > Costa Mesa, CA 92626
> >
> > Personal Website: http://www.geocities.com/scperle
> > ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Website: http://www.dosimetry.com
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>
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:59:04 -0800
> From: "Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>
> To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: "The Plutonium Files"-Question
> Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19991231145904.03d3a93c@mailbox.ucdavis.edu>
>
> December 31, 1999
> Davis, CA
>
> Eileen Welsome won a Pulitzer prize for a series of articles in which she
> implied that researcher physicians the University of California chopped off
> the leg of Elmer Allen in a ghoulish experiment to study the effects of
> plutonium. Actually Allen, who was penniless, had bone sarcoma and his life
> was saved by the physicians who removed his leg. His medical treatment was
> free as he had agreed to the Pu-238 tracer experiment that involved an
> injection into the leg one day before it was scheduled to be removed. He
> was also provided with an artificial leg.
>
> Welsome wrote about the horrible life Allen had following the amputation
> and insinuated that the plutonium experiment caused the loss of his leg and
> all his subsequent depression. Actually he had no known or expected
> biological effects from the small amount of plutonium that remained his
> body after the amputation.
>
> Welsome implied that these were secret horrific studies, but the main thing
> that was secret was the actual names of the subjects. The studies and their
> data have been part of the scientific literature for about 40 years. ICRP
> had much earlier used the data to prepare plutonium metabolism models. What
> she did accomplish is the use of the Freedom of Information Act to break
> the code and figure out the names of the subjects. She first found out
> about Allen who lived in Texas, and traced his family. I am not sure she
> really helped the family even if they did receive a monetary settlement
> from the government following a lawsuit.
>
> I understand that her book is somewhat more careful (or is it coy) about
> accusing researcher of atrocities.
>
> Otto
>
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