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Title:
MEMO TO J RUNDO, SUBJECT: COMPARISON OF THE PLUTONIUM DISTRIBUTION IN THE SKELETAL REMAINS OF 40-015 WITH THAT IN ( CASE NO. 40-010 )
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Subject Terms:
HREX; CORRESPONDENCE; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SKELETON
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:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1981 Jun 24
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0004
Accession Number:
NV0700929
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
MEMO FROM R. P. LARSEN TO J. RUNDO DATED JUNE 24, 1981. R. LARSEN DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF TWO SEPARATE COMPARISONS MADE OF CASE NUMBER 40-010 AND CASE NUMBER 40-015. THE PURPOSE OF BOTH STUDIES WAS TWO COMPARE THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM IN EACH OF THE SUBJECTS' SKELETON REMAINS. RESULTS OF THE FIRST COMPARISON SHOWED THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM IN CASE NUMBER 40-010 WAS NOT TYPICAL, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE PARTICULAR ILLNESS OF CASE NUMBER 40-010. RESULTS OF THE SECOND COMPARISON, IN WHICH A LARGER PORTION OF THE SKELETONS WERE ANALYZED, SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM IN THE TWO SUBJECTS. GIVEN THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO SUBJECTS, R. LARSEN FINDS THE SIMILAR RESULTS SURPRISING. R. LARSE STATES THAT FURTHER RESEARCH IS TO BE CARRIED OUT BEFORE THE REMAINS ARE RETURNED. ENCLOSED IS A TABLE SHOWING THE DATA COLLECTED ON EACH OF THE SKELETON REMAINS.