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4,73' 1: ./ 9 J 4/ Lpcp I MASTE -64 . 11£747 ac Dfc BNWL-113 14 ..J ATTELLE= RTHWES I ' PLUTONIUM BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE / PACIFIC NOQTHWEST LABORATORY ,- LAB8-11-IRAB-11"8 .11111 - pro,4.1,;,R;.;6...,I.,19,6;:52 VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2 March 31, 1966 PLUTONIUM ABSTRACTS IS A ·'CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICE'' TO THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND ITS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTORS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ALL AREAS OF PLUTONIUM TECHNOLOGY. MATERIAL IS COMPILED BY THE REFERENCE STAFF OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORY. THIS ISSUE COVERS THE FOLLOWING SUBJECT FIELDS: CFSTI PRICES Biology 8 Medicine , Chemistry 11,c. $.2. re ; »1 ..5-0 Health & Safety Metallurgy 4 Ceramics Miscellaneous Physics Reactor Technology RELEASED FOR ANNOUNCEMENT i-.IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE ABSTRACTS1 UC-2 GENERAL. MISCELLANEOUS AND PROGRESS REPORTS. TID-4500. PRINTED IN USA. PRICE $2.00 . AVAILABLE FROM THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION. 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ALPHA-ACTIVE FALLOUT PARTICLES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO PULMONARY EXPOSURE. Keith Jerome Schiager University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1964. 132 p. Thesis. Nuclear Science Abstracts, Vol. 20: Abs. No. 1602. January 31, 1966. 1749. ANNUAL REPORT, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT. (University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y.) UR-668. September 1, 1965. 166 p. Biological Effects of Inhaled Radioactive Materials (Inhalation Studies of Alpha Emitters), p. 58-60. The analytical work-up of the 1957 dog inhalation studies of plutonium1239 dioxide and in Vivo measurem*nts Of plutonium and uranium okides following inhalation exposures of dogs are summariked. Biological Effects of Inhaled Radioactive Materials. Dust Deposition and Retention. p. 108-109. In vivo measurements of pulmonary clearance were made on plutonium-238 dioxide and 10 other substances. 1750. DOSE DELIVERED TO THE THYROID GLAND AFTER INHALATION OF FISSION PRODUCTS. D. Mechali, M. Dousset, G. Pardoi M. Penotet (C.E.A., Paris, France) Health Physics, Vol. 12, No. 1: 15-27. January 1966. In French. Among the various hazards arising from the inhalation of fresh fission products, irradiation of the thyroid is important. This paper is concerned with 239 Pu fast neutron fission products and only bears on the case of a criticality accident when all the fissions occur within a very short lapse of time. The dose delivered to the thyroid by the several iodine isotopes after the inhalation of 1 mc of fission products has been calculated as a function of the time elapsed between plutonium fission and inhalation. The presence of the parents of the iodine isotopes in the mixture of fission products has been taken into account. 13 references. (auth.) I. 11 l -3- Biology 6 Medicine (Cont'd) 1751. PLUTONIUM URINALYSIS. N. Valentin, C. Wyers, R. Boulenger (Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucleaire, Brussels, Belgium) BLG-353. July 1965. 23 p. This report describes in detai.1 the.over-all procedure adopted for routine analysis at C.E.N., a modified form of the procedure developed at Los Alamos by Campbell and Moss. 1752. RESEARCH IN RADIOBIOLOGY. ANNUAL REPORT OF WORK IN PROGRESS . ON THE CHRONIC TOXICITY PROGRAM. Thomas F. Dougherty (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah) COO-119-232. March 31, 1965. 222 p. Injection Tables, p. 5-62. Pu239 was one of five radio- nuclides injected in two groups of dogs - toxicity animals which will be maintained until sacrifice becomes a clinical necessity and test animals which may be sacrificed as needed for special studies. The injection history of each animal is given in tables, and comments made on the condition of the dead dogs. (B.G.R.) Pilot Study of the Effect of Cortisol on Na3CaDTPA En- hanced Excretion of Pu239 in the Beagle, p. 188-99. Two massive doses of cortisol were given to mobilize Pu239 to make it available for chelation by Na3CaDTPA and subsequent excretion. :No practically significant increase in excretion was observed, and there was no significant removal of Pu 2 ·39 from the dog's liver. (auth.) I -4- Chemistry 1753. BEHAVIOR OF Pu(V) IN NITRIC ACID SOLUTIONS. A. D. Gel'man, V. P. Zaitseva Soviet Radiochemistry, Vol. 7, No. 1: 58-68. January February,.1965. The behavior of Pu(V) in nitric acid solutions was in- vestigated within the interval pH = 2-6. It was shown that within the investigated pH region, the process of disproportionation influences the stability of Pu(V) solutions to a considerably lesser degree than the processes of oxidation and reductiob by radiolysis products. The basic causes of the instability of Pu(V) solutions of different concentrations within the interval pH = 2-6 were elucidated. The interval of pH values within which solutions of Pu(V) are the most stable was determined. 21 references. (auth.) 1754. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DIVISION SEMIANNUAL REPORT. JULY-DECEMBER, 1964. (Argonne National .Lab., Argonne, Ill.) ANL-6925. May 1965. 263 p. The following sections of this report contain information about plutonium: pyrochemical process development - processes employing liquid metal solvents, p. 34-40, 48-49; pre- paration of fuels for fast reactors - homogeneous precipi- tation of UC and (U, Pu)C from fused salts, p. 101-103; fuel cycle applications of volatility and fluidization techniques, p. 107-110; laboratory investigations - fluid-bed fluorination of U308-PU02 mixtures, p. 110-116, fluorination of U02-PU02 pellets in a 2-inch diameter fluidized-bed reactor, p. 116-120, phase studies, p. 120- 122, reactions of PuF6, P· 122-123, alpha radiation decomposition rate of plutonium hexafluoride, p. 123-126; engineering-scale investigations of fluid-bed fluoride volatility processes - development of fluid-bed fluroide processes for the recovery of uranium and plutonium from uranium dioxide fuels, p. 132-139, 144-147; capture-to- fission ratios in EBR-II, p. 251; cost evaluation of metal- fueled fast reactors, p. 255-259; divisional study of reprocessing of fast reactor plutonium fuels, p. 259-263. 1 -5- Chemistry (Cont'd) 1755. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DIVISION SEMIANNUAL REPORT. JANUARY- JUNE, 1965. (Argonne National Lab., Argonne, Ill.) ANL-7055. October 1965. 233 p. The following sections of this report contain information about plutonium: melt refining - extraction of plutonium from uranium-plutonium alloys with uranium trichloride, p. 21-26; processes employing liquid metal solvents - development of the blanket process,' p. 33, processes for fast breeder reactor fuels, p. 36-42, development of engineering equipment and procedures, p. 42-48; solid refractory fuels - preparation of (U-Pu)C solid solution, p. 90-94; fluorination of U02-Pu02 (and F.P.) pellets in a 2-inch diameter fluidized-bed reactor ' p.