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The parpose of this nemorandua I s to inform you of the highlight% of the meeting of the Advisory CoaPm\ittee for Biology and Wsdicine on September 11 and 12. a c e it WILI the first meting of the new fiscal pear, It was devoted pr bar w t0 briefing the Cdt tee on devdlopmenta which had occurred during the sur8mbr. The Cdt tee was eipecIRlly interested in the result8 of the Civil Eifecto Program at UgshotKnothole. Test reporta are now largely coglpleted except in the arm of genetics In whit51 another year or so wiU. be required t o uvaluate the effeats on varioue &nilation rpecfmena sxpoeed. Evihation of the field experinentat X on indicates a high degree of success in developing original and basic data in both atructural and bim d ical fields. tests were limited to experiments in (1) struutural and fwctional design and tnatarids of COIISt-tiWj (2) biomedical expffiment8 With smphwfs on the effecte of id ring radiation and further At do kb Casualty Caadaaiosrj (3) soil contadnation and effeuts (4) testing of dosimetry inetrumezita Md methods; and (5) training a d indoetrination for stat8 Civil dsfsnae radiologhd. offlcars. Perhap. one of the most Snaouraghg moult8 of the structure8 testa waa the confinnatloa of prema rp data obtained from shock tube teste on sde laode1 underground ahdtsru. ,Since shock tube h8t8 can be conducted ata fraction of the cost of actual tests, thio finding may turn out t o be @te rewarding. We also brought t h e Committee up-to-date on the possible effects which radioactive fall-out may have had on cattle, horse3 and sheep in Nevada and Utah at the the of the tests ln vt spring. Aa you know, our studies have indicated that the leviono on the backa of the horse8 reeulted from beta radiation, and that radioactivity did not contribute to ddath of tho cattle owned by the
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:3tewayt brothers. The available eVydence indicates that the f a l l - out material did not contribute to the death of sheep around C e d a r City. Iimaver, since there was mt umdmlty of opinion by the experts who tkvamined the aheep, further studies a d eqeriraents will be rude before reaching a final. conulusfon, The Comui'ktoe recomaacid that ih.. hb m GUM Qnstavson or, in the alternative, Dr. EtMn Braun Frud be amsidered to r-ce Dr, &egg who retired frum the Camdttub l a a t June. In addition, the Committee unanimouvly voted to ham Dr. fiiexren made pewanent Pice Chairman of t h e Committee. The Comsittee was e speck U y appreoietiva of par thoughtihlnesa to meet with you despite your vary busy schedule. afi ang hg the lunchem ylotrr office, and of the OpgodUnity The next meeting of the Cdt tee Is scheduled to be held at the Los Alams ;jcientific Laboratoq on Friday rrad Saturday, October 9