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Model of the effect of uranium hexafluoride on the human body under industrial conditions

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A method for calculating certain quantities characterizing the effect of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) on the human body under industrial conditions in uranium enrichment plants is described. It is assumed that the effect is determined by uranium and fluorine inhaled together with the products of hydrolysis of uranium hexafluoride. The proposed complex model consists of three models, the first of which describes the contamination of the industrial environment and the second and third describe inhalation and percutaneous intake. A relation is obtained between uranium and fluorine intake and the uranium hexafluoride concentration in air at the moment the compound is discharged.

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 103, No. 2, pp. 103–106, August, 2007.

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Babenko, S.P. Model of the effect of uranium hexafluoride on the human body under industrial conditions. At Energy 103, 611–614 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-007-0097-9

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