1 United States Nuclear Tests July 1946 through September 1992, U. S. Department of Energy (1995).

2 Ibid.

2-1 Elements of Controversy by Dr. Barton C. Hacker, University of California Press, 1994. The Atomic Energy Commission and Radiation Safety in Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1947-1974. Funding for the writing of the book was provided by the United States federal government.

2-2 Ibid.

3 Ibid. Time and date for all tests listed in this document were converted from local time to Greenwich Civil Time (GCT).

4 Annex "A", Headquarters Joint Task Force Seven, 21 April 1948, Memorandum for: (Rear) Admiral (W. S.) Parsons, subject: Site for Atomic Bomb Experiments; written by Col. B. G. Holzman, USAF, Staff Meteorologist, JTF-7.

5 Annex "B", ibid. Memorandum for Admiral Parsons from CoL James P. Cooney, Medical Corps, Radiological Safety Officer.. Note: Then Maj. Gen. James P. Cooney, was also the Radiological Safety Officer for GH.

Memorandum, 12 May 1948, from Office of the Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force Seven to Commander JTF-7, Subject: Location of proving ground for atomic weapons.

7 Energy and Conflict (The Life and Times of Edward Teller), Stanley A. Blumberg and Gwinn Owens. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1976 (pp. 268-261.)

8 Operation GREENHOUSE, DNA Publication No. 6034F (June 1983).

9 Scientific Director's Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok, 1951. Annex 9.3

9.3 Radiological Safety by James P. Cooney, Brig. Gen. MC, USA. Approved by Alvin C. Graves, Scientific Director, Washington, D.C. July 1951. Section 2.6.11 Conclusions, p. 24. (Hereinafter this document will be referred to as: SDR 9.3. (Note: one micron, according to Gen. Cooney, is thought to be equal to the size of seven or eight blood cells.)

10 Ibid. p. 11

11 Ibid.

11-1 July 1951 Army Conference on Atomic Weapons Tests, Tab D-5, Memorandum Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, April 28, 1995. Excerpted from Memorandum for Record, Conference at OCAFF, Ft. Monroe, Va., 12 July 1951.

11-2 Ibid.

12 Letter: Defense Nuclear Agency to Rep. William S. Cohen, Sept. 1980.

13 SDR 9.3.

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