Building Public Trust:
ACTIONS TO RESPOND TO THE
REPORT OF THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
ON HUMAN RADIATION EXPERIMENTS
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Part1: Openness in Government
ACHRE Findings and Recommendations on Openness (Recommendations 17 and 18) and Response
Part2: Protecting Future Human Subjects
ACHRE Findings and Recommendations on Protecting Human Subjects in the Future
ACHRE Recommendation on the Centrality of Ethics (Recommendation 9)
and Response
ACHRE Recommendation on Institutional Review Boards (Recommendation 10)
and Response
ACHRE Recommendation on Maintaining an Open Public Forum (Recommendation 11) and Response
ACHRE Finding and Recommendation on the Protection of Military Personnel (Recommendation 12) and Response
ACHRE Findings and Recommendation on the Federal Oversight of Research
(Recommendation 13) and Response
ACHRE Findings and Recommendation on the Compensation of Subjects in the Future (Recommendation 14) and Response
ACHRE Recommendations Regarding Classified Research (Recommendation 15)
and Response
ACHRE Findings and Recommendations Regarding Secret Environmental Releases (Recommendation 16) and Response
Part 3: Righting Past Wrongs
ACHRE Findings and Recommendations on Notification (Recommendation 4) and Response
ACHRE Findings and Recommendations Regarding Remedies
ACHRE Recommendations on Apology (Recommendation 3) and Response
ACHRE Recommendations on Financial Compensation (Recommendations 1 and 2) and Response
ACHRE Findings and Recommendations on Compensation of Uranium Miners
(Recommendation 7) and Response
ACHRE Finding and Recommendation on Compensation of Other Exposed Populations (Recommendation 5) and Response
ACHRE Findings and Recommendations on Compensation of Veterans
(Recommendation 6) and Response
ACHRE Finding and Recommendations on Compensation of Marshall Islanders
(Recommendation 8) and Response
Appendix A
Remarks by President William J. Clinton in Acceptance of Human Radiation
Final Report
Appendix B
Access to Records and Information Relating to Human Radiation Experiments
Appendix C
Current Agency Activities Relating to Improving Human Subjects
Research Protections
Appendix D
Proposed Legislation to Amend the Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act
Appendix E
Directive From the President Regarding Classified Research