The NTPR effort and related activities are not concluded.
Further
medical followup studies may well be conducted of the participants in the U.S.
atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program.
Veterans and other interested
parties will continue to use the DNA toll-free line, request information
concerning participation and dose, and file claims with VA.
Anniversaries of
the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings will periodically refocus national
attention on veterans of the occupation, as well as on the atmospheric nuclear
weapons tests.
The Defense Nuclear Agency,
initiator and administrator of the Nuclear
Test Personnel Review program, is prepared to respond to continuing requests
for data.
With the support of the NTPR teams, as well as DOE and the VA, the
NTPR program has essentially realized its assigned tasks.
In so doing, it has
assembled and organized a body of information that should be useful for years
to come.
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