Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

Report · written October 1995 · released October 1995

Why this matters

The presidential committee report on Cold War radiation experiments on people, including plutonium injections into hospital patients without informed consent. It led to a formal apology and recommendations on research ethics. DOE still hosts the complete report on an aging 1990s 'roadmap' site that looks abandoned but works.

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https://ehss.energy.gov/ohre/roadmap/achre/report.html

Hosted by DOE Office of Health, Safety and Security (archived roadmap)

The Nuclear Paper Trail

The presidential committee's final word on human radiation experiments.

Cite

Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. "Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments." October 1995. Released October 1995. https://ehss.energy.gov/ohre/roadmap/achre/report.html (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0036).

Shelved nearby

1994 QA-0129
Navy · Report

Department of the Navy Supplemental Report of Human Radiation Experiments (1994)

The Navy's 1994 report to the Clinton administration's review of Cold War human radiation experiments, listing Navy-sponsored studies involving radiation exposure of service members and others.
Written 31 Mar 1994 Released 19 Jan 2026 Never classified United States Live