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Plutonium
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Plutonium [Chemical/Ingredient]
, Pu element
Plutonium. A naturally radioactive element of the actinide metals series. It has the atomic symbol Pu, atomic number 94, and atomic weight 242…
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10 relations
Broader (1)
Actinoid Series Elements
In Blood
Plutonium:MCnc:Pt:Urine:Qn
agonists
aspects of radiation effects
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Narrower (4)
plutonium citrate
plutonium dioxide
plutonium hydroxide
plutonium nitrate
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1996
1996
Confronting the nuclear legacy--Part III. Can nuclear waste be stored safely at Yucca Mountain?
C. Whipple
Scientific American
1996
Corpus ID: 31731722
In 1987 the federal government narrowed to one its long-term options for disposing of nuclear waste: storing it permanently in a…
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1996
1996
Japan's nuclear future : the plutonium debate and East Asian security
S. Harrison
1996
Corpus ID: 106564933
Japan's policy of basing its nuclear power program on reprocessed plutonium has aroused widespread suspicion that Japan is…
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1993
1993
Phase stability of plutonium.
J. van Ek
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P. A. Sterne
,
Antonios Gonis
Physical Review B (Condensed Matter)
1993
Corpus ID: 42150033
Results of electronic-structure calculations on the experimentally observed low-temperature monoclinic a phase of Pu are…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Further studies of plutonium and americium at Thule, Greenland.
Asker Aarkrog
,
Henning Dahlgaard
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K. Nilsson
,
E. Holm
Health Physics
1984
Corpus ID: 39483302
Eleven years after the accidental loss of nuclear weapons in 1968, the fourth scientific expedition to Thule occurred. The…
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1975
1975
Plutonium--health implications for man. Some problems in measuring plutonium in the environment.
C. Sill
Health Physics
1975
Corpus ID: 22304008
Excellent analytical procedures are available for measuring plutonium in all kinds of environmental samples. Conditions are…
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1975
1975
The chemical form of plutonium in urine.
D. Popplewell
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G. Stradling
,
G. Ham
Radiation Research
1975
Corpus ID: 31134926
In vivo and in vitro experiments have shown plutonium to be bound to naturally occurring citrate in urine. This represents…
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1974
1974
Assessment and management of a plutonium contaminated wound case.
G. Schofield
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H. Howells
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F. Ward
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J. Lynn
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G. Dolphin
Health Physics
1974
Corpus ID: 45889975
A Plutonium contaminated wound is described together with its management. Initially, 14.2 pCi of Plutonium were present in the…
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1962
1962
The removal of americium and plutonium from the rat by chelating agents.
D. Taylor
,
F. D. Sowby
Physics in Medicine and Biology
1962
Corpus ID: 13622059
The effect of treatment with a number of different chelating agents on the retention of plutonium or americium has been studied…
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1960
1960
Progress report: plutonium removal. IV. Tissue distribution of monomeric and polymeric plutonium as modified by a chelating agent.
J. Schubert
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J. F. Fried
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M. W. Rosenthal
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A. Lindenbaum
Annual report
1960
Corpus ID: 38792515
Mice injected with a polymeric (colloidal) solution of plutonium retained more of the radioelement in the liver and spleen and…
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1956
1956
Further studies on the gastrointestinal absorption of plutonium.
M. Weeks
,
Joseph Katz
,
+5 authors
Harry A. Kornberg
Radiation Research
1956
Corpus ID: 28665107
chronically fed plutonium was determined as 0.0026 =0.0004 %. This value was obtained in experiments with rats, employing…
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