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Iiouee of Be pre a ant at ives Your letter of December 11, 1985,to Hr. Robert C. Odle concern lag the radiation experiment conducted atthe Oregon Stat4Penitentiary during the 1960'8, was referred tome for rarrpoase. The Atomic Energy Commioslon (AEC)did fund experiments %DVOlQfng the irradiation of the mnle gonad#. the enclosed fact e he et and nine-year progress report (Hay 1972). According t o our information,all of the 8ubjectrr of these experiments volunteered to participate and the pose i ble effects vere thoroughly discuesed with ench participant. A sumnary of these studies 1s given In As to the Federal government's liability in this matter, Iam being advised by the Departmant'e General Couneel's Office that it Fs impossible to dn for rey py baaed on the paucity of the information contained i n letter, vh ether or t o what zx tent th$ United States has any liability in this matter. O f couree.- a determination by filing a claim under the Federal Tort Chi & Act,a procedure. vhich allows a full factual record to be developed for Associate Director for Real th and Environmcntal Research Office of Energy Research