Alpha Emitters

The following HPS Web pages also address this category:

			Depleted Uranium
			Polonium-210 Information Sheet
			Uranium Primer

The following health physics questions have been answered by an expert and approved by our editors for inclusion in our "Ask the Experts" feature. Click on the question to see the answer.

Questions in this Category Are in the Following Subcategories:
•  Uranium
•  Plutonium
•  Polonium
Uranium
Q626	–	Depleted uranium in Yugoslavia
Q746	–	Depleted uranium bullets
Q758	–	Inhalation problems from depleted uranium
Q829	–	Limits for inhalation of depleted uranium
Q1020	–	Estimate uranium activity
Q1075	–	Use of depleted uranium
Q1101	–	Use of depleted uranium
Q1234	–	Uses of depleted uranium
Q1281	–	Is depleted uranium naturally occurring material?
Q1869	–	Working with depleted uranium
Q1906	–	Uranium toxicity
Q2545	–	Contaminants in depleted uranium
Q2590	–	Effects of uranium on the body
Q3085	–	High levels in hair
Q3819	–	Uranium tetrafluoride
Q3905	–	Radioactivity of uranium fuel
Q4106	–	Earth's core and chain reaction
Q4182	–	Shielding of uranium ore
Q4251	–	How to dispose of uranium
Q4549	–	Dangers of depleted uranium
Q4729	–	Uranium in drinking water
Q4795	–	Depleted uranium exposure
Q4861	–	Uranium -- natural ore or processed
Q4979	–	Surface dose rates from a slab of uranium
Q5151	–	Uranium in hair
Q5156	–	Uranium enrichment method
Q5266	–	Cleaning uranium from drinking water
Q5718	–	Internal contamination with uranium
Q5923	–	Oklo phenomenon
Q7141	–	Hair analysis
Q8072	–	Uranium in hair and in well water
Plutonium
Q47	–	Can you find out anything about two British scientists who have inhaled plutonium?
Q1053	–	Plutonium in the lungs
Q1339	–	Plutonium risks
Q1996	–	Plutonium in Nagasaki
Q4952	–	Plutonium chelation
Polonium
Q464	–	What are the biological half lives of polonium-210 and americium-241?
Q1452	–	Activities of polonium-210 and lead-210 in the body