Spicer Carol Mason
Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 1994 Jun;4(2):147-54. doi: 10.1353/ken.0.0137.
On December 28, 1993, Energy Secretary Hazel R. O'Leary publicly appealed to both the executive and legislative branches of the United States Government to consider compensation for individuals who were harmed by their exposure to ionizing radiation while enrolled in government-sponsored studies conducted between 1940 and the early 1970s. The call for compensation was issued three weeks after Secretary O'Leary disclosed that radiation experiments involving humans, sometimes without their consent, had occurred under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), a forerunner of the Department of Energy (DOE). Secretary O'Leary directed her department to investigate the nature and extent of the experiments, report on their medical and ethical acceptability, and locate the research subjects or their families.
1993年12月28日，能源部长黑兹尔·R·奥利里公开呼吁美国政府的行政和立法部门考虑对那些在1940年至20世纪70年代初参与政府资助研究期间因暴露于电离辐射而受到伤害的个人进行赔偿。在奥利里部长披露在能源部（DOE）的前身原子能委员会（AEC）的主持下曾进行过涉及人类的辐射实验（有时未经他们同意）三周后，发出了赔偿呼吁。奥利里部长指示她的部门调查这些实验的性质和范围，报告其医学和伦理可接受性，并找到研究对象或他们的家人。
