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Title:
ANNUAL REPORT, MARCH 31, 1955 - APRIL 1, 1956 ( PROJECT SUNSHINE, CONTRACT AT(30-1)-1656 ) ( REDACTED )
Author(s):
ECKELMANN, W R [COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY]; KULP, J L [COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY]; SCHULERT, A R [COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY]; TUREKIAN, K K [COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY]
Subject Terms:
HREX; ATMOSPHERIC TEST PROGRAM; COLUMBIA U; CONTRACTS; HUMAN TISSUE STUDIES; IODINE; 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:
1956 Apr 01
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
0273
Accession Number:
NV0710270
Originating Research Org.:
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1995 Feb 17
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES DATA FROM PROJECT SUNSHINE FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 1955 TO APRIL 1956. THIS PROJECT ATTEMPTED TO EVALUATE THE DANGER OF FISSION PRODUCT CONCENTRATIONS, ESPECIALLY STRONTIUM-90. THE METABOLISM OF CALCIUM AND STRONTIUM WAS STUDIED IN HUMANS BY GIVING INTRAVENOUS INJECTIONS OF CALCIUM-45 (LESS THAN 27 MICROCURIES) AND STRONTIUM-85 (LESS THAN 110 MICROCURIES) TO TERMINAL CANCER PATIENTS AT MONTEFIORE HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK. RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSES WERE CARRIED OUT AT LAMONT LABORATORIES AT COLUMBIA, NEW YORK. PATIENT SURVIVAL FOLLOWING RADIONUCLIDE ADMINISTRATION VARIED FROM THREE DAYS TO THREE MONTHS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE PATIENT WHO SURVIVED THREE YEARS. OTHER PROJECTS IN THIS REPORT INCLUDE:1) ANALYSIS OF STRONTIUM-90 IN HUMAN BONE AUTOPSY SAMPLES, 2) STRONTIUM-90 IN FOODS AND FOREIGN SOILS, 3) RADIUM IN HUMAN AUTOPSY BONE SAMPLES, 4) ACTIVITY OF IODINE-131 AND BARIUM-140 IN VEGETATION, 5) STRONTIUM-90 CONTENT OF ANIMAL BONES, AND 6) IODINE-131 ACTIVITY IN HUMAN THYROIDS.