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Title:
QUESTION OF PLUTONIUM'S THREAT BATTED ABOUT WITH ABANDON FROM THE OREGONIAN PORTLAND, OR ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )
Author(s):
HEINZ, S [OREGONIAN - NEWSPAPER]
Subject Terms:
HREX; ARTICLE; PLUTONIUM; QUESTIONS
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:
BOOK
Publication Date:
1987 Mar 22
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0001
Accession Number:
NV0703640
Originating Research Org.:
OREGONIAN - NEWSPAPER
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THE OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, OR MAR 22, 1987. QUESTIONS OF PLUTONIUM'S THREAT BATTED ABOUT WITH ABANDON BY SPENCER HEINZ. HOW DANGEROUS IS A SPECK OF PLUTONIUM WHEN IT GETS INTO THE BODY. TRYING TO DETERMINE WHERE REALITY RESIDES IN IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE HURT BY FALLOUT FROM WEAPONS TESTS OR BY PAST DISCHARGES FROM PLUTONIUM FACTORIES SUCH AS THE HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION IN WASHINGTON. GLENN SEABORG AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAID WHAT HE REALLY BELIEVED WAS THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON DID NOT NEED TO LOSE SLEEP OVER THE CHANCES OF EXPOSURE TO PLUTONIUM.