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Title:
FACT SHEET ON LITIGATION PURSUANT TO HUMAN BODY IRRADIATION PROGRAM AT OAK RIDGE JULY 27, 1983 ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
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Subject Terms:
HREX; FACTSHEET; HUMAN BODY; IRRADIATION; LITIGATION; PROCEDURES; SUMMARY
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
Document Type Other:
DATA
Publication Date:
1983 Jul 27
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0703547
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
LITIGATION PURSUANT TO HUMAN BODY IRRADIATION PROGRAM AT OAK RIDGE. FACT SHEET FROM CHARLES W. EDINGTON TO ALVIN W. TRIVELPIECE, THE FOLLOWING FACTS HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO SUMMARIZE THE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE LAWSUIT BEING PREPARED AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (DOE, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, AND NASA) ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY OF DECEDENT (REDACTED) WHO RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR ACUTE LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA AT THE MEDICAL DIVISION OF ORAU IN JULY 1964. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT THE PROCEDURES USED WERE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF LEUKEMIA, THAT EFFECTIVE CHEMOTHERAPY WAS WITHHELD, AND THAT THE CLAIMANTS WERE DENIED INFORMATION REGARDING ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT AND THE HAZARDS OF THE RADIATION EXPOSURES. AFTER THE HEARING, IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS OF REPORTERS, ALBERT GORE, JR. STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE TESTIMONY ESSENTIALLY REFUTED THE CHARGES (THE OAK RIDGER, SEPTEMBER 24, 1981). THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING SUBSEQUENT TO THESE HEARINGS TO ALTER THE SITUATION. THIS CURRENT LAWSUIT IS BASED ON THE SAME INFORMATION THOROUGHLY AND ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THE HEARINGS.