UNC Lk 8 SIL FIED Hopkins University School. of | Medicine,‘prgonne National Labors ory; — ““-"“Western Reserve University..School”of Medicine; University ofUtak School_ . of: Medicine; UCLA AEC:Project;University of Alabama MedicalSchool.|A~ | . total of approximately. 150 (including‘observers) physicians -~pd icipated: in this"‘program representing. 36 states, the District of. Colum la, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.” Radi ation Instruments Branch , . —— . tO Of the Wa industrial concerns solicited during the perliod from January 19 to April 30, relative to civilian defense instruments, 2]; re- sponses have been received. A procedure has been drafted fou evaluating the proposals and criteria for contract selection. The seleqtion should be completed during May. Tentative completion schedules and budgets have been proposed for the radiological monitor.developments whicH are being undertaken by AEC and prime contractor organizations. A prowosal received from the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory for sigilar development was accepted on April 25, and a letter agreement will be with the Bureau of Ships- entered into Arrangements are. being made to“provide AEC instrumenthtion personnel with supplementary plant facilities for designing and buildifig the special electron tubes needed to. meet specific and exacting AEC requirements. A steering committee, consisting of representation from the AMO laboratories, has recommended the facilities of the Research Laboratoriesfof the Radio Corporation of America as being best suited to our needs. ‘he scope of a proposed contract, presently under negotiation with RCA, isfdefined as follows: . Research, development and consultation as muthally agreed a upon on instrumentation for nuclear research, with pprticular ref-— erence to the development of new. and improved electrpnic devices, employing photosensitive and secondary emissive surfaces, electron beams, storage elements and associated apparatus. evelopment may include the fabrication of a suitable number of moddls represent-— ing the results of said research and development. fhe performance of work by the sub-contractor may be further defined fron time to time by written instruction of the authorized repre§entative of the contractor, duly acknowledged by the subcontracpor. The Radiation Instruments Branch prepared a draft of the chapter on radiation detection for inclusion in the Eighth Semi al Report to the Congress. -~ 23- UNCLESSIFIED DOW ARCHIVES