Michael S. Arlow
Experience and Accomplishments
Michael S. Arlow of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan served as a spectrochemist at the formerly secret Ames Laboratory of the United States Atomic Energy Commission that is located in a "nuclear research city" five stories beneath the campus of Iowa State University . . .
In 2009, Congress enacted a National Day of Remembrance on October 30th to honor nuclear weapons workers who proudly served their country from the Manhattan Project through the present day.
The purpose of the National Day of Remembrance is to preserve and honor the legacy of those dedicated individuals who worked in secrecy and sometimes in harm's way so as to ensure the safety of our Nation.
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Additionally, the Cold War Patriots sponsors a quilt that is displayed on many occasions, at events, and in museums throughout the country. The purpose of this quilt and holiday is to raise awareness and celebrate the National Day of Remembrance, particularly for those individuals who served in harm's way and now are in need medical attention or are no longer with us.
Michael S. Arlow is also a member of the Former Atomic Energy Workers Group, and is being monitored for the long term affects of having worked with and having been exposed to radiological materials. In the photo that follows, Michael S. Arlow is standing next to the fire door that leads to his former Electron Beam Microprobe Laboratory, that is now being used as a storage room because it was most likely contaminated with Thorium. Thorium was experimentally used as a shortcut to manufacture, by transmutation, fissile material (Uranium 233) that proved too unstable for nuclear weapons use.
. . . he is technically classified as a Nuclear Weapons Researcher . . . is a founding and lifetime member of the Cold War Patriots . . .
. . . and a Certificate of Recognition for Cold War service from the US Army Human Resources Command.
. . . the Harry S. Truman Doctrine Keeping America Free medal for his nuclear research activities . . .
. . . has received the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Secret Origins of the Manhattan Project medal for his nuclear research activities . . .
