OFFICLAL USE ONLY oe. acme - am, are in the offing for another United Nations conference in 1958. International Commission on_ Radiation Protection ~~ Radiation Protection, Dr. Failla spoke on the recent activities of the International Commission on In this connection he mentioned that he was on the NAS genetic panel with Dr. Glass and their discussions had been in terms of a dose for occupational exposure up to the age of 30 or thereabouts. Dr. Faille said that the International Commission was recommending "that up to the age of 30 the accumulated dose to the gonads should net exccec 50r, without however, changing in any way the present weekly doses. So that for a certein period of time, people can be exposed at a higher rate than would be indicated by the 50r. Therefore, this would not in- convenience or interfere with any work that is being carried out at a higher rate in exceptional cases, For the total lifetime dose, a figure of 200r was recommended, which actually means that an increase in the accumulated dose at the rate of 5 rocntrens per year is considered to be the permissible rate," Dr. Warren said that we arc advancing our knowledge very fast ycar by year, The levels have been changed every few years in the past. They happen always to have been changed downward, ~ 27 OFFICIAL USE ONLY woe etee He said that it is