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Cold War Artifacts
When the Advisory Committee to President Clinton released "The Human Radiation Experiments" in 1996, it
caused an uproar nationwide over the 2,000 experiments performed on unwitting thousands of American men
women and children. "Because of the offensiveness of the government's actions," the report stated, "justice
today warrants a remedy of financial compensation."
These photographs and movies document some of these experiments and the culture in which they were
deemed acceptable. The Cold War Era ushered in a hot zone of radiological experimentation in the laboratory
that killed thousands of animals and harmed humans who had volunteered to help their country.
caused an uproar nationwide over the 2,000 experiments performed on unwitting thousands of American men
women and children. "Because of the offensiveness of the government's actions," the report stated, "justice
today warrants a remedy of financial compensation."
These photographs and movies document some of these experiments and the culture in which they were
deemed acceptable. The Cold War Era ushered in a hot zone of radiological experimentation in the laboratory
that killed thousands of animals and harmed humans who had volunteered to help their country.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Click here for photographs from the Department of Energy's
human experimentation archives.
Click here for photographs from Atomic Energy Commission reports.
Click here for photographs from the Department of Energy's
human experimentation archives.
Click here for photographs from Atomic Energy Commission reports.
MOVIES
Click here for movies that reveal the perceptions (and
misperceptions) about the atom, radiation, and health.
Click here for movies that reveal the perceptions (and
misperceptions) about the atom, radiation, and health.
