DOE HANDBOOK
Metric DOE-HDBK-1079-94 December 1994
Primer on Tritium Safe Handling Practices
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585 FSC-6910
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Table of Contents
- FOREWORD
- Key Words
- RADIOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS
- Hydrogen and Its Isotopes
- Sources of Tritium
- Stable and Unstable Nuclides
- Ions and Ionization
- Types of Radiation
- Radioactivity
- Sources of Tritium
- PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF TRITIUM
- Nuclear and Radioactive Properties
- Penetration Depths of Beta Particles
- Chemical Properties
- Contamination
- Penetration Depths of Beta Particles
- BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF TRITIUM
- Metabolism of Gaseous Tritium
- Metabolism of Tritiated Water
- Metabolism of Other Tritiated Species
- Metallic Getters
- Tritiated Liquids
- Other Tritiated Gases
- Biological Half-Life of HTO
- Bioassay and Internal Dosimetry
- Sampling Schedule and Technique
- Dose Reduction
- Metabolism of Tritiated Water
- TRITIUM MONITORING
- Air Monitoring
- Differential Air Monitoring
- Discrete Air Sampling
- Process Monitoring
- Discrete Air Sampling
- Surface Monitoring
- Tritium Probes
- Off-Gassing Measurements
- Off-Gassing Measurements
- Liquid Monitoring
- Differential Air Monitoring
- RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND PROTECTION PRACTICES
- Airborne Tritium
- Secondary Containment
- Temporary Enclosures
- Protection by Local Ventilation
- Supplied-Air Respirators
- Supplied-Air Suits
- Temporary Enclosures
- Protection from Surface Contamination
- Protective Clothing
- Lab Coats and Coveralls
- Shoe Covers
- Gloves
- Shoe Covers
- Secondary Containment
- EMERGENCY RESPONSE
- Emergency Steps to Take
- Decontamination of Personnel
- Decontamination of Surfaces
- Decontamination of Personnel
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