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Title:
NEWS RELEASE: PLUTONIUM EFFECTS STUDIED ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
HREX; EFFECTS; PLUTONIUM; STUDIED
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:
NEWS STORY
Publication Date:
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0003
Accession Number:
NV0703637
Originating Research Org.:
LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 15
Description/Abstract:
LOS ALAMOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE NEWS RELEASE, JANUARY 1987. PLUTONIUM EFFECTS STUDIED. A TEAM OF EPIDEMIOLOGISTS FROM LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY HAS PUBLISHED A STUDY IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY ON THE EFFECT OF EXPOSURE TO LOW LEVELS OF PLUTONIUM AND LOW LEVELS OF EXTERNAL RADIATION. PLUTONIUM EXPOSURE IS THE LONG-TERM RETENTION OF THE MATERIAL BY THE BODY.