Summary of Orau 1969 Programmatic Activities

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SUMMARY OF ORAU 1969 PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES ORAU has been making good progress inits program, although some cut - backs are now planned f o r FY 1971. Medical Division progress has been quite good based on recent programmatic reviews. However, three key employees (Goh , Comas , and Bali sh) have been lost recently. Medical Division to irradiate patients in the VDB facility at the UT-AEC Laboratory. Draft procedures have been prepared for submission t o OR0 prior to initiating this variation of the program. Financial support will be tight. DBM has encouraged the The Special Training Division program i s being cut back due t o funding 1i mit at ions. much as fifty percent, will be required in FY 1971. Severe reduction in personnel ,possibly as The University Relations Office and the Fellowship Office will probably be combined i n the near future in the interest of econoThe NSE-HP program i n FY 1971 i s scheduled t o be reduced 25%. New appointments will be limited to engineering i n NSE and to health physics i n "Radiation Science and Protection Fellowship Program." New appointments have been limited to one-half o f those previously New appointments under the Oak Ridge Graduate Fellowship Program will be limited to engineers and health physicists. The funding level will provide for about 35 fellowship man-years, mainly composed o f carry-over of current fellows. Only about two t o three fellowship years o f new appointments can be accomodated within the The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program i s being closed out, and no new appointments will be made. The Special Projects Office is being reduced in size by assigning operating functions to other organizational units. The Information and Exhibits Division programs are being cut back due t o funding limitations. Oak Ridge Museum operation i n FY 1971 will be held to the FY 5970 level. The foreign exhibits program i s being dropped, and DTI is interested in developing further out - side sponsorship for nine additional TAW units and the reduction o f three ORAU operated units.In addition,D TI is interested in undertaking outside fabrication of the new units.

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The proposed museum facility now being planned on a conceptual basis by a consultant with ORAU assistance i s somewhat more comprehensive in training and educational facilities than isthe Director of D TI. This i s apparently following the guidance o f the 6. The TAT program continues t o be quite effective. is available until next October. As o f December 31, 1969, 303 o f the 317 TAT - I 1 graduates have been placed i n work for which they have been trained. Continuation ofthe program i s somewhat indefinite because o f the possibility that DHEW and DOL will allocate more of their funds under the state programs, i n which case the State of Tennessee may give preferential treatment t o State schools rather than TAT.