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Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides Part 1 - ICRP

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2626<br />

2627<br />

2628<br />

2629<br />

Uranium-238<br />

Thorium-234<br />

Protactinium-234m<br />

Uranium-234<br />

a 4.5 billion years<br />

a 250,000 years<br />

b<br />

1.2 minutes<br />

b<br />

24 days<br />

Thorium-230<br />

Radium-226<br />

a<br />

Radon-222<br />

a<br />

a<br />

Polonium-218<br />

Lead-214*<br />

75,000 years<br />

1,600 years<br />

3.8 days<br />

DRAFT REPORT FOR CONSULTATION<br />

Polonium-214 Polonium-210<br />

a 3.1 minutes a 160 microseconds a 140 days<br />

b<br />

Bismuth-214* Bismuth-210<br />

27 minutes<br />

b 20 minutes<br />

Notes:<br />

The symbols a and b indicate alpha and beta<br />

decay, and the times shown are half-lives.<br />

An asterisk indicates that the isotope is also<br />

a significant gamma emitter.<br />

Uranium-238 also decays by spontaneous<br />

fission<br />

74<br />

b<br />

b<br />

22 years<br />

5.0 days<br />

Lead-210 Lead-206 (stable)<br />

Figure 10 Natural decay series: Uranium-238

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