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SUMMARY SHEET, SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING DISCLOSURE TO PATIENTS INJECTED WITH PLUTONIUM DURING AND AFTER WORLD WAR II
Subject Terms:
HREX; ETHICS; HEALTH EFFECTS; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; PATIENTS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS; WORLD WAR II
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:
LEGAL DOCUMENT
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Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0004
Accession Number:
NV0700071
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THIS IS A FOUR-PAGE TYPEWRITTEN DRAFT DOCUMENT ENTITLED, "SUMMARY SHEET-SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING DISCLOSURE TO PATIENTS INJECTED WITH PLUTONIUM DURING AND AFTER WORLD WAR II." WHILE NO DATE OR AUTHOR ARE INDICATED, IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY AN AEC STAFF MEMBER AROUND THE TIME OF THE AEC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PLUTONIUM INJECTIONS, WHICH WERE UNDERTAKEN IN MID-1974. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUMMARY SHEET WAS GIVEN AS: "TO INFORM THE COMMISSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF DBER (DIVISION OF BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, AEC) AND THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL (AEC) RELATIVE TO THE DISCLOSURE TO PATIENTS OF THE NATURE OF THE INJECTIONS AND OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED ON THE PATIENTS." (THE LAST WORD, "PATIENTS," WAS HANDWRITTEN ON THE DOCUMENT.) THE DISCUSSION PROVIDES A BRIEF SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE PLUTONIUM INJECTION STUDIES, AS WELL AS DBER'S RECOMMENDATION THAT "...THE PHYSICIANS CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATIONS EITHER PROVIDE DISCLOSURE TO THE PATIENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DHEW (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE) POLICY ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS OR PROVIDE THE AEC WITH A STATEMENT THAT THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY 'OF ROCHESTER' (IS HANDWRITTEN IN) OR OF ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY CONCERNED WITH INSURING COMPLIANCE WITH DHEW POLICY HAVE REVIEWED THE MATTERS IN DETAIL AND TAKEN THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS. AEC REQUIRES ITS CONTRACTORS TO ADHERE TO DHEW POLICY IN CARRYING OUT SUCH INVESTIGATIONS." THE SECTION LABELED "RECOMMENDATION" IS AS FOLLOWS: "IT IS THE STRONG RECOMMENDATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF DBER AND OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL THAT THE DIRECTOR OF DBER PROCEED IMMEDIATELY TO INFORM THE ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY OF THE NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE DHEW RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT THEY SHOULD PROCEED TO BRING THIS MATTER BEFORE THEIR OWN OR THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER HUMAN USE COMMITTEE FOR DISPOSITION AS THAT COMMITTEE MAY JUDGE APPROPRIATE AND TO INFORM THE COMMISSION OF THAT DISPOSITION."


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