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QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT * REPORT TO THE . JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY
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A xi j or pari. of the Sixth ScrC~nmmlReport t o Congress i s devote& to the biology akd medicine prog an, and no effort 1163.1be nade here t o summarize or duplicate the in for nation contained i n that statement. The present quarkerly report will be confined to a few items of significance occurring during the quarter which were not covered in the Sixth Semianntial Report. The two reports therefore should be considered in con j mc tion. Direction of Research Effort During the quarter approval was given t o 42 res em ch projects submitted by educational ad research institutions, compared with 26 in the preceding period. according t o the new procedure, out lk i ed in the preceding report, whereby contracts for projects approved by the Washington office are nearest the institut i cn coxxerned, rather t'nan being a2ministered by the Gffice of Saval Research. Con'iracts for these will be negotiated G io log j and Kedicine Research Projects I n tkre s elm tion of research pro jc ct s to receive J3C support, the Commission fora year mda half has had the advice and assistance of the Advisory Committee on Biology and Liedicine. fifteenth and sixteenth meetings during the quarter. ing the Conunittee proposed that the ACC participate with the Kat ional Research Council i n continuing the work of t h e ad hoc group previously established to exanine the cases of several physicists who had develcped cataracts from radiation injury follovnn;; work witi: cyclotrons (not a t contract with the TJational Ecsearch Council providing -130,000 o f assistace. (Cad of UNCLASSIFIED section.) The Committee held i t s IX C installations). For this project the Comission has coq lc ted a
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VJeapoS Tests-Resurvey of Bikini and Eniwetok. Last swer ' s resurvey of Bikini and Eniwetok by the University of Vashington Applied Fisheries Laboratory was briefly described in the quarterly report for Julycent ration of radio act iv i bj at one island of Bikini Atoll, apparer_tly the result of biological action caused by plants and animals taking up radioactive part icl as when gathering food .concentretion of radioactivity will be one of the subjects to be examined again this summer when the Applied Fisheries Laboratory re investigates the renflinini radioactivity found in local fauna and flora at Bikini ar,d Eniwetok. The University expedition will be financed by the Commission, with fo mard area support being furnished by the Navy. A n item of importance mentioned there was the conPlanning for future weapon tests. The First meeting of the ad hoc committee for pl d ng the bio logic aspects of future tests wasxeld - The menbership o f the committee i s as follows: Dr. Jacob bFurth, Oak iiidge National Laboratory Col. James P. Cooney, AZC Dr. A. El. Dill, Army Chenical Center Forty test projects were considered 3y the committee atits June meeting and 21 of these 'Fcere accepted. relate to early establish ent of an animal colony t o provide acclimated genetical effects of radiation. Sene ofthe proposed projects On I&;. 18 theBC SpOLSOred a series of orientation lectures for some 300 executives of the casualty insurcuice coxpanies t o assist i n ev alca ting insurarrce problems peculiar to a tonic energ:; projects. The meeting, held i n :Jew York Cit;., consisted of four lectures covering an in"tz-oductior, t o atomic energy, the isotopes distribution program,. permissible lix its of exposure to ionizing radiation, and the laboratory handling of radioisotopes. Construction of Facilities Construction has beer? started on a $193,000 project to provide greenhouse and laboratory facilities necessary to api cultural research
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performed by the Department of Agriculture i n conjunction with the AEC atthe Plant Industry Station,Belts ville, Yaryland. sity of Rochester, advsllced t o 30 percent of completion atthe end of The Rochester lk-aining Building, being constructed atthe UniverThe Argonne Cancer Research Hospital is being designed for construction at the University of Chicago; bids on the construction contract are expected tobe received i n August1949. (End o f UNCLASSIFIED section.)
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Table 2. - Analysis o f " q end it ure s According t o Programs and Subprograms July 1, U48, through June 30, 1949 March June July 1948Source and Fission able IGateria-ls Research and Development Plant and Equipment Plant and Equipment Research and Development Plant and Equipment Research and Development Plant and Equipment Research and Development Plant and Zquipment Biology and Xedicine Plant and Equipment Total All Programs