The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. Reflections on a Presidential Commission.

The U.S. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.

Executive Order 12891 of January 15, 1994: Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.

The human radiation experiments: final report of the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

In November 1993, the Albuquerque Tribune published a series of articles about people whose lives had been devastated because they had been injected with plutonium-without their knowledge or consent-by medical researchers working for the U.S. government. When Secretary of Energy-designate Hazel O'Leary read about these experiments she was shocked. On 15 January 1994, immediately upon assuming o...

Assessment of Nuclear Moisture Density Gauges at a Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory in Ghana during December 2015–December 2017

Introduction: Nuclear moisture density gauges are widely used in construction industry in different countries across the world, including Ghana, on a large scale. Like all irradiating devices, the nuclear gauges should be subjected to radiation safety assessment based on radiation protection and safety principles. Regarding this, the objective of this research was to i...

Multilateral Ban on Nuclear Weapons: Lessons from the Cwc

Dr. Jonathan B. Tucker directs the Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. Prior to this appointment, he worked on chemical and biological weapons issues at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and on the staff of the Presidential ...