英国科学家声称吸入钚'没有风险'
1999年8月8日
LONDON (Reuters) – Two British scientists who inhaled plutonium in an experiment to mimic the effects of a nuclear war have suffered no side effects, officials said on Monday.
英国的原子能源局表示，研究钚的影响，直到现在对人类的严重危险，会帮助在核工业中工作。
“Tests using injections and inhalation have been going on for many years. They are carried out under very strict guidelines from the government,” said Atomic Energy Authority spokesman Andrew Mann,
“There are no real risks involved in these tests,” he told Reuters. “Everyone that took part in this test is healthy.” One of the scientists involved, Eric Voice, 73, who inhaled plutonium 18 months ago, said fears that plutonium was a danger to people were unfounded.
声音,核科学家说,他和一位不愿透露姓名colleague in his 60s had been well since absorbing a minuscule quantity of plutonium.
声音告诉守护报，这无知钚如何影响人类新陈代谢是一种填补医学所需的差距。
“将来会成为核战争或意外，我们应该知道如何影响我们，”他说。
“因为已经完成的工作我们现在了解钚对血液中的哪一项很多，以及它的发展。我们现在正在制作的重要环节是它是如何首先进入血液的，“众所周知。
Voice believes that plutonium has never harmed a human being, except when the United States dropped its atomic bombs on Japan to end World War Two.
Voice was one of 12 volunteers who were given plutonium between 1992 and 1998. Results of the study will be published next year.
