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Title:
UPDATE ON PLUTONIUM STUDIES AT THE CENTER FOR HUMAN RADIOBIOLOGY ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, BY A F STEHNEY, ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
Author(s):
STEHNEY, A F [ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY]
Subject Terms:
HREX
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:
1984 Jun 27
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0004
Accession Number:
NV0703522
Originating Research Org.:
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION-ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION,
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
PLUTONIUM INJECTION STUDIES - UPDATE - REPORT BY A. F. STEHNEY JUNE 27, 1984. IN 1974 THE U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION REVIEWED THE ORIGINS AND SUBSEQUENT FOLLOW-UP OF A STUDY INITIATED IN 1945 TO DEVELOP INFORMATION ABOUT THE METABOLISM OF PLUTONIUM IN MAN. THE STUDY INVOLVED INJECTION OF 18 HOSPITAL PATIENTS WITH PLUTONIUM DURING 1945-1947. DECEMBER 31, 1974, THE AEC AUTHORIZED CHR TO PROCEED WITH THE PROGRAM OF STUDY OF LIVING PATIENTS WHO WERE INJECTED WITH PLUTONIUM DURING 1945-1947 AND OF THE BODIES OF DECEASED INDIVIDUALS FROM THAT GROUP FOR WHOM LEGAL CONSENT FOR EXAMINATION IS OBTAINED. THE SUMMARY OF CHR ACTIVITIES CONTAINS 1 TABLE CONSISTING OF PLUTONIUM INJECTION CASES (PATIENTS) AND THEIR LAST KNOWN STATUS. A LIST OF PUBLISHED PAPERS BY CHR PERSONNEL ON THEIR STUDY OF PLUTONIUM INJECTION CASES. REFER THIS ABSTRACT TO DOCUMENT 0703522 (THE ENCLOSURES OF LETTER).