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Title:
PLUTONIUM STUDIES AT THE CENTER FOR HUMAN RADIOBIOLOGY (CHR)
Author(s):
ROWLAND, R E [ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY]
Subject Terms:
HREX; AMERICIUM; EXHUMED; INJECTED; 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:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1973 Nov 01
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0007
Accession Number:
NV0703644
Originating Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
IN 1945 A STUDY WAS INITIATED TO DEVELOP INFORMATION ABOUT THE METABOLISM OF PLUTONIUM IN MAN. THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY WERE DESCRIBED IN LA-1151, DISTRIBUTION AND EXCRETION OF PLUTONIUM ADMINISTERED INTRAVENOUSLY TO MAN, BY W. H. LANGHAM, S. H. BASSET, P. S. HARRIS, AND R. E. CARTER. THE MANUSCRIPT STATED THAT "NEED FOR THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS RECOGNIZED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT SUCH INFORMATION COULD BE OBTAINED ONLY BY ADMINISTERING SMALL TRACER AMOUNTS OF PLUTONIUM TO PERSONS WITH A RELATIVELY SHORT LIFE EXPECTANCY. THE FIRST TRACER STUDY WAS INITIATED APRIL 10, 1945. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BOTH THE CHICAGO AND BERKELEY GROUPS INITIATED SIMILAR STUDIES."