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Radiation Protection

Federal Guidance Report No. 3: Health Implications of Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Testing through 1961

This report from the Federal Radiation Council considers available information on radiation doses and possible health effects of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing.

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Federal Guidance Report No. 3: Health Implications of Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Testing through 1961 (PDF)(13 pp, 550 K, May 1962)