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Title:
CHEMISTRY AND METALLURGY HEALTH HANDBOOK OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS ( REDACTED )
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
HREX; PLUTONIUM
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:
BOOK
Publication Date:
1945 Aug 17
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
0026
Accession Number:
NV0709710
OpenNet Entry Date:
1995 Feb 17
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 15
Description/Abstract:
FIRST VOLUME OF SERIES OF HANDBOOKS ISSUED BY LOS ALAMOS TO INFORM EMPLOYEES OF THE VARIOUS POSSIBLE HEALTH HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH RADIATION AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. THE HANDBOOK EMPHATICALLY URGED EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW TWO BASIC RULES: 1) KNOW ALL POSSIBLE RADIATION HAZARDS IN A GIVEN JOB, AND 2) SEE THAT PROPER PROTECTIVE PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED IN THE JOB ASSIGNMENT. HANDBOOK EXPLAINS THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ELECTRONS, ALPHA PARTICLES, GAMMA-RAYS, AND NEUTRONS, RADIATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PLUTONIUM, POLONIUM, AND RADIOLANTHIUM RELATIVE TO INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN 1945. HEMPLEMANN OUTLINES THE MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM OF LASL AND PRIORITIZES FOUR PROJECTS AS FOLLOWS: 1) DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT OF RADIATION DISEASE, 2) DETECTION OF PLUTONIUM IN THE LUNG, 3) DETECTION OF EARLY RADIATION DAMAGE, AND 4) THE REMOVAL OF PLUTONIUM FROM THE BODY.