RE: NCRP has issued a draft report on health effects of uranium

["Simpson, Daniel S" <DSSimpson@US.MED.NAVY.MIL>]

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From: Susan Gawarecki [mailto:loc@icx.net]
Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 1:15 PM
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Subject: NCRP has issued a draft report on health effects of uranium


NCRP has issued a draft report on health effects of uranium:

URANIUM: RADIATION PROTECTION GUIDELINES, NCRP Draft Report No. SC 57-15
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda MD,
August 1999, 145 p.
Download:  <http://www.ncrp.com/sc57-15.pdf>  (674K PDF format)

CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................... 1
2. LEVELS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING URANIUM ........................... 5
3. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF URANIUM .................... 13
4. ASSESSMENT OF URANIUM TOXICITY ................................... 30
5. TOXICOKINETIC MODELS FOR URANIUM ................................ 53
6. RADIATION PROTECTION GUIDES ...................................... 67
7. EXPOSURE MONITORING PROGRAMS ................................... 72
8. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................... 99
Appendix A. Nuclear and Atomic Properties of Uranium Isotopes ...... 102
Appendix B. History of Uranium Limits in Man .............. 107
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