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Title:
H-DIVISION PROGRESS REPORT, JULY 20 - AUGUST 20, 1955 ( REDACTED )
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Subject Terms:
HREX; ATMOSPHERIC TEST PROGRAM; OTHER ISOTOPES
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:
1955 Sep 28
Declassification Status:
Unknown
Document Pages:
0040
Accession Number:
NV0710264
OpenNet Entry Date:
1995 Feb 17
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
SERIOUS CONTAMINATION OF THE PHYSICS BUILDING OCCURRED WHEN A 25. 2 MICROCURIE POLONIUM SOURCE EXPLODED IN A BASEMENT ROOM. FALLOUT FROM THE ZUCCHINI SHOT (NTS) WAS ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTED CATTLE DEATHS, "BLUE SNOW," SWOLLEN TONGUES AND REDDENED FACES OF CHILDREN. LEAKY DRUMS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPORTED AT TA-21, DP WEST. FOLLOWING PAST REPORTS, CONTINUED STUDIES ON CHOLINESTERASE IN EIGHT PATIENTS, AND SERUM SAMPLES FROM FIVE HOSPITAL PATIENTS RUN IN ELECTROPHORESIS STUDIES WERE ALL DESCRIBED.