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AGEKDA FOR IKITIPLL LEETING 707121 a,To acquaint the committee with the : Interest and limitations of the Sknh!?%!%?”- administrator of certain nuclear developments, in furthering the peace-time applications of isotopes. (2)Potentialities of Tknhattan Project facilities in the production and concentrated stable, (3) Present status of and the immedicte program for production of (4)Problem involved in realizing sufficient production for national (5) Proposed arrangements for handling of isotope requests and allocation of materials. (6) Proposed policies concersing chhrges, health - sh fe ty responsibi li ties, matc;ials t o be used i n humans, and allocation of scarce m te rials. b , To afford the committee an opportunity to : (1) Develop a mutually agreeable basis for assisting the Manhettan Project,in the interim period before establishment of a permanent goverxing body, t o achieve an equitable national distribution of (2) Recommend t o EBnhattrn Project authorities a basis on which subject distribution cEn be initiated, subsequent modifications being possible BS distribution procecles; specifically to recomiend: (a)I mediate ly workable org aci zat ional arrangements for handling o f iscitope requests and allocation of scarce mGteriais. (b) Personnel which will be acceptable to the comit tee in (c)X reasonable interim policy on charges for materials ad ibi li ties,for initial release, and the eEphasis t o be placed on Jubsequeil‘- rele & s e ;f others.
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(E) %ems of announcing finally acceptable distribution (f)Starting policies concerning allocation of materials 2. Publishcble research in the fundcmentd sciences, Tracer research applications in humans. Therapeutic applications in h w ns. Publishable research in the applied sciences. Non-pub? ish able cnd/or c mer c in ll y profitable cpp li cations in commercial orgenizntions. 2.In for r rti onal nppliccitions of isotopes,also of interim period limitations of b. Present nti on of (1) potent if ili ties for,(2)present st titus of, and (3) problems involved inthe lares scsle production of radioisotopes. problems involved in. production o f concentrGted stable isotopes. d. Brief sketch of re mining brr riers to be overcome in effecting a sip if icc nt and proper nation cl distribution of isotopes. 3, Becommendctions Concerning Org miz rti on for Effecting Isotope Distribution. b. Discussion concerning Policy Committee. (1) I ml edict e functions md responsibilities. (2) Future fm ct ions ad responsibilities. (3) Sc.tisfcictory represcntc.tion of fields and opinions. c . Liiscussion o f needs for Advisory Sub-Zommittee.
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(2) Princ ip les of ops roti on. monthly list by Policy Committee. (2)F rinc ip les of operc..tion; choice of systems. pr irt ely for the spec is l c.pplicl;tion t o be refereed.. -b. 4. sm.11 "Panel" i n ecch of quite z number of limited fields, c.11 questioned app li cst ions being referred to nll members o f fill ment of request could bc procured for the "P&nels", if deemed nt ces s cry,from c larger group of geogrcphicnlly b. Bocsons for sub sidi zL tion.
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5. DIE c US s i on C onc e r 3in g St 1e ct i on of2n dio is ot ope s for In it ic1Ci st ri but i on. t. Project is not prepLred to fulfill requests for any rcmdom isotope produceablc, or possibly producenble, by ncutron bombcrdC.Possibility of stc.r ting distribution wher. only two or three isotopes Possible regulr.tions governing bombcrdments performed for non-project c gmc ies without project chemicL1 processing. 7. Iiiscussion on the Iur nishi ng of Information on Decks s if i ed Isotopes, L. Gencral project progrrim of in form tion release LS it cff eot s isotope rFp li cations End instrumcnts. b. Visits by project personnel to cd vise on isotope hcndling and measure8. Discussion on Bec.lth-SLfety Responsibilities of Project cnd Its Contrnctors. .2. Screening of applicc,tions for those demnding hazardous mounts of b. Check on health - safety procedures of intended users. c , Supply of health-srfe:y in form tion cn2/or counsel. d . dgreemcnts with receivers of m.teria1 on. resp cn sibi li ties involved froni its receipt thro uch its disposc.1. 9. Discussion of Policies for Lssignment of Priori tics ad Allocc,tion - c. Generc.1 br sic principles for assignmcnt of priorities and allocation
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I.:ay h&ve to allocate les suse o f cn isotope should be denied. Dcferred requests would be rcviewed rc gul n rly md possibly zi sed in priority vfith time, d. Definition of " qu nl if i ed " request or - one with de non stm ted c bil it y t o use rc dio isotopes nr.d who requests through cc credited or rccogins ti tut ion. trken on them could be furnished regularly to Committee members or the Cllcirmn. 2.17. ficr.ll y refused rc qu cst s could be reviewed by those Committee members exp crt in thc field of the rc quest, Bozrd. Thus final review of Xl loc c tion Bocrd's cc t ions could rest with Policy Committee.
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I. Tke var to.7e ace transmit io n----o f tlie yo j ect. .--- ProGuction of rai io i zo to pes e.a6 75::er hcve been heraided as '*I eat yeace-tine a ? pli cet ions 01 the ursiiium It is q cite certain th t these aF$ications vrill be realized however, i s VEr-tine piles and rrar-time researches did not have these p.y?oses, a cms ider able Feriod oi transition nE.turall:r must be underzone before the peace-tb.e applications can be zh to be effectively realized,Xhet coulZ easily sppear to theux iiii tie ted t o be an imnecessary delay by the lh nhat tan Prc j ect iii effecti??; these RTqlicntions, is actually a i.ela:r a ece s sita ted by the i-ailif old and ni1itar:r persocnel he.ve been since the ex!. of the war putting time op y ort unities. ' izcli has had. t o he done e.lonc, the new lines in ment Sei ore pro'ress has be un t o shm. chin - reacting pile Since the end ofthe war there hes beeil a Great demand. upon the time of project i7ersonnel; inr exaxyle, for : the coi..pletion o f others iii totally net! c'.irections, the writin: up or results of vor k so xi elin new Ciel ds,ESvel1asre7lace nen tsi or v:or!:ers returning t o iorr2.er ?:Isitions outside the ;:reject, vacations lor the first i rte rests an(.'. !i.-.nctio;is oi2ro j ect co ii tractors en<: the aztcral shi it i rg. of yerso:i:ll?el toi oimer Fo s it ions or to ilsi fields of viorl::.
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policies h reqzari. to the Face - tine and fuxSa;rental mcierta':iy-;s e.nZ Iieve sbce the mir fostered the nes far as i cte rim ? ' .i thin the Ik.e.nhattan Pro j eot there are many persons who are 1xost ect ku sie stic ? or,the wi2e-scc.le use of r & dio isotopes and v.-lrlo are irt imt ely fwiilier xitht lie inmediate and potential uses of piles for rai i.oisotope production. This includes military project C is tri ? jut ion Ere a s ;"ollm:s: (1) Only in ay F rec i able qu nxt i ties b.ve been a vc il able in the project of th ? rz re at ly isotope save ile ble in qcentit-y (a a in ly fissioll products) have been largely cher--ically wsencro.ted. oro then i is e unusable for bibboLica1 ccuse of the l nrz e nunber oit - echr ical processing ?roblens, Troduct ion of radio iso tops of tjie 1iL:iter ele cents (say 5elow SO) has been slow in bein, effected ; (4) .Project aut li or it i eb ar.d teckmical prs on nel have not nislied to start distribution on an C is tri but ioa of scarce mter i also f such importance to the national : c o::cerned with the rnli ois o t ope pr oduc tioa and distribution have the shiFper, end the receivers,rer ti cula rly in regard to charges, quality of ?rod.uced m te rials, and health - safety factors im shipping. Project Gx thor i ties The reasons there has not been EOZI or reasons i;iscussed i:i sect ioa I mri be- :cAJthou& the pile is truly 2. ;:reat developnent, there have been some ~..isconcey~tionso fits isotopic cay abilities, The a l ~ o s tany rai io is ntop e t1iE.t a cyclotron cm ; (2) ler ges ce le pi' 3C:uc er 01 neut r o;.-i:i?.uc eC rndi oelenentx with these !,ozbe.rdment of the e ler x nt ? esire2,specific activities of mter i el ofter belac;. desirable v clues,(b) type we nuch less .,:i-obablc sild so.-etines result in i:lsi;-,sif icant
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For iso top Froduction the yilt is eSSe Z ti ally E. Slow c eu tron, or ata fiss ioa-energy xeutron, Lonbar2ing Cevice. ZIost oi t h e neutraqs ere necessaril:? used up i n sustsinip.y., tile reaction by b orrbardine uranium, Givirg rise If there is excess ura_n.im, so that there &re excess Jeu tron s avc.ilable, other elernents can be 'sonibc.r2ei. Since present piles bottl atC lh to c and Gn ford were desigccd s t an early st:h:e o f the r.rt and. built for lirnited. puryoses, they do not for.nation el distribution will come only vrith the cox tru c tion find operELtion oi a new Tile c!esii;ned for isotope Froduction. bombfirdc?, r xter i el. The pile is thus only the " creator " o r chemicc.1 sey x ation anii pri : ice tion to obtain the desired isotope. cquivE.lcnt to tr eot iq the irrec:ic.te&. mter is l from n larce number from the d1iiIto:i File will require the bombnrdnent and chemical processi:i;:. of the order of a tori of r,itro,enous ix teri al. present piles ani. with its priority a it h respect toot lier bonibnrdCl kit on there hzs been produced only obout 40 iiic and of this 20 mc or more k ve be crs ~ ved .f or pcs sib len or - project distribution. P32 ofthu hiZh sFccif ic activity dcnmnded for medicrl applications project effort. It h&s been demoxstrstcd that fairy i a lds of S35 asu : - is t it ute for iz6.iL?m o r redoll, its pro2.uction has not Scen pushed. Lor.-,c: qu at it ics of cert n in fission Fruducts, inc1uC:ing Thc yield of ?Ia i s such that xi th Gobo cE.n b e produced with :>ood yield in
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end ina year it m1.y b e iipprmcklng s ct is fr ctor yi Ulf il he ; l t Of demnd is just if icd), 1:undrcds of c uric s pcr year o f i151 be proccsscd if suf fic i in t lyi sport mt nccds c.re domonstrated a d The following e.rgumbnts have been.put forward i n iavor of t h e (1) T o cornnand respect Tor valuable materials,in re card to the a noun ts requested, usec?, x.asted i n experiment orby decay, and recovered (if possible). (2)TO eli mim te riuisance requests. supplyinc; of isotopes (niuch as is the case for rxxiy rare and scieL7ti fic ally useful materials). (4)To defer decisions on the ex text of subsidy afforded re seer che s outside the usual project domain tothe Dr oj ect ' s persar?ent :;overninc 5021; or to ay pro pri ate ad11iiiistrrtor-s of public funds. X reesonable cherge i s considered t o be one based on 'lout-ofpocket" ruminp, (routine Froduction) expezses, wliich are xe ces sita ted by the aon-project yroductioil and service prozram. 9x1 this basis, facilities,(such tls processin:, laboratories), and research end woulc?. thus supply all of theria j or facilities and fievelop theI Froduction metllods, 5ut wonld. charge for the extra rtzinizg expenses
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