LBL Archives and Records Office
Nuclear Testing and Fallout Records Survey
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NARA Accession Number
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LBL Accession Number
19-14-38
Location
5445B
Division/Department or Research Group
RESEARCH MEDICINE AND RADIATION BIOPHYSICS
Nuclear Medicine.
5. Description of Records
a. Record Title
Kenneth Scott, Radiophysiologist.
Interview Transcript.
Oral History
b. Record Media
TEX
c. Dates
Dec. 17, 1979.
d. Size of Records
Cubic Feet .. -. approx. 63 pages total.
Numberof Units217
Dimension of Records~.e. Arrangement
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Chronological narrative.
Security Classification
Unclassified.
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. Creating Individual or Organizational Unit
S.S. Hughes/Kenneth Scott.
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. Series Description
Typed transcript (with handwritten corrections) of oral interview with
Dr. Scott.
Account concerns (1) family background; (2) undergraduate
years at Berkeley;
(3) early research using radioisotopes and radiation;
(4) Crocker Radiation Laboratory experiments; (5) human use committees;
(6) Bikini Bomb Tests;
Center,
(7) Joseph Hamilton;
(8) Radioactivity Research
UCSF.
Pertinent references for this survey concern plutonium radioautography;
Manhattan District research; Bikini Test biological studies (p. 53ff);
Joseph Hamilton's research; radiation safety.
Dr. Scott tested radioactive biological samples from Crossroads-Baker Test.