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tion under actuak field conditions.
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Radiation instrument and source loan program.
During the mont
. arrangements were made for the loan of instruments and sources for ci
defense training purposes as follows:
Instruments:
Sources:
New Jersey State Civil Defense Agency
Georgia State Civil Defense Agency
Rock Island, Illinois
Georgia State Civil Defense Agency
Tennessee State Civil Defense Agency .
- Rock Island, Illinois
Design criteria
into the effectiveness
material at an angle.
on the matter, but the
may be used.
activities.
Inquiry Was continued during Octpber
of shielding where gamma rays enter the shielfiing
There appears to be a lack of experimental evgldence
consensus is that the unmodified slant dimensfions
The plans of the storage facilities at Rocky Flats were examifned
and approved.
Several portions of the pamphlet, “Design Criteria,“ which tlle
Division of Construction and Supply is preparing as a guide for arcHitect-
engineers on AEC projects, were received during the month, and certdin
Radiation Instruments Branch
.
oc intillation counter symposium.
Plans are being formulated for
a@ symposium which is to be held at the National Bureau of Standardg and
will be jointly sponsored by the Institute of Radio Engineers, Ameyfican
Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Bureau of Standards, and th@ U. 5.
Atomic Energy Commission.
It is planned to invite a number of perdons
from the atomic energy projects and from industrial firms in Canadq and
the United Kingdom which manufacture photomultiplier tubes.
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Ihe Branch participated in a meeting to review the report of
Harris and Associates on the Savannah River Operations called by th
Divisions of Production and Construction and Supply.
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changes suggested.