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USTUR 0103: Rocky Flats — No Recorded Intake
Intake
This Registrant worked at the Rocky Flats Plant for about 10½ years. He had no recorded intake incidents.
Health Physics
This worker provided 21 urine samples while employed at Rocky Flats. These were analyzed for gross alpha and depleted uranium. 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 1.069 rem.
Autopsy and Pathology
The Registrant died at age 66 y from metastatic lung cancer.
Portions of the right and left lung, thoracic lymph nodes, liver, kidneys, spleen, testes, thyroid, rib, sternum, and vertebrae were taken at autopsy.
Contemporary Dose Estimates
The last plutonium body burden estimates made by Rocky Flats personnel are as follows:
| % of Maximum Permissible Burden |
Maximum Permissible Burden |
Calculated Estimate of Burden |
|
| Systemic Burden | No Estimate Available | 40 nCi | - |
| Lung Burden | No Estimate Available | 16 nCi | - |
To use USTUR narrative data, please cite:
USTUR 0103: Rocky Flats — No Recorded Intake: Narrative. United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries. 30 September 2009. Washington State University: College of Pharmacy. Accessed 23 November 2009. Available at: http://www.ustur.wsu.edu/Case_Studies/Narratives/0103_Narrative.php.
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