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Title:
FACTSHEET HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION, PLUTONIUM IN MAN: A NEW LOOK AT THE OLD DATA ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
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Subject Terms:
HREX; EXCRETION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FACTSHEET; INJECTION; INJECTIONS; PATIENTS; PLUTONIUM
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:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
DATA
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Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0001
Accession Number:
NV0703530
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 15
Description/Abstract:
PLUTONIUM INJECTION STUDIES - FACT SHEET - DATA FROM 18 PERSONS INJECTED IN 1945 AND 1946 WITH TRACER DOSES OF 239-PU ARE CRITICALLY REVIEWED AND REANALYZED. BERKELEY, CHICAGO AND LOS ALAMOS DATA ARE INCLUDED. SEMILOGARITHMIC CURVES OF PU DISAPPEARANCES FROM PLASMA AND OF DAILY PU EXCRETION WERE PREPARED FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL. CASE HISTORIES FOR THE 18 PERSONS ARE GIVEN. SIX WERE LOST TO FOLLOW-UP. ONE KNOWN TO BE ALIVE AND WELL AFTER 21 YEARS.