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Bureau of Employees! Compensation
Washington 25, D.C.
In Reply Refer to File No.
¥-1113012
Dr, Stafford L. Warren
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Dear Doctor Warren:
We are writing you at the suggestion of Colonel Sven Bache, AFSVWP, because
we understand that you were head of radiological safety in connection with
the atomic bomb tests known as Crossroads Operation 1946.
ve have under consideration the claim of a
« kashingtor,
D.C., who alleges among other factors that exposure to atomic radiation while
employed as an electronic engineer at the Neval Research Laboratory is the
cause of his disability. It appears on the basis of somewhat limited inforimation available that
has an organic brain syndrome, possibly
Alzheimer's Disease. The patient is currently undergoing comprehesive inpatient
evaluation at one of the U. S. Public Health Service Hospitals,
In the Able and Baker tests
was assigned to the USS Avery Island --
Electronics Coordinating Cffice, Code 965.
It would appear that
in some of his duties was obliged to board target vessels after clearance to
check on the degree of damage sustained by instruments in the radio shacks.
we had assumed that all personnel wore film badges or dosimeters of some type
as there was a potentiality that they would be significantly exposed. The
Navy apparently has no retained records showing whether or not this civilian
was wearing a film badge. We have come up with negative results to date from
Colonel Bache's office. For this reason would you furnish us in general terms
a statement relating to the radiation exposures of this claimant on Crossroads
Operations? \.e have been civen to understand that no individual participating
in the operation had an exposure exceedinr o.1 Roentgen per day.
Your comments on this problem would be appreciated, including citations which
present a fuller ciscussion of this radiological safety problem.
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