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USTUR 0024: Rocky Flats — No Recorded Intake
Intake
This registrant worked at the Rocky Flats Plant for about 2½ y. He had no recorded intake incidents.
Health Physics
Three urine measurements - 1 each for 239Pu, 241Am, and uranium - were taken. Results did not exceed the level of detection.
No in-vivo analyses were performed on this subject.
The Registrant’s total external (penetrating) radiation dose was 0.803 rem.
Autopsy and Pathology
The Registrant died of an acute myocardial infarction at age 50 y.
Portions of the lung, liver, heart, kidney, spleen, rib, and sternum were taken at autopsy.
Contemporary Dose Estimates
The last plutonium body burden estimates made by Rocky Flats Plant personnel were as follows:
| % of Maximum Permissible Burden | Maximum Permissible Burden | Calculated Estimate of Burden | |
| Systemic Burden | No Positive Results | 40 nCi | |
| Lung Burden | No Estimate Available | 16 nCi | - |
To use USTUR narrative data, please cite:
USTUR 0024: Rocky Flats — No Recorded Intake: Narrative. United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries. 30 June 2009. Washington State University: College of Pharmacy. Accessed 23 November 2009. Available at: http://www.ustur.wsu.edu/Case_Studies/Narratives/0024_Narrative.php.
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