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Title:
MEMO TO J W KENNEDY, SUBJECT: HAZARD AND INSURANCE
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 Feb 24
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0001
Accession Number:
NV0714587
OpenNet Entry Date:
1995 Feb 17
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
MEMO FROM CYRIL S. SMITH ON POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO PERSONNEL WORKING IN METALLURGY GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR PLUTONIUM METAL PRODUCTION. MEMO ADDRESSES THE POSSIBLE LATENT LONG-TERM RISK FROM OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO PLUTONIUM DUST WHICH MAY BE YEARS IN DEVELOPING. SMITH EXPLAINS THAT THE STANDARD EXTRA-HAZARDOUS INSURANCE POLICY DOES NOT PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THE HAZARD RESULTING FROM EXPOSURE TO RADIOACTIVE POISONING FROM INHALED OR INJECTED PLUTONIUM.