RE: Request for Info on DU Munitions: Useful(?) Information

["Tim Gillespie" <tgillespie@sec-tn.com>]

I was referring to radiotoxicity, not chemotoxicity and was taking DCFs from
FGR No.11. Lungs have the highest DCF followed by bone surfaces.

Tim Gillespie


> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> [mailto:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu]On Behalf Of Michael S Ford
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 3:46 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: Request for Info on DU Munitions: Useful(?) Information
>
>
> Am I missing something?  I only have ICRP 30 in front of me right
> now, but the only retention functions that I see are for R(bone),
> R(kidney), and R(other).  The lung is not a critical organ for U.
>  Uranium is a nephrotoxin.
>
> In fact, the DOE STD that is cited below discusses both the ICRP
> 30 and 54 retention models, citing the above critical organs and
> goes on to state:
>
> "The kidney is the primary target of the chemical toxicity of
> uranium." (pg. 5-28).
>
> v/r
> Michael
>
>
> >>> tgillespie%sec-tn.com wrote on 17 Jan 01 4:00:21 AM >>>
>
> In light of all of the banter about DU, I felt compelled to provide some
> widely accepted useful information. The vast majority is taken from
> DOE-STD-1136-2000 ....
>
> Radiologically, the target organ is the lungs, followed by the
> bone surfaces
> (not the kidneys).
>
>
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