wn
methods of estimating gamma doses anc sinoe there are uncertainties in
evaluating the hasards of such transitory air concentrations es
from fallout, ani

experieneed

sinee the preponderance of evidence from pest suelear test

series indicates that the external gamca hazard is more limiting than the
inhalation one,

it was recommended in the January 2C, 1954 meeting to

strike from the record the past reeomendiations for maxizun permissible
air concentrations.

I[t was recommende: thet an air monitoring program be

continued for documentary surposes and for whatever value the data might

have in the future uben new analyses aight be sade in the light of additional knowledge.
4 further discussion of toe single article problem may be sade.
In arriving st the reeommencetion '..

user ta kt deatrable that any indivie

Cin, particle in this s.se range have activity greater than Lo™* eieroeuries
celicuiated four hours after the bliast” «a computation vas asde that the arer-

age radiation dose from such a particle to e« sphere one-half a aillineter
in raciuz would be 3c* reps.*

However, the conclusions may be misleading,

in the sage of a singie ,artiele, relativeiy large doves are delivered
near the particle anc smal’ doses at a greater distance.
one }ousible estimate of tris nhenomenon.

many and diffieuls to evaluate

Appendix | suggests

fhe parameters involved here are

Por examjle, how long will a particle remain

in one place in the lung and what doce wil. be delivered during that tine?
It has been suggested** that 4: the sapper respiratory passage 2O—mteron
dianeter particles are the upper linit of aise for deposition and that "Cilia

#.inutes, Meeting of Committee to Consider the Peastbility and Conditions For

a Preliminary Radiologie »cafsty shot for Jangle. iL.a.3.L. May 21 and 22, 1951,
84H 4233060, A status report.
Sept 16, 195.
CONFIDENTIAL; .

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