Increased retention of americium in kidneys as compared with plutonium in an actinide wound contamination model in the rat

Abstract

After actinide contamination of wounds, Am is concentrated in the kidneys as compared to Pu leading to potential exposure of renal tissue to both alpha particles and gamma radiation.

Americium biodistribution in rats after wound contamination with different physicochemical forms in the presence or absence of plutonium: analyses using STATBIODIS

“…Different actinides, alone or in mixtures, and different physicochemical forms were used. Initial analyses were primarily focused on Pu biodistribution and Am retention in kidneys (Griffiths et al 2012, Griffiths et al 2014. However, a series of Am biodistribution data obtained for various wound contamination conditions has not been analysed yet.…”

11th International Conference on Health Effects of Incorporated Radionuclides

“…, Hocine et al 2014, Kreuzer et al 2014, Van der Meeren et al 2014, Vostrotin et al 2014, Zhivin et al 2014, Zhou 2014);(2) Biodosimetry, molecular biology and biochemistry, Mostapha et al 2014); (3) Biokinetics, Giussani 2014, Leggett et al 2014); (4) Medical countermeasures and decorporation, Bardot 2014, Griffiths et al 2014a, Griffiths et al 2014b, Kastl et al 2014, Leiterer et al 2014). …”