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Title:
Human radiation studies: Remembering the early years: Oral history of biochemist William D. Moss, conducted November 30, 1994
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1995 Sep 01
Document Pages:
32 p.
Document Number(s):
DOE/EH-0459
Originating Research Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Human Radiation Experiments
OpenNet Entry Date:
1996 Jul 05
OpenNet Modified Date:
2009 Nov 05
Description/Abstract:
This report is a transcript of an interview with William D. Moss by representatives of the US DOE Office of Human Radiation Experiments. Mr. Moss was selected for this interview because of his work at Los Alamos National Laboratory concerning analytical methods in the chemical determination of plutonium in biological materials. After a brief biographical sketch, Mr. Moss relates his understanding of how occupational exposure limits were determined for the Manhattan Project, how data from those workers who were exposed to plutonium was collected and analyzed, how the experiments were planned and data was gathered from plutonium or polonium injections in man, how problems with analytical procedures compounded health physics aspects of the project, and problems remaining in the interpretation of these data.