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REPORT OF PROJECT I-M-54 ON THIRTY SERVICE MEN EXPOSED TO RESIDUAL RADIATION AT OPERATION CASTLE The Surgeon General Department of the Army Main Navy Building This is an extract of REPORT OF PROJECT l-M-54 ON THIRTY SERVICE MEN EXPOSED TO RESIDUAL RADIATION AT OPERATION CASTLE, which contains information subject to the Privacy Act. Extract version prepared for: DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY Approved for public release;
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RE~RT DOCUMENTATION PAGE READ INSTRUCTIONS & TITLE (md SubfllIc) S TYPE OF REPORT & l CRIOO COVEREO REPORT OF PROJECT l-M-54 ON THIRTY SERVICE MEN EXPOSED TO RESIDUAL RADIATION AT OPERATION CASTLE C PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NuM,ER 7. AUTHOR(*) 0 COMTRACT OR GRANT MUMBCR(OJ S. l ERFORMIMG ORGANIZATION NAUE ANO AOORESS 10 PROGRAM IZLEMENT,PROJCCT, TASK The Surgeon General AREA & WORK UMIT NuN81!nS Department of the Army - Main Navy Building 11,COMT~LLIMGOFFICE NAME ANO AOOntISS IZ. REPORT OATE Approved for public release; unlimited distribution. IS. SUPPLEMEMTARV NOTES This report has had information protected by the Privacy Act removed and has been republishedfor public release. This work was performed by Kaman Tempo under contract DNAOO1-83-C-0286 with the close cooperation of the Classification Management Division of the Defense Nuclear Agency.
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This report has had material removed In order to make the information available on an open publ ication basis to any interested parties. This effort has been accomplished specifically to support the Department of Defense Nuclear Test Personnel Review (NTFR) Program. The objective is to facilitate studies of the low levels of radiation received by sane individuals during the atmospheric nuclear test program by making as much information as possible available to all interested parties. The material which has been deleted Is all currently protected by the This report has generally obvious by the material deleted whether the deleted “ been reproduced directly frcm available copies of the he locat~ons frcxn which material has been deleted is the spacings and !~ho~es~lin the t(?Xt. Thus the context of is identified to assist the reader in the determination of nformation is germane to his study.
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listin~ was in alphabetical secmence. The order of the patients was to pro~ect the privacy of the individuals. The data remain intact.
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“Original listing was in alphabetical sequence. The order of the patients was scrambled to protect the privacy of the individuals. The data remain intact.
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“Original listing was in alphabetical sequence. The order of the patients was scrambled to protect the privacy of the individuals. The data remain Intact=
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