UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HUMAN EXPERIMENT INVENTORY FORM [] DESTROYED (EXPLAIN IN ITEM 27) 1. NAME OF FACILITY DOE Headquarters 2. RESPONSIBLE OFFICE Executive Secretariat, History Division, HR-76 3. CONTACT NAME Roger M. Anders 4. CONTACT TELEPHONE 301-903-5666 5. SERIES TITLE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Biology and Medicine 6. INCLUSIVE DATES 1947-1974 7. ACCESS RESTRICTIONS [X] PRIVACY ACT [X] SECRET [] COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL [X] CONFIDENTIAL [] PROPRIETARY [X] RD [] UCNI [X] NSI [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 8. PERCENT CLASSIFIED 50 9. MEDIUM [X] PAPER [] ELECTRONICS [] MICROFORM [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 10. DESCRIPTION The Division of Biology and Medicine files consist of correspondence files of memoranda, letters, staff papers, contracts, reports, meeting minutes, handwritten notes, and published reports. They are organized into several individual collections. They include a complete set of minutes of the meetings of the Advisory Committee on Biology and Medicine, a statutory body which provided expert advice to the division director. 11. SCHEDULED [] YES [] NO DOE/GRS SCHEDULE CITATION 12. INFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS The files document the implementation of AEC biomedical research and other policies by the division director and his staff. They contain also summary information about biomedical programs which the agency funded in contractor laboratories, in private institutions and with private individuals. 13. INFORMATIONAL RANKING [X] 1 [] 2 [] 3 14. LOCATION OF RECORDS (FULL ADDRESS, BLDG NO., ROOM NO.) DOE Germantown Building 19901 Germantown Road Germantown, MD 20585 15. TYPE OF RECORD [X] PROGRAM [] PERSONNEL [] MEDICAL [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 16. ARRANGEMENT AEC Subject/Numeric System 17. VOLUME (CUBIC FEET) 44 cu ft. IF SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS KNOWN REGARDING EXPERIMENTS OR RELEASES, PLEASE COMPLETE ITEMS 18-24 18. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) [X] EXPERIMENT [X] RADIATION [X] RELEASE [] TOXIC CHEMICAL [] CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 19. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) To be determined 20. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 21. INVESTIGATOR'S AFFILIATION 22. DESCRIPTION The AEC Division of Biology and Medicine files may contain incidental information about individual medical experiments. A document by document search is required to find such information. 23. DATE(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) 24. CONDUCTED BY: 25. LOCATION(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) (FACILITY, ORGANIZATION, CITY, STATE) 26. CROSS-REFERENCES (TO OTHER RECORDS; EXPERIMENTS) The National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D. C. and the Department of Energy, Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health have related collections of AEC Division of Biology and Medicine files. 27. COMMENTS Roger M. Anders 28. NAME (PERSON COMPLETING FORM) 29. TELEPHONE (301) 903-5666 30. DATE April 1994 31. QA REVIEWER 32. TELEPHONE 33. DATE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HUMAN EXPERIMENT INVENTORY FORM [] DESTROYED (EXPLAIN IN ITEM 27) 1. NAME OF FACILITY DOE Headquarters 2. RESPONSIBLE OFFICE Executive Secretariat, History Division, HR-76 3. CONTACT NAME Roger M. Anders 4. CONTACT TELEPHONE 301-903-5666 5. SERIES TITLE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Biology and Medicine 6. INCLUSIVE DATES 1958-1974 7. ACCESS RESTRICTIONS [X] PRIVACY ACT [X] SECRET [] COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL [X] CONFIDENTIAL [] PROPRIETARY [X] RD [] UCNI [X] NSI [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 8. PERCENT CLASSIFIED 25 9. MEDIUM [X] PAPER [] ELECTRONICS [] MICROFORM [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 10. DESCRIPTION These files were compiled by the Secretary to the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission to create the official record of Commission decisions and actions. The files are divided into official meeting minutes and subject files. They contain documentation on agency policies, origins, structure, functions, Missions, controversies. and activities at the highest level of the agency. The Department has custody of portions of the Secretary's files pertaining to promotional utters. 11. SCHEDULED [] YES [] NO DOE/GRS SCHEDULE CITATION 12. INFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS The Secretary's files contain information on agencies policies, procedures, and standards for human experimentation on the institutional decision-making process pertinent to human experimentation. on agency oversight of contractors, and on medical ethics. 13. INFORMATIONAL RANKING [X] 1 [] 2 [] 3 14. LOCATION OF RECORDS (FULL ADDRESS, BLDG NO., ROOM NO.) DOE Germantown Building 19901 Germantown Road Germantown, MD 20585 15. TYPE OF RECORD [] PROGRAM [] PERSONNEL [] MEDICAL [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 16. ARRANGEMENT AEC Subject/Numeric System 17. VOLUME (CUBIC FEET) 435 cu ft. IF SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS KNOWN REGARDING EXPERIMENTS OR RELEASES, PLEASE COMPLETE ITEMS 18-24 18. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) [X] EXPERIMENT [X] RADIATION [] RELEASE [] TOXIC CHEMICAL [] CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 19. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) The Secretary's files generally contain information at the policy level. They do, however, contain information on the consideration of the 1945-1947 plutonium injections by the EEC commissioners in 1974. 20. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 21. INVESTIGATOR'S AFFILIATION 22. DESCRIPTION The Secretary's files contain the AEC staff papers and meeting minutes documenting the documenting of the plutonium injections by the AEC commissioners in 1974. There is little else on specific experiments in the Secretary's files. 23. DATE(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) 24. CONDUCTED BY: 25. LOCATION(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) (FACILITY, ORGANIZATION, CITY, STATE) 26. CROSS-REFERENCES (TO OTHER RECORDS; EXPERIMENTS) The Secretary's files for the 1947-1958 period are in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration. They contain policy information pertinent to human experimentation. The Secretary's files pertaining to regulatory matters are in the custody of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 27. COMMENTS Roger M. Anders 28. NAME (PERSON COMPLETING FORM) 29. TELEPHONE (301) 903-5666 30. DATE April 1994 31. QA REVIEWER 32. TELEPHONE 33. DATE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HUMAN EXPERIMENT INVENTORY FORM [] DESTROYED (EXPLAIN IN ITEM 27) 1. NAME OF FACILITY NARA Atlanta Archives 2. RESPONSIBLE OFFICE Transferred from the Oak Ridge Operations Office 326-68A1096 3. CONTACT NAME Mr. Gayle Peters 4. CONTACT TELEPHONE 404-763-7552 5. SERIES TITLE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Research Division, Oak Ridge Ops. Office 6. INCLUSIVE DATES 1944-1962 7. ACCESS RESTRICTIONS [] PRIVACY ACT [] SECRET [] COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL [] CONFIDENTIAL [] PROPRIETARY [] RD [] UCNI [] NSI [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 8. PERCENT CLASSIFIED 0 9. MEDIUM [X] PAPER [] ELECTRONICS [] MICROFORM [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 10. DESCRIPTION The series consists of correspondence files of memoranda, letters, meeting, minutes, handwritten notes. TWX's, drawings, charts, and some photographs. The materials were assembled by members of the division in conducting agency and site biomedical and basic research programs. The series contains subsections devoted to University of Tennessee. Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies and aircraft nuclear propulsion program biomedical activities. Also included are subsections of access permits (filed by permit number), directives (filed by directive number), and contracts (filed by contract number). A detailed folder title inventory to the series is available in the Atlanta Archives. Classified documents have been removed from the files and retained in Oak Ridge. 11. SCHEDULED [X] YES [] NO DOE/GRS SCHEDULE CITATION 12. INFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS The series is especially valuable for documenting biomedical policies (1944-1950), the interim medical advisory committee and policies for the medical use of radioisotopes. It contains files on plant and animal studies as well as information related to human experimentation. It contains files on worker exposures and environmental emission monitoring. 13. INFORMATIONAL RANKING [X] 1 [] 2 [] 3 14. LOCATION OF RECORDS (FULL ADDRESS, BLDG NO., ROOM NO.) National Archives Field Branch 1557 St. Joseph Street East Point, Georgia 15. TYPE OF RECORD [X] PROGRAM [] PERSONNEL [] MEDICAL [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 16. ARRANGEMENT AEC Subject/Numeric System (exceptions noted above) 17. VOLUME (CUBIC FEET) 66 cu ft. IF SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS KNOWN REGARDING EXPERIMENTS OR RELEASES, PLEASE COMPLETE ITEMS 18-24 18. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) [] EXPERIMENT [] RADIATION [] RELEASE [] TOXIC CHEMICAL [] CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 19. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) Detailed research in the series is required to determine. 20. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 21. INVESTIGATOR'S AFFILIATION 22. DESCRIPTION 23. DATE(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) 24. CONDUCTED BY: 25. LOCATION(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) (FACILITY, ORGANIZATION, CITY, STATE) 26. CROSS-REFERENCES (TO OTHER RECORDS; EXPERIMENTS) The series is closely related to two series of Oak Ridge Operations Office records in the Atlanta HARA Archives: the Research and Medicine Division and the Research and Development Division series. 27. COMMENTS 28. NAME (PERSON COMPLETING FORM) 29. TELEPHONE (301) 903-5666 30. DATE 5/27/94 31. QA REVIEWER Elly Melamed 32. TELEPHONE 301-903-0372 33. DATE 5/27/94 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HUMAN EXPERIMENT INVENTORY FORM [] DESTROYED (EXPLAIN IN ITEM 27) 1. NAME OF FACILITY NARA Atlanta Archives 2. RESPONSIBLE OFFICE Transferred from the Oak Ridge Operations Office 326-68A1096 3. CONTACT NAME Mr. Gayle Peters 4. CONTACT TELEPHONE 5. SERIES TITLE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Research Division, Oak Ridge Ops. Office 6. INCLUSIVE DATES 1944-1962 7. ACCESS RESTRICTIONS [X] PRIVACY ACT [] SECRET [] COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL [] CONFIDENTIAL [] PROPRIETARY [] RD [] UCNI [] NSI [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 8. PERCENT CLASSIFIED 0 9. MEDIUM [X] PAPER [] ELECTRONICS [] MICROFORM [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 10. DESCRIPTION The series consists of correspondence files of memoranda, letters, meeting minutes, and handwritten notes. The materials were assembled by officials of the division in implementing agency reactor development and other programs. Classified documents have been removed from the series and retained in Oak Ridge. A folder title inventory to the series is available in the Atlanta Archives. 11. SCHEDULED [X] YES [] NO DOE/GRS SCHEDULE CITATION 12. INFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS The series contains information on reactor programs, isotope production, aircraft nuclear propulsion programs, other developmental programs and some information on radiological warfare and rala programs. There may be data in environmental emissions in the series. Boxes 12 ~ 13 contain some biomedical program data for the 1944-1946 period. 13. INFORMATIONAL RANKING [X] 1 [] 2 [] 3 14. LOCATION OF RECORDS (FULL ADDRESS, BLDG NO., ROOM NO.) National Archives Field Branch 1557 St. Joseph Street East Point, Georgia 15. TYPE OF RECORD [X] PROGRAM [] PERSONNEL [] MEDICAL [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 16. ARRANGEMENT AEC Subject/Numeric (Part) Subject (Part) 17. VOLUME (CUBIC FEET) 44 cu ft. IF SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS KNOWN REGARDING EXPERIMENTS OR RELEASES, PLEASE COMPLETE ITEMS 18-24 18. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) [] EXPERIMENT [] RADIATION [] RELEASE [] TOXIC CHEMICAL [] CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 19. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) Detailed research in the series is required to determine. 20. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 21. INVESTIGATOR'S AFFILIATION 22. DESCRIPTION 23. DATE(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) 24. CONDUCTED BY: 25. LOCATION(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) (FACILITY, ORGANIZATION, CITY, STATE) 26. CROSS-REFERENCES (TO OTHER RECORDS; EXPERIMENTS) The series is closely related to two series of Oak Ridge Operations Office records in the Atlanta HARA Archives: the Research and Medicine Division and the Research and Development Division series. 27. COMMENTS 28. NAME (PERSON COMPLETING FORM) 29. TELEPHONE (301) 903-5666 30. DATE 5/27/94 31. QA REVIEWER 32. TELEPHONE 33. DATE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HUMAN EXPERIMENT INVENTORY FORM [] DESTROYED (EXPLAIN IN ITEM 27) 1. NAME OF FACILITY NARA Atlanta Archives 2. RESPONSIBLE OFFICE Transferred from the ORO, Acquisition no. 326-68A588 3. CONTACT NAME Charles Reeves 4. CONTACT TELEPHONE 5. SERIES TITLE U.S. MED/Atomic Energy Commission Research and Medicine Division Files 6. INCLUSIVE DATES ca. 1944-1950 7. ACCESS RESTRICTIONS [X] PRIVACY ACT [] SECRET [] COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL [] CONFIDENTIAL [] PROPRIETARY [] RD [] UCNI [] NSI [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 8. PERCENT CLASSIFIED 0 9. MEDIUM [X] PAPER [] ELECTRONICS [] MICROFORM [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 10. DESCRIPTION Central files covering administration of MED/AEC biology and medicine programs. Includes correspondence, budget documents, reports, medical and other topical case files, directives, meeting agendas and minutes, and policy development documents. A detailed file folder listing is available at the repository. Classified documents have been removed from the files and retained in Oak Ridge. 11. SCHEDULED [X] YES [] NO DOE/GRS SCHEDULE CITATION 12. INFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS File contains much significant information relating to all aspects of HED/AEC biology and medicine programs, including research activities, health effects of radioactive and other materials. animal studies, and plant and environmental emission monitoring. Also present is information about worker exposures to radiation and other materials as well as about some experiments with human subjects. Some information about isotope distribution. prices and procedures is included. 13. INFORMATIONAL RANKING [X] 1 [] 2 [] 3 14. LOCATION OF RECORDS (FULL ADDRESS, BLDG NO., ROOM NO.) National Archives Field Branch 1557 St. Joseph Street East Point, Georgia 15. TYPE OF RECORD [X] PROGRAM [] PERSONNEL [] MEDICAL [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 16. ARRANGEMENT Alphabetically by subject (partially by AEC subject/numeric filing system) 17. VOLUME (CUBIC FEET) 20 cu ft. IF SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS KNOWN REGARDING EXPERIMENTS OR RELEASES, PLEASE COMPLETE ITEMS 18-24 18. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) [] EXPERIMENT [] RADIATION [] RELEASE [] TOXIC CHEMICAL [] CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 19. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) Some information relevant to known plutonium, polonium, and arsenic experiments. Information pertaining to additional experiments may also be present. 20. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 21. INVESTIGATOR'S AFFILIATION 22. DESCRIPTION 23. DATE(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) 24. CONDUCTED BY: 25. LOCATION(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) (FACILITY, ORGANIZATION, CITY, STATE) 26. CROSS-REFERENCES (TO OTHER RECORDS; EXPERIMENTS) 27. COMMENTS 28. NAME (PERSON COMPLETING FORM) Bill Lefurgy 29. TELEPHONE (301) 903-6740 30. DATE 5/27/94 31. QA REVIEWER Roger M. Anders 32. TELEPHONE 301-903-5666 33. DATE 5/27/94 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HUMAN EXPERIMENT INVENTORY FORM [] DESTROYED (EXPLAIN IN ITEM 27) 1. NAME OF FACILITY NARA Atlanta Archives 2. RESPONSIBLE OFFICE Transferred from the ORO, Acquisition no. 326-85-7552 3. CONTACT NAME Gayle Peters 4. CONTACT TELEPHONE 404-763-7552 5. SERIES TITLE Manhattan Engineer District (MED) Central Files 6. INCLUSIVE DATES 1942-1947 7. ACCESS RESTRICTIONS [X] PRIVACY ACT [] SECRET [] COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL [] CONFIDENTIAL [] PROPRIETARY [] RD [] UCNI [] NSI [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 8. PERCENT CLASSIFIED 0 9. MEDIUM [X] PAPER [] ELECTRONICS [] MICROFORM [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 10. DESCRIPTION Correspondence, reports, studies meeting minutes, materials, etc. sent and received documenting the work of the MED which was headquartered in Oak Ridge except for a short initial period in New York. Records document the range of activities involved in he supervision of sites and contractors across the country. A detailed filed folder listing, as part of the SF 135 transfer document is available at the archives. Classified documents have been removed from the files and retained in Oak Ridge. 11. SCHEDULED [X] YES [] NO DOE/GRS SCHEDULE CITATION 12. INFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS This series has important information about the activities. programs, and policies of the MED which forms the background and context for the early experiments. A preliminary search revealed some references to the plutonium injections and to the polonium work at Rochester (see page 2). The records include extensive discussions of worker hazards and occupational health issues and discussions of the urgent need to set safe standards based on research with ionizing radiation and toxic chemicals. 13. INFORMATIONAL RANKING [X] 1 [] 2 [] 3 14. LOCATION OF RECORDS (FULL ADDRESS, BLDG NO., ROOM NO.) National Archives Field Branch 1557 St. Joseph Street East Point, Georgia 15. TYPE OF RECORD [X] PROGRAM [] PERSONNEL [] MEDICAL [] OTHER (SPECIFY) 16. ARRANGEMENT War Department decimal system 17. VOLUME (CUBIC FEET) 60 cu ft. IF SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS KNOWN REGARDING EXPERIMENTS OR RELEASES, PLEASE COMPLETE ITEMS 18-24 18. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) [] EXPERIMENT [] RADIATION [] RELEASE [] TOXIC CHEMICAL [] CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 19. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT(S)/RELEASE(S) Plutonium injections/polonium work at Rochester. 20. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 21. INVESTIGATOR'S AFFILIATION 22. DESCRIPTION 23. DATE(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) 24. CONDUCTED BY: 25. LOCATION(S) OF EXPERIMENT(S) (FACILITY, ORGANIZATION, CITY, STATE) 26. CROSS-REFERENCES (TO OTHER RECORDS; EXPERIMENTS) 27. COMMENTS A preliminary search located some documents that reference these experiments or human experimentation in general, including: summary medical research programs. 1943-1946: proposed health program. 1945-1946; and letter from Dowdy to Warren, 20 Nov 1944. Other documents copied include discussions of the need for experiments or unclear references to experiments in progress. 28. NAME (PERSON COMPLETING FORM) Bill Lefurgy 29. TELEPHONE (301) 903-6740 30. DATE 5/27/94 31. QA REVIEWER Roger M. Anders 32. TELEPHONE 301-903-5666 33. DATE 5/27/94