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Records Series Descriptions
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) SERIES TITLE Project Administration Records for Human Subject Experiments INCLUSIVE DATES 1978 1990 ARRANGEMENT None VOLUME approximately 1.5 cubic feet DESCRIPTION Records in this series document the work of the Whole Body Counter (WBC) staff in conjunction with: three phantom validation studies using niobium-92m (Nb92m) to simulate inhaled plutonium; related studies using barium and strontium; and project administration records, including interaction with the LLNL Institutional Review Board (IRB). Subjects included in the collection are lung calibration/validation using the LLNL Humanoid lung, assistance with a British program to establish changes in lung counter calibration for Nb92m, the use of Ba133 and Sr 85 in tests conducted with a small number of human subjects, discussion of issues relating to use of human subjects, and request to Human Subjects Committee to allow participation of LLNL employees in the niobium inhalation study. Types of records in this series include memorandums, correspondence, journal articles, reports, raw scientific data, messages, handwritten notes, and photos. The series also includes a collective group of calibration data relating to the three validation studies, and the studies done with Ba133 and Sr85. For these same studies, raw scientific data is stored on magnetic disks, which is not readily accessible under current Whole Body Counter computer systems. The contents of this series are more fully described in the following subseries which are interfiled together: Subject Files for Inhalation Study Using 5-Micron-Diameter Niobium-92m; Subject Files for Inhalation Study Using 3.5-Micron-Diameter Niobium-92m; and Records Relating to the Counting of Human Subjects Using Niobium-92m, Ba133, and Sr85 (IRB No. 88 101). RESTRICTIONS This series contains privacy material. LOCATION OF RECORDS Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Building 253, Room 1719 Berkeley, CA 94720 (Raw data is on magnetic tape; and calibration records are stored in the Control Room.) |