Re: Toxilogical Limits for Soluble Uranium Intake

[David Abbott <abbott@washops.llnl.gov>]

Although it addresses inhalation of UF6, see Draft NUREG-1391, Chemical
Toxicity of Uranium Hexafluoride Related to Radiation Doses, by Stephen A.
McGuire, 1990.


At 08:16 AM 10/16/95 -0500, you wrote:
>     I am forwarding this to RADSAFE as well as DOSE-NET since I thought it 
>     may have some relevance to the practice of general health physics.
>     
>     Dale Thomas
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>Subject: Toxilogical Limits for Soluble Uranium Intake  
>Author:  Dale Thomas at OE-PO
>Date:    10/13/95 1:51 PM
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>     Does anybody in dose-net land have any information on the 
>     toxicological limits for chronic intake of soluble uranium through the 
>     ingestion pathway?  We have been asked to evaluate the risk to the 
>     public from consumption of water obtained through a ground water 
>     aquifer with elevated concentrations of uranium.  I have a pretty good 
>     feel for the radiological implications, but the nephrotoxicity issue 
>     is outside my normal boundaries.  Any good advice?
>     
>     
>     
>     Dale Thomas
>     Health Physicist
>     Bioenvironmental Engineering Division 
>     Occupational and Environmental Health Directorate 
>     Armstrong Laboratory
>     Brooks AFB, TX 78235
>     (210) 536-5816
>     email: Dale.Thomas@guardian.brooks.af.mil
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