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Research Projects Approved during Odober . . Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission .. Dr.A.E. Brandt, Biometrician of the WOO,is en route t o Tokyo.; .. JaFan, where fora period of 6 months he will review the statistical procedures used by ABCC and the:results of the examination- of Japanese exposep t o the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombs.
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institutions may'be utilized widely and without duplication. styong department i n English literature or physical chemistry-in one institution may accept students from other institutions for a brief
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Biomedical Program Directors’ Meetihg, Las Vegas, Nevada. The fall meeting of the Biomedical Program Directors was held on Wednesday, October 31, i n Las Vegas, Nevada. gram revolved around a discussion of the biological effects.of neutrons and the ad able methods for measuring neutrons i n terms of biologic& efficiency. These discussions *ere headed up by Dr. Gioachinni Fail la of the Advisory Cod tte e for Biology and Medicine and Dr. Austin-Brues, Director of the‘ Biology and Medicine program of the Argonne National Laboratory, I n additfon, there ‘w.ere brief discussions by Dr. Stafford Warren of the University of California, Los Angeles, on c i v i l defense planning- i n the California area with special reference t o radiological” defense and defense i n general against atomic weapons. Dr . Hardin Jones of the University of California Radiation Lpboratory a t Berkeley brought the group up-to-date on the large molecule lipprotein studies both in relation to arteriosclerosis and.other disease states as well .as in relation to whole body radiation injury.. Dr. Robert J. Hasterlik gave a brief resume of the studies t o date a on the patients the Argonne group are studying who received radium “therapeutically“ some 20 years ago. Dr. Charles Dunham gave a brief resume of the preliminary d a t a available on the biomedical t e s t program at Operation GREENHOUSE. The group were fortunate i n being able t o witness CHARLIE AND DOG SHOTS of the recent serges of tests i n Nevada. . Industrial physicians meeting. The fall meeting. of the industrial physicians w a s held a t the Argonne National Laboratory on October 17-18. Among the subjects discussed the first day were: hand i n juries’, microfilming medical records, detection of radioactive substances i n wounds and methods of handling, a guide for medical s6rvices f o r construction contractors, and recent developments i n methods of artific i al respiration. surgical treatment of ~ The second day was devoted t o a tour of the West S i r John Cockroft, Director, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Haruell, England. .Members of the staff met with Sir John Cockroft, a ’ Director of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harweli, and k. A.K. Longair, of the United Kingdom Scientific Mission, to.discuss,advances i n radiation biology during the past year. Permissible levels of
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a long enough period t o permit efficient operation, yet limiting shorttime exposures t o doses which are no? hazqdous. considered t o be applicableson a regularly recurring basis, as for example, They are not, however,
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arrangements vere made for the loan of instruments and sources for civil defense training purposes as follows: . Georgia State Civil Defense Agency New Jersey State Civil Defense Agency Georgia State Civil Defense Agency Rock Island, Illinois Tennessee State Civil Defense Agency Hock Island, Illinois Design criteria activities. Inquiry was continued during October i n t o the effectiveness of shielding where gamma.rays enter the shielding ' material a t an angle. There appems t o be a lack of ex per he nM evidence on the matter, but the consensus is that the unmodified slant dimensions . may be used. ,..,, T.he plvls of the storage facilities at Rocky F l a t s were examined I SevFral portions of the pamphlet, "Design Criteria, 'I which the Division of Construction and Supply i s preparing as a guide for architectengineers on AEC projects, were received during the month, and certain ?.'he Branch participated ina meeting t o review the report of , . .lIarris and Associates on the Savannah River Operations called by the Divisions of Production and Construction and supply., , Radiation Instruments Branch Scintillation counter symposium. Plans are being formulated for a symposium which isto be-held atthe National Bureau of Standards and F y+villbe jointly sponsored by the Institute of Radio Engineers, American 0 L..,tomic Energy Commission. It i s planned t o invite a number o f persons ' ' tn from the atonic energy projects and from industrial firms i n Canada arid i:ie IJnited Kixgdom which manufacture photomultiplier tubes.