Argonne National Laboratory 
 
SERIES TITLE Plutonium Ingestion Studies 
 
 
INCLUSIVE DATES 1946 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT Alphabetical by name of employee (radiation protection records) 
            Subject and chronological (committee files) 
 
 
VOLUME approximately 0.3 cubic foot 
 
 
DESCRIPTION 
These records consist of occupational radiation exposure data and a Metallurgical 
Laboratory internal memo describing the research and its context, and presenting 
results. The records provide information on a human radiation experiment involving 
the ingestion of a plutonium containing solution by six employees of the Metallurgical 
Laboratory on May 13, 1946. 
 
 
RESTRICTIONS This series contains privacy material.  
 
 
LOCATION OF RECORDS 
Argonne National Laboratory  
Environment, Safety and Health  
Division, Building 201 
Argonne, IL 60439 
Argonne National Laboratory  
Records Holding Center, Building 4 
Argonne, IL 60439