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BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE:
Radiation dose. Much more difficulty has been encountered in attempts
amount of radiation actually received by Japanese individuals for whom dataion
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‘Present research plans.‘It now appears that the development of bette
“ship between radiation dose and effect. Plans have been made for’a series
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field tests which
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a Duplication of representative shielding conditions and, if neces barTY, use of - ;
the types of weapons detonated at Hiroshima and ‘Nagasaki; and.
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-4,. Animal experiments ‘designed to tie together biological studie Gi made in the
laboratory with medical data ou Japanese survivors. - /
‘Tests in Operation PLUMBBOB. The first phase ‘of the field teat pl:
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PLUMBBOB,tobe conducted at the Nevada Test Site in the spring of195% will contain physical andbiological experiments related to determining the angular distribufion of radiation,
shielding effects of terrain, and the gamma-to-neutron ratio. The field tebts will be conducted
cooperatively by several AEC and Department of Defense laboratories.
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at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos will share the major responsibility for the $rogram, with Oak
Ridge Going most of the physical atudies and Los Alamos most of the biolBgical studies.
. Civil Effects Tests for Operation PLUMBBOB
The civil effects tests proposed for Operation PLUMBBOB would indlude about 40 scientific and technical projects. A wide variety of tests will be sponsored by fAEC,the Federal .
Civil Defense Administration, other Federal agencies, State civil defensq groups, United
States industry and two NATO-membernations, France and West Germaky. Objectives of
these tests include: the development of radiation dosimetry techniques f¢r use indetermining
humanexposure to radiation, the study of the delayed or long-term effeqs of bomb radiation,
the collection of information on ecological aspects of fallout, the testing pf new shelter designs,
the development of countermeasures and decontamination techniques and procedures, and the
improvement of meteorological techniques used in making predictions of fallout. (Raienie
Training Programs (UNC LASSIFIED)
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In addition to supporting special fellowship programsin, radiologi 4\ physics, industrial —
medicine, and industrial hygiene, AEC has undertaken, or plannednew t ainingactivities in -
the biomedical sciences.
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A series of radiobiology courses was offered for high school scienfe teachers ‘during the
summer of 1956 at Duke University, Harvard University, and the Univefsity of New Mexico