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Title:

HEALTH PHYSICS ARTICLE, THE LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY'S EXPERIENCE WITH PLUTONIUM IN MAN

Author(s):

HEMPELMANN, L H; LANGHAM, W H; LAWRENCE, J N; LAWRENCE, J N.P.; MCCLELLAND, J

Subject Terms:

HREX; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; INHALATION; PERSONNEL; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

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

Publication Date:

Declassification Status:

Never classified

Document Pages:

0009

Accession Number:

NV0700107

OpenNet Entry Date:

1994 Aug 27

OpenNet Modified Date:

2012 May 14

Description/Abstract:

TEN-PAGE ARTICLE "THE LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY'S EXPERIENCE WITH PLUTONIUM IN MAN" WRITTEN BY W. H. LANGHAM, J. N. P. LAWRENCE, JEAN MCCLELLAND, AND L. H. HEMPELMANN PUBLISHED IN HEALTH PHYSICS 1962. DETAILS A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY'S INDUSTRIAL MEDICAL EXPERIENCE WITH EXPOSURE OF PERSONNEL TO PLUTONIUM. OBSERVATIONS ARE COVERED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT THROUGH 1960.

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