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LETTER TO S MARKS, SUBJECT: INVESTIGATION AND DOCUMENTATION REGARDING PATIENTS INJECTED WITH PLUTONIUM FROM 1945-47 ( ENCL: SUGGESTIONS OF MANNER OF PROCEEDING W/DBER INVESTIGATION OF PU INJECTIONS)

HREX; ETHICS; PATIENTS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT; REPORT; SAFETY STANDARDS

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

CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS

1974 Jan 04

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NV0700073

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION-ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION,

1994 Aug 27

2012 May 14

THIS IS A FOUR-PAGE TYPEWRITTEN DOCUMENT COMPRISED OF TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM (STARTING ON PAGE 0000246) IS A LETTER FROM DR. JAMES L. LIVERMAN, DIRECTOR OF AEC, DIVISION OF BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (DBER) TO DR. SIDNEY MARKS, DBER ENTITLED, "INVESTIGATION AND DOCUMENTATION REGARDING PATIENTS INJECTED WITH PLUTONIUM FROM 1945-47", AND DATED APRIL 1, 1974. THE LETTER HAS TWO MAIN POINTS: 1. A LIST OF FOUR ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS AGREED SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT REGARDING THE ABOVE SUBJECT. THESE INCLUDE: INFORMING THE DIRECTOR OF ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ANL) THAT THEY MUST COMPLY WITH ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PATIENTS PRESCRIBED BY THE DHEW BY EARLY DISCLOSURE TO THE PATIENTS AND IMMEDIATE REFERRAL OF THE ISSUE OF CONTINUATION OF THESE STUDIES TO ANLS INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE; CONTACTING OFFICIALS AT UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER TO INSURE THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE DHEW GUIDELINES; THE CHAIRMAN WILL CONTACT THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR APPOINT OF A "PRESTIGIOUS NEUTRAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF THE PLUTONIUM INJECTION, AND PREPARE A SUITABLE REPORT FOR RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC; AND THAT DR. LIVERMAN SHOULD INSTITUTE AN AEC INVESTIGATION OF THE FACTS OF THESE INJECTIONS. 2. SIDNEY MARKS IS DESIGNATED AS THE DBER INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVESTIGATIONS. DR. LIVERMAN PROVIDES AS AN ATTACHMENT SUGGESTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED. DRS. LIVERMAN, BURR, CARTER, AND WEYZEN ARE LISTED AS THOSE TO CONTINUE WORK ONTHE FIRST ITEMS LISTED ABOVE. THE SECOND ITEM (STARTING ON PAGE 0000248) IS THE ATTACHMENT REFERRED TO IN ITEM 2 OF DR. LIVERMAN'S LETTER AND IS ENTITLED, "SUGGESTIONS OF MANNER OF PROCEEDING WITH DBER INVESTIGATIONS OF PLUTONIUM INJECTIONS." THIS IS A DUPLICATE OF DOCUMENT #700056.