<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document specifies approaches for the determination of plutonium isotopes (<sup>238</sup>Pu, <sup>239</sup>Pu and <sup>240</sup>Pu) in urine using alpha spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">It is applicable to the measurement of plutonium isotopes at levels which are appropriate for</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">workers handling plutonium in planned exposure situations, where detection limits are sufficiently low to be in accordance with dose limits, and</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">workers, members of the public and emergency responders in emergency exposure situations, where required detection limits can be much higher, and results need to be reported in a short timescale.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document does not provide information on when monitoring is carried out or the interpretation of the results in terms of dose or biological effects.</span></p>
Registration number (WIID)
85631
Scope
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document specifies approaches for the determination of plutonium isotopes (<sup>238</sup>Pu, <sup>239</sup>Pu and <sup>240</sup>Pu) in urine using alpha spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">It is applicable to the measurement of plutonium isotopes at levels which are appropriate for</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">workers handling plutonium in planned exposure situations, where detection limits are sufficiently low to be in accordance with dose limits, and</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">workers, members of the public and emergency responders in emergency exposure situations, where required detection limits can be much higher, and results need to be reported in a short timescale.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document does not provide information on when monitoring is carried out or the interpretation of the results in terms of dose or biological effects.</span></p>
