No. At least the first page of the 1964 paper that makes a review of the previous work mentions the work done <i>since mid-forties</i> (that means, since around 1945) at Hanford.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science?_ob=PdfExcerptURL&amp;_imagekey=3-s2.0-B9781483228907500114-main.pdf&amp;_piikey=B9781483228907500114&amp;_cdi=305021&amp;_orig=PublicationURL&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_fmt=abst&amp;_eid=3-s2.0-B9781483228907500114&amp;_isbn=9781483228907&amp;_user=12975512&amp;md5=8bcbbf00791e23975ee7ebb0c07e48fb&amp;ie=&#x2F;excerpt.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science?_ob=PdfExcerptURL&amp;_imag...</a><p>About that work at Hanford:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hanfordproject.com&#x2F;atmospheric.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hanfordproject.com&#x2F;atmospheric.html</a><p>&quot;Classified studies done at Hanford revealed how radioiodine traveled through the food chain, increasing in concentration as it moved upwards into higher consumer species. <i>Clandestine studies conducted at Hanford revealed how high dosage levels of ingested iodine-131 in sheep showed &quot;virtually complete destruction&quot; of their thyroids and those of their offspring.</i> [3] Hanford officials repeatedly assured the public that, &quot;not one atom&quot; has escaped the facility. <i>At one press conference officials stated bluntly that the facility was &quot;safe as mother&#x27;s milk&quot;</i> even as they were well aware of the possibility of compromising the health of both workers and the general public through Hanford&#x27;s plutonium production activities. [4]&quot;<p>And about Hanford as the facility:<p>&quot;<i>For more than forty years, Hanford released radioactive contamination into the environment while producing plutonium for the U.S. nuclear arsenal</i> during the Cold War era. Although the majority of the releases were due to activities related to production, some were also planned and intentional.&quot;