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Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides Part 1 - ICRP

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2630<br />

2631<br />

2632<br />

2633<br />

2634<br />

2635<br />

Uranium-235*<br />

a<br />

Thorium-231<br />

700 million years<br />

b<br />

Protactinium-231*<br />

26 hours<br />

a 33,000 years<br />

Actinium-227<br />

a<br />

22 years<br />

(1%)<br />

Francium-223*<br />

b<br />

22 years<br />

(99%)<br />

Thorium-227*<br />

a<br />

b a<br />

22 minutes<br />

Radium-223*<br />

Radon-219*<br />

a<br />

Polonium-215<br />

a<br />

Lead-211*<br />

DRAFT REPORT FOR CONSULTATION<br />

19 days<br />

11 days<br />

4.0 seconds<br />

1.8 milliseconds<br />

b<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 />

75<br />

Bismuth-211*<br />

a<br />

36 minutes<br />

Thallium-207<br />

2.1 minutes<br />

Figure 11 Natural decay series: Uranium-235<br />

b<br />

Lead-207 (stable)<br />

4.8 minutes

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