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Title:
LETTER TO J L LIVERMORE, SUBJECT: INQUIRY REGARDING THE STUDY OF PLUTONIUM IN MAN INITIATED DURING WORLD WAR II - 1945-1947
Author(s):
ELEWINE, J A [AEC-ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, THE U.S.]
Subject Terms:
HREX; DISCLOSURE; EXHUMED; INJECTED; INQUIRY; PLUTONIUM; STUDY
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 Apr 17
Declassification Status:
Unknown
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0703673
Originating Research Org.:
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION-ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION,
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
LETTER TO JAMES L. LIVERMAN, JON D. ANDERSON FROM GENERAL MANAGER, UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, APRIL 17, 1974. INQUIRY REGARDING THE STUDY OF PLUTONIUM IN MAN INITIATED DURING WORLD WAR II, 1945-1947. THIS MEMORANDUM AUTHORIZES A PROGRAM OF COLLECTION OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE HOSPITAL PATIENTS INJECTED WITH PLUTONIUM IN 1945-47 TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION OF BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION OF INSPECTION. THE PATIENTS WERE INJECTED IN HOSPITALS IN CHICAGO, OAK RIDGE, ROCHESTER, AND SAN FRANCISCO. INITIAL FOLLOW-UP STUDIES OF VARYING LENGTHS WERE CONDUCTED ON ALL PATIENTS IN THE ORIGINAL HOSPITALS; STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED ON A FEW PATIENTS ABOUT 5 YEARS LATER; ADDITIONAL STUDIES WERE INSTITUTED ON 3 OF 4 SURVIVING PATIENTS AND ON THE REMAINS ON AN EXHUMED PATIENT DURING 1973.