THE GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF NEPTUNIUM, PLUTONIUM AND AMERICIUMIN A PRIMATE (C-JACCHUS)

Authors
HAM GJ HARRISON JD POPPLEWELL DS GARROD I WILSON J DAYAN AD
Citation
Gj. Ham et al., THE GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF NEPTUNIUM, PLUTONIUM AND AMERICIUMIN A PRIMATE (C-JACCHUS), Science of the total environment, 145(1-2), 1994, pp. 1-6
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Science of the total environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
00489697
Volume
145
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1 - 6
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(1994)145:1-2<1:TGAONP>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Mixtures of Np, Pu and Am were administered to primates (C. jacchus) b y gastric intubation to measure their fractional gastrointestinal abso rption (f1 values). The values obtained were about 2 x 10(-3) and 1 x 10(-3), respectively, for Np and Pu administered as the citrate, and 2 x 10(-3) and 6 x 10(-4), respectively, for Pu and Am in potato. The s ignificance of these values in terms of absorption in humans is discus sed.