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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION IN REPLY REFER TO: &. Gordon Dean, Chairman U.S. Atomic Energy Commission This is to report t o ;you on the 32nd meeting of the Advisory. Committee f o r Biology and Medicine which was held i n St. Louis on June 7, 8, and 9 , 1952. Mallinckrodt Chemical Plant which had been arranged by - Dr. Perry Morgan, the Area Manager, through the courtesy, Dr. kJarren presented a policy change in the Isotopes f o r Cancer Program which had been discussed a t our Aprilmeeting. The Committee voted t o lend approval t o the plan which had been approved by the Advisory Committee on Isotope Distribution for? the AEC t o charge 20 per cent of the full catalogue l i s t price for isotopes t o be used in cancer research and therapy. I am sure you will be interested t o learn that the Committee heartily endorsed the item in t h e Research Division's budget for the development of methods f o r processing cesium which ' promises t o be an extremely useful isotope for therapy. The Committee unanimously approved and suggested t h a t an expression of appreciation should be forwarded to the Commission for providing the Division of Biology and Medicine with a sufficient travel allotment t o permit on- and off-site visits by the staff t o the projects and tothe investigators. An informative tour was made of the The subject of a patent clause in AEC contracts was presented. The Committee was adamant'.in its expressions that no exceptions t o the patent clause should be made i n any contract unless the Patent Branch would be willing t o make the s a m exception appliM contracts ifa need should arise.
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Ina discussion of overhead all om n ces on lump-sum, fixed-overhead research contracts, it was the view of the Committee that there should not be an increase in overhead allowance until part ici - pating universities and institutions provided more precise information a s to their increased overhead costs. It was approved . unanimously that the American Association o f Zedical Schools and. the National Academy of Sciences should be asked t o make a study of t h e purpose of Government support of research a t colleges anduniversities and the effect of such support on overhead costs at. the participating institutions. Steps are being taken t o impleDr. Dunham reported on the industrial hygiene and health study of. uranium mines and mills. United States Public Health Service covering %cperience in recommended that pre-employment and periodic medical examinations. should be done on all workers i n mines and mills. studies recommended include detail occupational and medical histories and thorough physical examinations. mended that these periodic examinations be performed annually on. He summarized a report made by the The United States Public Health Service has . It vas further recomVllhile we regret the radiation accident a t kgonne National - Laboratory, we feel, however, that everything possible has been done to alleviate distress and that much useful information will result that will be of assistance i n preventing a major disaster made in recent atomic bomb tests, he believed a revision should be made of the chapters in "The Effects of Atomic Fieapons" dealing with blast, neutron, and thermal effects. The Cormnittee was in agreement with Dr. Warren and recommended that the chapters in the hhual dealing with the subjects mentioned should be revised t o depict t h e new data. Vie shall miss Dr. Goodpasture, who has been with the Committee since its inception, for his wise counsel a s an administrator,. his independent thinking as a scientist, and for his candidly expressed convictions on all major problems. lile are fortunate indeed i n having Dr. Uarren join with usto serve 5n
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dr. Joseph 'i'..;earn has graciously consented t o serve as our Vice Chairman upon the retirement of >. Goodpasture on July 1. The next meeting of the Committee i s scheduled t o be held in Vashington, D.C. on Friday and Satu-day, September 1 2 and 13, Chairman, Advisory Committee for Biology and Medicine