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Title:
RESPONSE TO QUERY, AEC HUMAN TESTICULAR IRRADIATION PROJECT ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
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Subject Terms:
HREX; DATA; EXPERIMENTS; EXPOSURE; FERTILITY; MALE GENITALS; PRESS QUERY; PROJECT; RADIATION
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
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Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0004
Accession Number:
NV0703558
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
HUMAN TESTICULAR IRRADIATION PROJECT - A RESPONSE TO A QUERY FROM PHIL GARON, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE. BEGINNING IN 1963, AEC FUNDED A SERIES OF RADIATION EXPERIMENTS USING AS SUBJECTS INMATES AT THE OREGON STATE PRISON. THE INMATES WERE IRRADIATED AT VARYING LEVELS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF SUCH EXPOSURES ON HUMAN FERTILITY. THE ACTUAL IRRADIATIONS WERE COMPLETED IN 1971. AEC CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR DATA ANALYSIS, AND ERDA IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING FUNDS TO MAINTAIN CUSTODY OF VARIOUS MEDICAL SPECIMENS WHICH WERE COLLECTED FOR PREPARATION OF SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.