Abstract
This study describes the biokinetics of three plutonium (Pu) nitrate bearing materials formed in industry and uses transfer rates to blood to derive ALIs and doses per unit intake. The behaviour of these was predicted by combining transfer rates determined in rat experiments with a mucociliary clearance function obtained from human volunteers exposed to fused aluminosilicate particles. It is concluded that the biokinetics of Pu nitrate can be best described as between a Class W and Y compound, with aged residues being very similar to Class Y. Calculations have demonstrated that despite the beta emitting plutonium being in great excess, the doses per unit intake are dominated by the alpha emitting radionuclides
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