Memo to R E Hughes, Subject: Request of Ellyn R Weiss, DOE Special Counsel and Director of Human Radiation Experiments (November 4, 1994) (No Enclosures)

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TO: Robert E. Hughes, President FROM: Victor D. Bremenkamp, Consultant Gerald F. Tape, Consultant SUBJECT: Request of Ellyn R. Weiss, DOE Special Counsel and Director of Human Radiation Experiments (November 4, 1994) In accordance with your request, we have reviewed the Minutes of meetings of the Associated Universities, Inc. Board of Trustees and of its Executive Committee for "information related to human radiation experiments and the context in which these experiments took place." In this review, we have been assisted by Elliot Levitt, a member of the AUI Audit staff, who has made an independent review. The appended excerpts, electronically scanned directly from the Minutes, are the result of combined efforts. We note that since its incorporation in 1946, there have been over 500 meetings of the Board or its Executive Committee. In our selection of excerpts, we have gone beyond a narrow definition of ''human radiation experiments" to include illustrative material relevant to research and development, necessary precedents to human application. In order to discharge its oversight responsibilities, the AUI Board of Trustees receives information on a continuing basis. Such information starts with evaluation of the significance of the research, the ultimate application and Brookhaven's unique capabilities for achieving results, and continues through program progress reviews. The breadth of the enclosed excerpts is intended to convey the extent that the Board is informed and involved. In our opinion, the appended excerpts include all references to human radiation experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory as contained in the Minutes of the AUI Board of Trustees and its Executive Committee. An important facet of the Board's mechanisms for oversight is the system of Visiting Committees that provide peer review of the various BNL programs. The reports of these external Committees have been made available to the appropriate DOE program directors. We are enclosing a set (195 1- 1994) of Medical Department Visiting Committee reports. We have also included extracts from Chemistry Department Visiting Committee reports which contain references to the development of radioactive materials eventually used for experimentation with, or treatment of, human subjects.