Document Details
Title:
SOY BEANS BEING LOWERED INTO THE NUCLEAR REACTOR AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAB
Author(s):
UNK, [BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY]
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:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1957 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0098022
Document Number(s):
AEC575618
Originating Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
UPTON LONG ISLAND NEW YORK...SOY BEANS MAILED IN BY SEVERAL MIDDLE WES TERN AGRICULTURE EXPERIMENT STATIONS BEING LOWERED INTO THE NUCLEAR RE ACTOR AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY UPTON NEW YORK FOR EXPSOURE TO NEUTRONS. BY EXPOSING PLANT SEEDS TO NUCLEAR RADIATION BIOLOGISTS PRO DUCE HEREDITARY CHANGES OR MUTATIONS. DESIRABLE MUTATIONS CAN BE PREP ETUATED IN NEW STOCKS OF PLANTS