2017 Annual Report
Stacey McComish
The FY2017 USTUR Annual Report has been completed and is available for download. It summarizes organization, activities, and scientific accomplishments at the USTUR from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017.
U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries
publications
Special issue of Radiation Protection Dosimetry on Mayak worker dosimetry
Stacey McComishAn upcoming special issue of Radiation Protection Dosimetry will focus on findings of the Russian Health Studies Program‘s Project 2.4: Mayak Worker Dosimetry. Project 2.4 reconstructed doses to workers first employed at the Mayak Production Association in Ozyorsk, Russia between 1948 and 1982. USTUR faculty members authored or coauthored three of the papers, and an additional 13 were authored/coauthored by USTUR adjunct faculty member, Dr. Alan Birchall (Global Dosimetry Ltd., United Kingdom). » More …
2016 Annual Report
Stacey McComishThe FY2016 USTUR Annual Report has been completed and is available for download. It summarizes organization, activities, and scientific accomplishments at the USTUR from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016.
2015 Annual Report
Stacey McComishThe FY2015 USTUR Annual Report has been completed and is available for download. It summarizes organization, activities, and scientific accomplishments at the USTUR from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015.
Annual report available online
Stacey McComish
The 2012-2014 USTUR Report has been completed and is available for download. It summarizes organization, activities, and scientific accomplishments at the USTUR from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2014.
USTUR publications widely cited
Stacey McComish
USTUR research impacts our knowledge about uranium and transuranics, and how they behave in and affect the human body. The large number of publications produced by the USTUR, and the frequency with which they are cited, illustrates this.
Redesigned color brochures
Stacey McComishThe USTUR’s informational brochures were recently redesigned with up-to-date information and a simple, easy-to-read layout. The NHRTR brochure summarizes samples availabe at the USTUR, and will be distributed to researchers who are interested in collaborating with the Registries. The Registrant brochure is designed for exposed workers who would like to learn more about the USTUR and/or potentially donate tissues to the program.
Recently published research
Stacey McComishFindings based upon tissue donations to the USTUR continue to shape our understanding of internally incorporated actinides. In the early months of 2015, two scientific papers were published by USTUR faculty. Maia Avtandilashvili modelled the long-term retention of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) in an occupationally exposed Registrant, and Sergei Tolmachev coauthored a publication that mapped the distribution of actinides in lymph nodes from USTUR donors. » More …
Elemental bio-imaging paper highlighted in Research Profile
Stacey McComish
The Journal of Analytical Chemistry has web published a Research Profile highlighting the forthcoming USTUR/University of Technology, Sydney paper titled, “Elemental bio-imaging of thorium, uranium and plutonium in tissues from occupationally exposed former nuclear workers.” This paper has been ‘epublished’ ahead of print.