Document Details
Title:
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION ON THE MONKEY ( MACACA MULATTA ) (DELETED)
Author(s):
PICKERING, J E [CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP]; ZELLMER, R W [CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP]; BENSON, R E [CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP]; HARTWIG, Q L [CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP]; CORSBIE, R L [CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP]
Subject Terms:
HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; DATA; GRAPHS; EPILATION; PRIMATES; MORTALITY; ANIMAL CELLS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; WILSON EVENT; PLUMBBOB OPERATION; FIZEAU EVENT
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1958 Jun 27
Declassification Status:
Sanitized
Document Pages:
0052
Accession Number:
NV0067460
Document Number(s):
ITR1505EX
Originating Research Org.:
CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
MACACA MULATTA MONKEYS WERE EXPOSED TO NEUTRON AND GAMMA RADIATION AS ONE PHASE OF AN EXTENSIVE ANIMAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO YIELD A BETTER U NDERSTANDING OF THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION. EXPOSURE DISTANCES WERE CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF DOSE VS. DISTANCE DATA OBTAINED DURING OPERATION TEAPOT AND ON THE DESIRED BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES. IN B OTH SHOTS IN WHICH PROJECT 39.6 PARTICIPATED, THE RADIATION DOSE REQUI RED TO PRODUCE DEATH IN 30 DAYS IN 50 PER CENT OF THE ANIMALS WAS DETE RMINED. WHERE NO MORTALITY OCCURRED, THE ANIMALS WERE FOLLOWED FOR ACU TE RADIATION EFFECTS AND WILL BE FOLLOWED FOR LONG-TERM EFFECTS, SUCH AS CATARACT PRODUCTION, BONE-MARROW CHANGE, SHORTENING OF LIFE SPAN, AND CARCINOGENESIS. ULTIMATELY THE LONG-TERM FINDINGS WILL BE COMPARE D WITH KNOWN HUMAN DATA.