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Title:
MEMO TO J B OPPENHEIMER, SUBJECT: MEDICAL STAFF IN TECHNICAL AREA
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
HREX
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:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1944 Jul 10
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0714528
OpenNet Entry Date:
1995 Feb 17
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
MEMO REQUESTING ANOTHER MEDICAL DOCTOR TO ASSIST WITH INDUSTRIAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE TECHNICAL AREA. HEMPELMANN INFORMS OPPENHEIMER THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 350 PEOPLE EXPOSED TO VARIOUS HEALTH HAZARDS AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN THE EXPOSURE OF PERSONNEL TO RADIATION, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, ARE CHEMICAL POISONS. OF IMPORTANCE HEMPELMANN NOTED THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF METHOD FOR DETECTION OF OVEREXPOSURE TO PLUTONIUM AND POLONIUM.