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with"representatives of the ‘National Science Foundation to discus ~fellow- —
ship programs and overhead allowance on university and college su ported
research. Since the NSF expects to have about-1.4 million dollar for
support of fellowships during the academic year 1952-53, it is expected
that the AEC will not continue its fellowship program except in the .
specialized fields of industrial medicine and in health physics. |The
overhead rate for research supported at colleges and universities] being
adopted by the NSF is substantially higher than the present AEC lfvel for
Tump-surl contracts.
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Regional Education for Southern Universities
A representative from the Division attended the Conference
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Regional Education for the Southern Universities held at Daytona
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Florida, October 21-23. This was attended by the Governor of Te
and presidents, deans, and other representatives of more than 50
institutions. This conference meets annually to consider ways of
tion and specialization and so that the peculiar advantages of p
institutions may be utilized widely and without duplication. Thu
strong department in English literature or physical chemistry. in
institution may accept students from other institutions for a bri
period, and one course in the use of radioactive isotopes may ser
whole area. The Board of Control had arranged a panel discussion
Monday evening, October 21, on “Problems and Procedures in Develo
Proposais for Contract Research." Speakers at this meeting incl
representatives of AEC, ONR, National Institute of Health, U. Ss.
and USAF. The interests of each group were described and specifi
for applying for contracts were indicated. There was excellent c
tion between the speakers in outlining the special interests of t
various government agencies, and it should result in more intellig
ning of proposals submitted from Southern universities.
Biology Branch
Soil analysis. At the Feasibility meetings for Operation
in August, 1951, there was pointed out the importance of soil an
of the proposed crater area for particle size and chemical compos
The AEC project at the Department of Agriculture Beltsville Soil
tory took soil samples in September at ground zero area for the s
Samples were taken at about one-foot levels from the surface to a
of about 22 feet. Complete analysis of the soil has shown some d
ences in the soil at the underground and surface sites which will
sidered in planning the program.
Since the test site is the bott
old lake beds, there is about ten times the normal amount of calc
sodium, and potassium found in arable soils. Thus, the neutron c
by these elements and the induced redicactivity will be higher th
pected in other soils.
Such analyses are necessary for proper ev
of these experi
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