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Xrector, as w e l l as Chief of the Medical Branch, has been 'appointed Deputy 3irector of the Division of Biology and Medicine, effective January 23, 1949. (1) Dr.- John Z. Eowers, who has been acting as. Assistant to the (2) Dr. Lawrence W. Tuttle, Ph.l?., joined the staff of Eology and He was formerly a biochemistSedicine as Assistmt Chief, Medical Branch. md radiochemist a t the Radiation Laboratory, University of California, and served with the Army Ordqmce Department with the rank of Major. zdvertising expert, has been appointed a consultant t o the Division of 3iology and Medicine for the purpose of studying ways and means of presenting information t o the general public i n relation to civilian defense ( b ) Mr. Ward Miller has transferred t o the Division of Biology and, Bedicine from the Division of OrganizaAion and Personnel. D r . Shields Narren delivered several addresses during the month ofJanuary. Re spoke on January 17 before a group of medical sttrdents a t the Jniversity of Pennsylvania on 'Uedical Opportunities i n Atomic Enerd ' and addressed the Cancer Seminar of the University of Pennsylvania Lledical School on !*TheRadiosensitivity of Noma1 and Neoplastic Tissue". Re talked before the Chicago Medical Sdciety on "Pathogenesis of Radiztion I n jW1on January ' Dr. John W e r s addressed the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons He delivered anin Chicago on January 25 on IIAtomic Energy i n Orthopedicsll. address on January 26 before the Seminar a t the University of Maryland School of Medicine entitled I1Radioactivity i n Malignancytt. Dr. James Jensen gave an informal t a l k on January 26 before members of the Fertilizer Industry a t the Department of Agricultare i n Washington on ? ert i liz er Research and Atomic Energy. Dr. Cernard Wolf, Medical Director, New York Cperations Office, delivered an address on '!The Xological Effects of Radiation" a t the seninar > on Radiological Safety held by the New York State Bureau of Environmental Yeethgs and Visits W meeting was held a t Rochester on January 12 and 1 3 of laboratory and meEcal directors a t which D r s . Warren, bwers, Jensen and Messrs. Taylor
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and Deal attended. January 12 and January 13 was spent in d$scussbg research in biology a d medicine or health physics in relation to mste disposal and particle January 21, inspecting all of the facilities including the new reactor, The Rochester staff revfewed their research program on , The Cormnissloners visited the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Drs. B'mers arid Jensen accompaniedhospital and biology laboratories, i Ccmissioners on the survey., Dr. Jensen, in ccanpany with Mr, Arthur'Goxman, Division of Engineering, - Am, conferred with faculty staff members of t h e Department of Sanitary Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 27 on the possibil i ties of conducting research on the'efficiency of removal of radioactive materials by standard water purification system, Mr. Deal cooperated with a representative of t h e Insurance Branch of Atomic Energy Cammission by attending a meeting of Casualty Insurance Underwriters i n New York on January 19. mas discussed and the insurance problms as they pertain thereto, discussion of mutual technical problems w i l l be held on February 28 i n Dr. LoweU Reed, of Johns Hopkins University, discussed t h e handl-' of radioactive materials with members of the New York Operations Office Medical Division, i n connection with the UIxi.versity1s contract for research in sanitary engineering aspects of radioactive waste problems. The handling of radioactive materials Mr. J. H, Finley visited Argonne National Laboratory and Chicago Operations Office on January 4 and 5 discussing administrative problems in connection with budget and accounting and research contracts. The Cormnittee, composed of Drs. Harriet Hardy, Bernard Wolf and Joseph Hodge, formed t o advise the Director, Division of Eiology and Medicine, regarding acceptable operating levels for beryllium and clinical procedures, recently held i t s second meeting. The annual provision of $2, &%, W f o r the Biology and Medicine Fellomhip Program #ill maintain a fellowship l e v e l of 350 ne- mads 'each year consisting of 100 Post-Doctorals i n Medicine, 50 Post-Doctorals in There have been 102 fellowships awarded t o this date and it is hoped t o approximately triple the number of awards during the remainder of this
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can probably be accomplished. The increasing number of applications indicates t h a t this with Oak Ridge Operations Office t o be included on the foreign distribution list f o r free isotopes. Finland and Colombia, South America, have' completed arrangements Prof. N. I,. Eowman, of the hazards connected with the E ' s Viashington Building in the event of an a i r burst of an atomic bomb. Blast, fire and radiation effects are being studied. One suggestion is that the building does not provide sufficient cover (i.e.,concrete thickness), t o afford full protection against death frm radiation, that alterations t o provide this protection are impracticable, and that the building should be abandoned i n the event of an-impending war. A formal report isto be submitted t o the Commission early i n February. The General Manager advised the Mrector of the Division of Biologg and Medicine that the.Cds sion recognizes that the responsibility for the waste disposal problem lies jointly with the Division of Engineering and the Division of Biology and Medicine. Furthermore that: "This directive supersedes any previous delegations of responsibility i n this work. It is requested t h a t the Division of Siology and Medicine and the Division of Engineering prepare in outline form a statement which will-define more specifically t h e i r present and proposed activities concerning the waste disposal problem. "The most Mediate action required under the above will be the same collaboration and resulting agreement t o affect cmbined sponsorship as t o the specific agenda and papers contemplated f o r the Public Health Saninar, ' on January 24 and 25. technical paper which has been for some time scheduled for presentation t o the Cds sion Q. h other immediate action will be that concerning the The Division of Biology and Medicine cooperated with the Division of Engineering i n preparing a program fora Seminar which was held i n Washington bers of various-sanitary engineering and water works organizations with the procedures and safeguards as well as some of t h e problems involved in the disposal of radioactive wastes. theh desires for more jnfonnation about our problems and also their will - - on January 24-22, 1949. The purpose of t h e Seninar was t o acquaint the memThe persons attending the meeting expressed *ness t o be of assistance t o the Commission i n the solution of waste
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Dr. Xarren addressed the Seminar on "Health Problems in A t d c Arrangements have been completed with the Bureau of Plant Industq, Soils and Agriculturdl Engineerkg, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture t o undertake a research project dealing with the basic a spec h of radioactive materials and their application to the study of soils and plant nutrition, Under the terns of the agreement, .the Cds sion will provide funds for the construction of a facility to include a headhouse, greenhouse, controlled temperature and moisture chambers andlysimeter tanks f o r this research. The contrgct was placed in operation as of December 1 and building specifications and plans are a t present being- drm up, managers regarding the possibility of establishing a standard system f o r reporting radiation exposures a t the various AEC installations, pose of such a proposal is t o develop and maintain pertinent information on radiation exposure f o r future correlation mith medical data, scientific experiment can be visualized as a necess'ity f o r revieqving such records Over the next f i f t y years, A brief sunnnary has been requested of present information available, how records are maintained and copies of various data and reports forms. A report will be made atB later date. The Applied Bio-Physics Branch has asked for comments from the area