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Research Projects ADproved During Cctober 1949 ltEvzluation of Body Content of Fla6i-m in Individuals Vith No Known the X-ray Ir ra diz tl on Syndromet1.- 87 47.5. logical Effects of Irradiation inPatients Receiving Large Doses Studies aqd Irradiation in Dental Uetabolisnlt - $4,s00. Hernorial Hospital, New York City - Dr. Helen Koodward and University of Rochester Kedical School, and formerly a consu1.tant t o t h e Division of Biology and ldedicine, has been appointed Eladiobiologist in the Division of Bio log and Kedicine. responsible for the biological and health aspects of the waste cooperation with t h e Division of iieactor Development. received his Ph.D. degree in Biophysics from the University of He a ill ' be. This work will be carried out through close. Advisory ee for Biology and Uedicine A special meeting of the Aavisory Committee for Biology and Medicine was held on October 20, 1949, for the purpose of appraising the current and future progran of the Atomic Bo& Casualty Commission as well as the Frogram for Civil Defense Planning. The Committee i s ' c once med with the mr'xed increase in cost of cor.-L struct ion at W rosh irn ~ , Kure, and Xagasaki c and the #proposed
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expansion of the over - all program other than had been given a?proval by t h e Atonic Energy Comiission. the Committee that it was desirable to continue in abeyance cons thc tion at Kure pending a reply from the Chairman of the National Research Council on the folloviing recommendation: It was t h e sense of The Advisory Coninittee f o r Biology and Uedicine urgently recommends that the National. Research Council be requested to appraise the present status of the Atoinic Eamb Casualty Commission program, appraise the prospective value of future ‘ work, tore cm end such modifications as may be desirable in view of changed conditions since the start of the program, and to recommend atine schedule for the prograx in order that the Atomic Energy Commission may discharge its responsibilities ,Problems relating to Civil : Defense Planning were presentea by the Deputy Director. k subcommittee consisting of Dr. J. T. by the Vice Chairman and asked t o prepare a statement.concerning the biological, medical, and health physics problems which’ ‘appropri at ely are the Commission’s responsibility in Civil Defense ? laming for study by the.Committee at the meeting t o be held at During the past month an extensive, study has been made’of Conmission policy with respect to the clearance of investigators or subordinate personnel employed on unclassified research coninterested Divisions that there are many research projects in fields related to the atomic energy program i n which the probabil it y of developing restricted data is so remote as t o be neglirequirement for the clearance of a principal investigator since access to restricted data is not contemplated. There is substantial agreement on the part of the I n such cases it i s proposed to eliminate the’presentDiscussidns have been held with the Divisions o f Research and Reactor Development relative to the establishment of a . Commission policy on overhead t o be allowed .on lumpsum basic necessity and the desirability of grantyng a fixed overhead rate of aproximately10 percent of the Conmission’s contribution to the research project. Dr. James H. Sterner, Consultant in Indus tria Nedicine, There is substantial agreement as to both the and D r . George A . Hardie, Medical Branch, spent October 10 at Sandia Base and Cctober 11-11 at Los Alamos t o get first - hand
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knowledge of their industrial medical problemso visiting the other AEC installations in the future. A meeting on Industrial Medicine was held atthe Donner Laborztory of the University of California on October 20. attended by representatives from Los Alaaos, Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven Yat ional ?.aborat ory, University of California, Berkeley, and the' bk d ical Brvlch of the Vashington Office. The principal itm, discussed was the need. for greater un if od ty ill the medical records among AEC installations.,I Cn Gctober 2 1 and 22 there was a quarterly meetinq of Laboratory Director sad Division Heads of the Atoxic Energy Commission Biology and Xedicine laboratories An excellent scie!itific progra? consisting of presentations of their current act iv i - ties was put on each morning by the various research groups in this field supported by theJ.tGmic Energy Commission a t Berkeley and a t the University of California Medical School i n San Fr amis co. The Director bf the Division of Biology and Medicine presided a t ' the meeting and leda very useful discussion of the present state of our knowledge of means t o combat acute radiation effects. ments atthe University of Rochester on the use of aureomycin i n the ex peri mn tal radiation syndrome and the observations by the Universi+-y of California at Los Angeles group on the favorable effecl of reduced oxygen tension at the time of irradiation were high lights of this part of the ProDoram. D is as te r--Monit orin;: Training A meetin3 was held on October 12in Chicago which was the Fashington Office and by representa'bives from the New York, Chicag;, Los Alanos, Hanford, and Oak Ridge Operations Offices. The meeting was concerned with the use tobe made of the stock of monitoring instruments wkich the Conmission i s securing. Each of the Operations Offices had been asked t o make tentative plans for t h e use of the equipment. Here discussed in detail. expected that each Operations Office Will revise its plan. The plans, which were quite diverse, In the light of the discussion it is. Following a visit by nernbers of the Division to Idaho, the. Appli4 Biophysics Eranch has submitted plans for the organization of a kal th Thysics grou;, a t Arco. The staff is completing plans of a proposal fora base-line radiation survey that is to be made before operations Mart. Members of the Ijivision met with representatives of AFSW ' regarding a course ' i n applied radiation protection that would be . offered to six mediczl officers of the National Military
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Establishment that .are nm at the Regional training centers. The iproposed course in applied work would b e given by Oak Edge at the completion of their present studies. Ei supplement tothe Jourhal of Clinical Investigation entitled '"The Use of Radioactive and Stable Isotopes i n Clinical Investigaticnll will be distributed dur3ig the month of November.