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Title:
REPRINT FROM: "THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF PLUTONIUM AND RADIUM", SUBJECT: SURVIVAL, CAUSES OF DEATH, AND ESTIMATED TISSUE DOSES IN A GROUP OF HUMAN BEINGS INJECTED WITH PLUTONIUM
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Subject Terms:
HREX; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT; TISSUE ANALYSIS
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:
1976 Jul 12
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0013
Accession Number:
NV0703481
Originating Research Org.:
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN URINARY EXCRETION AND PLUTONIUM BODY CONTENT, 18 PERSONS OF SHORT LIFE EXPECTANCY WERE INJECTED WITH PLUTONIUM BETWEEN 1945 AND 1947. SEVENTEEN OF THESE 18 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED; EIGHT WERE FOUND TO HAVE SURVIVED FOR AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS AND FOUR ARE STILL ALIVE TODAY (1975). THE CAUSES OF DEATH OF 13 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED FROM DEATH CERTIFICATES; NONE APPEAR TO BE RELATED TO THE ADMINISTERED PLUTONIUM. DOSES TO THE LIVER AND TO THE CELLS ON THE SURFACE OF BONE HAVE BEEN CALCULATED FOR THESE PLUTONIUM CASES. THE LIVER DOSES DO NOT APPEAR TO BE HIGH ENOUGH TO BE CARCINOGENIC, BUT COMPARISON OF THE BONE-SURFACE DOSES WITH RADIUM DOSES THAT HAVE INDUCED BONE TUMORS INDICATES THAT SIX OF THESE CASES HAVE RECEIVED DOSES HIGH ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED CARCINOGENIC. HOWEVER, NO BONE TUMORS HAVE YET APPEARED.