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Title:
MEMO TO A W TRIVELPIECE, SUBJECT: FACT SHEET ON LITIGATION PURSUANT TO HUMAN BODY IRRADIATION PROGRAM AT OAK RIDGE
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Subject Terms:
HREX; BONE MARROW; EXPOSURES; FACTSHEET; HEALTH HAZARDS; IRRADIATION; LITIGATION; MONITOR; RADIATION; RESEARCH PROGRAM
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:
1983 Jul 27
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0004
Accession Number:
NV0703698
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
HUMAN BODY IRRADIATION PROGRAM-FACT SHEET-FROM CHARLES W. EDINGTON, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ENERGY RESEARCH, TO ALVIN W. TRIVELPIECE, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ENERGY RESEARCH. FACTS HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO SUMMARIZE THE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE LAWSUIT BEING PREPARED AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (DOE, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, AND NASA) ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY OF DECEDENT (REDACTED) WHO RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR ACUTE LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA AT THE MEDICAL DIVISION OF ORAU IN JULY 1964. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT THE PROCEDURES USED WERE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF LEUKEMIA, THAT EFFECTIVE CHEMOTHERAPY WAS WITHHELD, AND THAT THE CLAIMANTS WERE DENIED INFORMATION REGARDING ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT AND THE HAZARDS OF THE RADIATION EXPOSURES.