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~15 Technical S taff Officesacrossthe US A E xpertise in Work for government and private industry Discusshistorical interest in thorium Introduce some HPissuesspecificto handling thorium R elate past experience
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- Discusshistorical interest in thorium
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elate past experience handlingthorium
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- The Department of Labor, NIOS
H, and DOE run acompensation program for weapons workers
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econstructingthorium doseshasproved challenging– why?
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- Thorium isn’t very radioactive, but it hashas5
short-lived, alphaemittingdaughters– it packsa punch!
- Thorium mostly staysin the lungafter an inhalation
- Detectingathorium intake isvery challenging
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xternal dosesfrom U-232 are significant
- Health physicsissuesand radiological controlswill