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Title:
FACT SHEET ON MANHATTAN ENGINEER DISTRICT PLUTONIUM EXCRETION STUDIES, DETERMINE EXCRETION RATE FOR PLUTONIUM IN MAN ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
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Subject Terms:
HREX; EXCRETION; EXPERIMENTS; FACT SHEET; INJECTIONS; PLUTONIUM; RETENTION; STUDIES
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
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OTHER
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DATA
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Never classified
Document Pages:
0003
Accession Number:
NV0703524
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
PLUTONIUM EXCRETION STUDIES-FACT SHEET- TO DETERMINE THE EXCRETION RATE FOR PLUTONIUM IN MAN. 18 PATIENTS WERE SELECTED AND INJECTED WITH SOLUBLE PLUTONIUM. BODY EXCRETIONS WERE COLLECTED, MEASURED AND RECORDED FOR PLUTONIUM DISCHARGE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER INJECTION. THE TIME THE EXPERIMENT BEGAN WAS BETWEEN APRIL 1945 AND JULY 1947. (THE AEC WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 1947). THE HOSPITALS AND THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS AT EACH HOSPITAL USED IN THE EXPERIMENT WAS: MED HOSPITAL, OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE (1); STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK (11): BILLINGS HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (3); AND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (3). THE SELECTION OF THE PATIENTS USED IN THE EXPERIMENT WAS BASED ON THE AGE AND HEALTH PROGNOSIS - PREFERABLY 45 OR OLDER AND/OR WITH A LIFE EXPECTANCY FROM AN EXISTING DISEASE OF LESS THAN TEN YEARS. MOST PATIENTS INVOLVED WERE DIAGNOSED AS HAVING SOME DISEASE WHICH WOULD BE FATAL WITHIN A SHORTER PERIOD. DEVIATION FROM THESE CRITERIA OCCURRED. IN ONE CASE, THE DIAGNOSIS LATER PROVED TO BE INACCURATE.