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This is a DOE Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security, Office of Health and Safety Archived Website

DOE Openness:

Human Radiation Experiments


The Office of Human Radiation Experiments, established in March 1994, leads the Department of Energy's efforts to tell the agency's Cold War story of radiation research using human subjects. We have undertaken an intensive effort to identify and catalog relevant historical documents from DOE's 3.2 million cubic feet of records scattered across the country. Internet access to these resources is a key part of making DOE more open and responsive to the American public.

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To Search the DOE Openess: Human Radiation Experiments website, please use the DOE Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security Search engine at http://energy.gov/ehss/environment-health-safety-security.
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