Biomedical and Aerosol Studies Associated with a Field Release of Plutonium
Biomedical and Aerosol Studies Associated with a Field Release of Plutonium

Author: R. H. Wilson

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Published: 1960

Total Pages: 72

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On April 24, 1957, a high-explosive detonation was employed at the Nevada Test Site to release plutonium for field study of this fissile material as a contaminant. One of the four major measurement programs was a biomedical experiment which comprised exposure of animals to first deposition of plutonium oxide from a detonation cloud (acute subjects) and to the wind-induced resuspension of contamination (chronic subjects) as long as six months after original deposition. Acute subjects (26 dogs and 40 rats) were arrayed 500, 1000, and 2000 feet downwind from ground zero, and nine rats were flown on balloon cables positioned to intercept the cloud 500 feet from ground zero.

Index of Reports and Publications by the University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project
Index of Reports and Publications by the University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project

Author: Henry A. Blair

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Published: 1961

Total Pages: 280

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This index is designed to cover the declassified and unclassified work of the University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project from its beginning in 1943 until July 1960. It contains titles of the work described in Manhattan District and Atomic Energy Commission reports as well as of material published in books and journals.