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Title:
PLUTONIUM EXPERIMENT RECALLED ( SCIENCE, VOL.191, MARCH 12, 1976 )
Subject Terms:
HREX; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT; RECALLED
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:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1976 Mar 12
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0001
Accession Number:
NV0703033
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 21
Description/Abstract:
AN EXPERIMENT INVOLVING THE INJECTION OF PLUTONIUM, AN EXTREMELY POTENT CARCINOGEN, INTO HUMAN SUBJECTS FINALLY RECEIVED A PUBLIC AIRING AFTER YEARS OF OBSCURITY. INFORMED CONSENT APPARENTLY WAS NOT OBTAINED FROM THE SUBJECTS. THE EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN 1945 AND 1947, SHORTLY AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST PLUTONIUM BOMB, BECAUSE THERE WAS AN URGENT NEED FOR DATA ON THE RATE AT WHICH THE HUMAN BODY EXCRETES PLUTONIUM SO THAT SAFE EXPOSURE LEVELS COULD BE SET FOR BOMB WORKERS.