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‘Radiation Shielding and Correlative Biology (ONCLASSIFIED)
Asurvey group visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in April to Ecain first-hand
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ission on individuals -
; formation on shielding data collected by the Atomic Bomb Casualty Co
, exposed to the atomic detonationsof August 1945. The data may be used
scale field tests in the United States to develop better estimates-of the
by individual Japanese.
in laboratory and full- .
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Weapon1Effects .
Technical assistance was provided.for activities related’ to Gperati nm1 REDWING.: Members”
rmation for the two -’.
shots for uncleared observers and on the Advisory Panel to the Test Difector to advise on ra- mS
‘of the biology and medicine staff served with the Joint Office of Test
diological matters. During the tests, theCommission’s New York Healfh
and Safety. Laboratory :
conducted aerial surveys in the test area to assist surface ships in deliheating fallout patterns |
as early as possible. The aerial radiological monitoring equipment use
was similarto that -
demonstrated in/Operation ARME in the 1955 test series at the Nevadaffest Site. Liaison was ~
also provided between Joint Task Force’ 7 and representatives of the ¥ deral Civil‘Defense
Administration.
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Larger numbers of weapon test reports were expected to be relea. ed. As noted.in the
Nineteenth Semiannual Report, an effort was made in the 1955 ‘weapon test series to write
weapon test reports in a completely unclassified form. Seventeen of
37 preliminary civil
effects test reports were issued as unclassified, and an even higher prpportion of the final re-_
ports will be issued as unclassified documents. Several hundred classified reports from
earlier test series will be declassified and released when the revised
C-Department of ©
Defense Classification Guide is issued.
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West Coast Fish Monitoring
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The U. S. Food and Drug Administration in April begana routine oot-checkingof all
species of fish caught in the Pacific to check for the presence of radidactivity. The need for
‘the monitoring program was discussed by representatives of the State[Department, the Food .
and Drug Administration, the Japanese Embassy, and the Commissio
FDA representatives
stated that the monitoring program falls within their statutory respongibility to determine that all imported foods are fit for human consumption. The Japanese repr sentatives contended
that the Japanese people might ‘be disturbed to learn that similar preqautions were not being
taken for their protection. No radioactivity has been detected in fish ince FDA monitoring
began.
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