New Chelating Agents for Plutonium Pulmonary Decorporation

摘要

Plutonium is a radioelement used in both military andcivilian nuclear applications. Considering his highradiotoxicity whatever its isotopy, dissemination would be asource of concern. Unfortunately, several cases ofcontamination have been reported and inhalation was foundas the most common way of contamination. Our studiesthus focus on the inhalation process involving insolubleforms of Pu(Ⅳ).