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Title:
PLUTONIUM IN MAN, A NEW LOOK AT THE OLD DATA
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Subject Terms:
HREX; ANIMALS; DATA; HUMANS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT; RADIOBIOLOGY; REPORT
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:
REPORT
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Never classified
Document Pages:
0056
Accession Number:
NV0700088
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THIS 55 PAGE DOCUMENT IS A CHAPTER OF A TEXTBOOK OR MONOGRAPH ENTITLED THE RADIOBIOLOGY OF PLUTONIUM, B. J. STOVER AND W. S. S. JEE, EDS. (J. W. PRESS, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 1972), P. 469. DOCUMENT #700081 IS A BOOK REVIEW OF THIS BOOK. THIS DOCUMENT, DR. P. W. DURBIN'S CHAPTER, IS A REFORMTTING AND POLISHING OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN DOCUMENT #700079, A UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY REPORT BY HER ON "PLUTONIUM IN MAN: A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR REVIEW", UCRL-20850 (1971). BOTH WORKS WERE SUPPORTED BY THE US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. THIS DOCUMENT ADDRESSES THE RADIOBIOLOGY DATA AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS. DATA FROM DOGS, SHEEP, SWINE, AND RATS ARE ALSO CONSIDERED IN THIS BOOK CHAPTER.