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USTUR 0744
Plutonium and americium contents in body organs at death |
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| Tissue/Organ | Autopsy weight (g) | 238Pu (Bq) | 239+240Pu (Bq) | 241Am (Bq) |
| Lungs | 1930.0 | 1.35 | 75.0 | 17.6 |
| Pulmonary lymph nodes | 1.44 | 0.00510 | 2.06 | 0.503 |
| Liver | 2400.0 | 0.515 | 30.0 | 1.37 |
| Kidneys | 410.0 | --(3) | 0.139 | 0.0422 |
| Spleen | 550.0 | 0.0548 | 2.46 | 0.506 |
| Smooth Muscle Organs(1) | 1360.0 | -- | 0.735 | 0.554 |
| Striated Muscle(1) | 28000.0 | 0.102 | 3.03 | 0.963 |
| Other Muscle | 925.0 | -- | 0.635 | 0.0416 |
| Skin (2) | 17600.0 | -- | 2.77 | 5.09 |
| Testes(1) | 35.0 | -- | 0.0568 | 0.0142 |
| Other soft tissue | 1470.0 | -- | 0.284 | 0.0398 |
| Skeleton | 10000.0 | 1.91 | 86.3 | 34.8 |
| Systemic total | 62800.0 | 2.58 | 126.0 | 43.4 |
| Whole body total | 64700.0 | 3.94 | 203.0 | 61.5 |
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| (1) Reference man (ICRP-23). (2) Includes skin and subcutaneous adipose tissue from Reference man (ICRP-23). (3) Individual samples too low to measure. |
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References
1. Ehrhart, S. M., Filipy, R. E. United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries: Annual Report February 1, 2000 - January 31, 2001. USTUR-0177-01.
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