Radiation Timeline
Category: Otro
Actualizado: 18 jun 2018
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Created byMatthew Chanekon
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Wilhelm Konrad RoentgenAntoine-Henri Becquerel and Elihu ThomsonCharles LauristenThe "Martyrs Memorial" is erected in Hamburg, Germany containing the names of 169 physicians and technicians who died from radiation-induced diseases.Otto HahnLisa MeiterGlenn Seaborg and L.S TaylorThe Manhattan Project and H.M PakrerStudies exploring the toxicology of uranium begins at the University of Rochester.First atomic bomb is exploded in the desert near Alamagordo, New Mexico.
Little Boy,” the second atomic bomb, is dropped on Hiroshima.
"Fat Man,” the third atomic bomb, is dropped on Nagasaki.
The Joint Committee for the Investigation of the Effects of the Atomic Bomb in Japan formed.
Eighteen human subjects are injected intravenously with plutonium at Los Alamos to determine how it is
distributed in the body and what adverse effects are induced.
Nuclear physicist and future Director of the Oak Ridge NationOak Ridge National Laboratory forms a Biology Division for the purpose of studying the biological effects of
radiation.
Argonne National Laboratory is established as the nation's first national laboratory devoted to exploring the
applications and effects of radiation.
Helmuth Ulrich publishes paper showing leukemia rate among radiologists to be 8 times higher than in other
medical doctors.
Bill and Liane Russell begin their extensive experiments with mice to study the genetic effects of radiation
Congress pAtomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) created to study the biological effects of radiation on Japanese
atomic bomb survivors.
Ames Laboratory established in Iowa as a result of a projectUSSR explodes its first atomic bomb.President TrumanFirst atomic test occurs in Nevada; five bombs detonated on successive days. Radioactive fallout reaches the
New England area in two days.Several state health officials in areas exposed to nuclear fallout from the Nevada bomb tests conducted during
the 1951-1954 period begin speaking out on the possible adverse health effects of bomb fallout.A National Academy of Sciences Committee issues a report asserting no safe threshold for radiation
exposure. The report condemns the excessive use of x‑rays in medical and dental practices, exposures to
pregnant women, and people being fitted for shoes. Former AEC official, John C. Bugher, declares at an
American Public Health Association meeting that an atomic power program would present a much greater health
threat than nuclear weapons, due to large quantities of radioactive chemicals emitted into the envMarie and Pierre Curie and Paul Ulrich VillardErnest Rutherford, Fritz Geisel, Antoine-Henri Becquerel and Marie CuriePaul Ulrich VillardWilhelm Konrad Roentgen and W.H RollinsAntoine-Henri Becquerel, Pierre and Marie Curie and George Perthes.First reports linking x‑rays to leukemia and cancer in physicians is published.
Arthritis patient dies from Radium-226 injections.Hundreds of young women working in plants in New York and Illinois are accidentally exposed to a luminous
paint containing radium while painting dials for watches and clocks.Hans GeigerBritish Roentgen Society proposes standards for radiation protection of workers.First x‑ray protection committee is formed by the American Roentgen Ray Society.Ameila MaggiaFirst radiation tolerance dose proposed by Arthur Mutscheller for use as a guide to limiting exposure of an individual to radiation.H.J Muller
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