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Title:
FACTSHEET HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION METABOLISM OF PLUTONIUM IN HUMANS 1945-1946 ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENTS )
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Subject Terms:
HREX; FACTSHEET; 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
Publication Date:
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0001
Accession Number:
NV0703564
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
METABOLISM OF PLUTONIUM IN HUMANS - FACT SHEET - PLUTONIUM IN THE AMOUNT OF 5 MICROGRAMS (CONSIDERED THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE FOR HUMANS) WAS ADMINISTERED TO APPROXIMATELY 12 TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS IN THE CLINICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, UNDER AUSPICES OF DR. STAFFORD WARREN, CHIEF, MEDICAL SECTION, MANHATTAN DISTRICT, OAK RIDGE, TENN. DR. WARREN PROVIDED THE PLUTONIUM. ANALYSIS OF URINARY SAMPLES AND TISSUES WAS PERFORMED AT ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY.