RE: Compensation of survivors

["Dukelow, James S Jr" <jim.dukelow@PNL.GOV>]

Bernard Cohen wrote:

-----Original Message-----

From: BERNARD L COHEN [mailto:blc+@PITT.EDU]

Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 8:51 AM

To: Stokes, James

Cc: ''OGCRegulations@mail.va.gov ' '; ''internet RADSAFE ' '

Subject: RE: Compensation of survivors







On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Stokes, James wrote:



>  First of all, I am not talking about soldiers who die in wartime

> situations. I was in the military for many years myself.  I can tell you

> though, that some military personnel WERE used in experiments,without their

> knowledge.



	--I know about those involved in bomb tests; their exposures were

quite small, and no excess cancers were found among them. I would be

interested in being told about other cases.



	<snip>



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If I am remembering correctly, soldiers who participated in bomb test exercises

were never monitored for internal uptake of radionuclides.  How can you know

that exposures were small?



Best regards.



Jim Dukelow

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Richland, WA

jim.dukelow@pnl.gov



These comments are mine and have not been reviewed and/or approved by my

management or by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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