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Title:
LETTER TO CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS, SUBJECT: DRAFT RESPONSE TO QUERY ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
HREX; DRAFT; EXPERIMENT; INJECTION; MANHATTAN; PLUTONIUM INJECTION; QUERY; RESPONSE
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:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1974 May 10
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0004
Accession Number:
NV0703619
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
LETTER TO CHAIRMAN RAY AND COMMISSIONER LARSON, DOUB, KRIEGSMAN, AND ANDERS FROM PAUL C. BENDER, SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION, MAY 10, 1974. DRAFT RESPONSE TO QUERY ON PLUTONIUM INJECTION STUDY-MANHATTAN DISTRICT 5/8/74. THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION IS CONDUCTING A STAFF INQUIRY INTO A BIOLOGY EXPERIMENT UNDERTAKEN BY THE MANHATTAN ENGINEER DISTRICT NEAR THE END OF WORLD WAR II TO DETERMINE HOW PLUTONIUM, A MAN-MADE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, IS DEPOSITED AND EXCRETED IN THE HUMAN BODY. BETWEEN 1945 AND 1947, 18 HOSPITAL PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, TENNESSEE, ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA WERE INJECTED WITH SOLUBLE PLUTONIUM. THE FINDINGS OF THE AEC STAFF INQUIRY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.