Report on Staff Action Taken and Planned as a Result of Recommendations of the Advisory Committee at the Hanford Meeting

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The recommendation ofthe Committee was reported t o the Efanager of Hanford Operations Office with the added recommendation that operations be resumed at the canyon. This information was transferred i n turn t o the Director of Production and t o the contractor with resumption o f 2. Staff action on the building problem.at Hanford. The consideration of the buildings for the technical center a8 related t o the activities of the Division was diecussed with represent of t h e Manager of the Operationa Office and with the representatives of aquatic biology and fora farm for large animals. item f o r soil science laboratory was removed from the 1950 budget. There has been included i n the 1950 budget funds f o r 3. Staff action on the research program. The recommendation t o consider direct contracts for research, as well as t o continue operations through the Office of Naval Research has been initiated .bydiscussions with the Legal Division and with representatives of aeveral universities to determine their reaction. i s believed that simple contracts of type acceptable t o univer f ties c be brought up, which w i l l enable cloeer contact t o be maintained. The suggestion of the Office of Naval Besearch that it be allowed a percentage f o r overhead on the administration o desearch contracts is being considered and will be taken up with9the Legal Division, Finance- Department

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and the Office o f Naval Research. 4. Staff action on personnel situation at University of Rochester. The personnel situation at the University o f Rochester was discussed with the Director ofthe project at the University and itis further planned t o engage i n discussion with the University authorities and the New york Operations Office with regard t o t h e program at the * University of Bochest er. 5. St&f action on experimental therapy problem. There has been no staff action on t h e problem o f experimental therapy by those holding contracts, funds for which have been provided by the Atomic Energy Commission, pending the possible reeolutions o f the problem existing with Dr. Stone by correspondence from the Chairman of the Advisory Committee i n an unofficial capacity. 6. Staff action on RSV program. Macussion of the RW program o f the Chicago Toxicity Laboratory led to a review ofthe program a8 outlined by the Director of the Division with the key personnel at t h e Chicago Toxicity Laboratory and a vlsit by the Director t o that laboratory on October 20. o f the program, biology and medicine, not t o be concentrated upon at the Chicsgo Toxiuity Laboratory, were discussed with representatives of biology md medicine from Cammisclion installations and holdeks of major contracts on October 20, and those phases of t h e program not assigned t o the Chicago Toxicity Laboratory were tentatively assigned t o those activities expressing interest in them and having facilities and personnel I n addition, those phases

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qualified t o engage upon them 7 . Staff action on Civilian Defense Planning Pro’olen. The s t a f f action on relationship of the Atomic Energy Conmission t o the problem of Civilian Defense Planning has resulted i n several conferences o f the Public and Technical Information Service and with other representatives of other interested Mvfsions. Staff Paper No, 157 has been prepared chiefly by the Public and Technical Information Service I n colfaboration with the Mvision o f Biology and Medicine 8. Staff action on distribution of cyclotron-produced isotopes. Staff action with regard t o the recommendation on distribution of cyclotron-produced isotopes has been a notification of the Chief, Isotopes Division, after consultation with the Division of Research of the desirability of making available such isotopes and the technical aspects of the matter under discussion. inclnded i n the 1950 budget for this purpoee. be undertaken with the 6ub-committee o f Radiobiology of the National Research Council, which i s deeply interested in this problem. Telephonic communication has already been held with Dr, J. G; Hamilton, the Chairman of this Committee. An item o f $200,000 has been Discussions will shortly 9. Staff action with regard t o Alamogordo Area. Staff action with regard tothe Alamogordo Area has been limited thus far to initial consideration of best means of controlling disintegration of fused trinit it e.

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Letters of appreciation for their cooperation and provision of facilities have been sent t o the Manager of Hanford Operations Office and t o representatives of the contractor's staff.