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Table 14. Results Greater Than LC for Radionuclides
Deposited in Lungs and Whole Body


Radionuclide

In Vivo Count Type

% Results ³ aLC via ROI Method

% Results ³ aLC via Peak Search Method

Present in Shielded Room Background (24 hour)

241Am
Lung
4.4
0.4
No
144Ce
Lung
5.1
0.0
No
252Cf
Lung
4.4
0.0
No
244Cm
Lung
5.5
0.0
No
155Eu
Lung
6.3
0.0
No
237Np
Lung
4.4
0.4
No
210Pb
Lung
4.8
0.4
No
Plutonium Isotope
Lung
5.5
0.4
No
232Th via 212Pb
Lung
31.3
0.4
Yes
232Th
Lung
4.8
0.7
No
232Th via 228Th
Lung
4.0
0.0
No
233U
Lung
4.1
0.4
No
235U / 226Ra
Lung
9.9
0.0
No
Natural Uranium via 234Th
Lung
5.1
0.4
No
133Ba
Whole Body
3.7
0.4
No
140Ba
Whole Body
5.2
1.1
No
141Ce
Whole Body
4.1
0.4
No
58Co
Whole Body
4.4
1.8
No
60Co
Whole Body
56.8
17.0
Yes
51Cr
Whole Body
5.9
0.4
No
134Cs
Whole Body
2.2
0.0
No
137Cs
Whole Body
27.7
14.4
No
152Eu
Whole Body
7.0
1.1
No
154Eu
Whole Body
3.3
0.7
No
155Eu
Whole Body
3.0
1.1
No
59Fe
Whole Body
3.3
0.4
No
131I
Whole Body
5.2
0.4
No
133I
Whole Body
4.4
1.5
No
192Ir
Whole Body
4.4
0.0
No
40K
Whole Body
100.0
100.0
Yes
54Mn
Whole Body
12.9
2.2
Yes, 228Ac interference
103Ru
Whole Body
1.5
0.0
No
106Ru
Whole Body
4.8
0.4
No
125Sb
Whole Body
4.4
0.7
No
232Th via 228Ac
Whole Body
37.3
9.2
Yes
88Y
Whole Body
5.9
0.7
No
65Zn
Whole Body
0.4
0.0
No
95Zr
Whole Body
6.6
0.7
No
aThe 95% confidence interval for a random, 5% error rate is 2.2 to 7.4%. An observed percentage outside this interval would be consider statistically inconsistent with a random 5 % false positive error rate