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Re: Plutonium

Information on the health physics aspects (including biokinetics, 
dosimetry, and toxicity) of the actinides (and specifically plutonium) 
can be obtained from the U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries.  
Further information can be obtained from the USTUR Home Page, whose 
address is:  WWW.Tricity.WSU.edu.

Alternatively, the Registries may be contacted by e-mail 
(rkathren@beta.tricity.WSU.edu) or telephone (509-372-7370) or, of 
course, s-mail.

Ron Kathren

On Tue, 29 Aug 1995, Luke I. McCormick wrote:

>   A cuople of months ago Marvin Goldman had an execellent article in the 
>   hp newsletter on 'deadly plutonium' with the nice line that though
>   Pu was highly toxic it is not very hazardous.  Looking at the ingestion
>   transfer coefficients and you need to eat a lot to get your daily dose.
>   
> 
> > 
> > Remember the statement that Pu is the most hazardous substance/material known
> > to man?  K.K.S. (Sam) Pillay at LANL is looking for citable references - pro
> > and con - for a compliation.  Send any reference you know about to
> > s_pillay@lanl.gov (he is not a radsaf subscriber - maybe a good response will
> > get him to sing up).  My thanks for him in advance. 
> > 
> > Charles C. (Tommy) Thomas 
> > Approved by M. S. Thomas
> > 
> 
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