OFFICIAL USE ONLY -3Several items of general interest were presented to the Committee by Drs. Dunham, Totter and Bruner of the DBM and by Dr. Doran of the Division of Operational Safety. Dr. Dunham called attention to 1) the recent Federal Radiation Council report on uranium miners.This will be discussed at the June meeting; 2) the proposed contraction of the high altitude and civil effects programs; 3) the conclusion by an informal panel that there seems to be no strong indication at present for meson applications in radiobiology and therapy; 4) the candidacy of Dr. Isadore Edelman foi che directorship of the UCLA Project; 5) the appointment of Dr. Victor Bond as Associate Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory, and of Dr. Eugene Cronkite as Chairman of its Medical Department; 6) the present status of the Rongelap thyroid tumor survey by Dr. Conard. Dr. Totter reviewed the recent Bio-Medical Program Directors! meeting at Livermore. He emphasized that the Livermore program now appears to be focused on fall-out problems in a rather unique way. He also summarized briefly the AEC's cole in the International Science Fair which was held on May 10 in San Francisco. The present status of the Palomares incident (code name, idalo) was reviewed by Dr. Sruner. There is some question as to whether t\.. detectable radioactivity is due entirely to plutonium or in large par. to natural sources and this matter will be considered in greater detail ac the June meeting of the ACBM, Dr. Doran reported on the purpose, nature,-and progress of the correlative study of lifetime health and mortality experience of ARC and AEC-contractor employees with radiation exposure. He emphasized the cohort nature of the study and the desirability of enlarging the foliow~-up by including additional AEC-supported groups. The ACBM endorsed this proposal, particularly in the light of the possiblity of different exposure histories at various installations. The ACBM was advised by Dr. Totter of the correspondence between Dr. C. Calsoyas, a former Livermore employee, and the Commission. Jt was proposed that this matter should be reviewed with Dr. Spofford English at the June meeting. The Minutes of the 117th meeting were approved after deletion of the inserted reference to the presentation by Dr. T. Jukes. The 119th meeting will be held in Washington on June 8-9, 1967. A three-day meeting may be _desirable and Dr. Totter will advise the Committee about this. The September meeting is scheduled for September 7-8 in Washington. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Harvey M. Patt Harvey M. Patt, Scientific Secretary Advisory Committee for Biology and Medicine OFFICIAL USE ONLY