Uranium series radionuclides

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Individual Standard Reference Materials containing 14C, 3H, and some naturally occurring uranium and thorium series radionuclides are available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These include ... 

Joshi SR. 1987. Nondestructive determination of selected uranium and thorium-series radionuclides in biological samples. Health Phys 53 417-420. 

The uranium series contains two radionuclides of special interest, 226Ra (ti/2 = 1600 y) and its daughter, 38 d 222Rn. 226Ra (and its daughters) are responsible for a major fraction of the radiation dose received from internal radioactivity. Radium is present in rocks and soils, and as a consequence in water, food, and human tissue. The high specific activity and gaseous decay products of radium also make it difficult to handle in the laboratory. 

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