country.
If properly handled, the conference could have strong propaganda
value,
,
The status of the GAC's recommendations relative to administrative
GAC
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policy in the Commission's research laboratories was considered.
Dr.
dations Libby pointed out that no mechanism seemed to exist for implementing them,
on
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Research He suggested that Mr. Nichols be asked whether Mr. Tammaro would be in a
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position to consider carrying them out.
This was discussed at some
length, particularly in connection with speculations about the functions
Assistant of the new post of Assistant General Manager for Research,
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scare,
It was
decided not to raise the question with the Commission at this time.
Dr.
Rabi suggested that it might be a good idea to have Mr, Tammaro in at
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povelop- the next meeting of the Committee.
mens
Dr, Libby
of his ideas about medical and industrial uses of Aectopes, which he had
ond’beenwishing to bring before the Committee for the last several meetings.
Industrial
Uses of Dr. Libby responded,
for uses of radioactive isotopes far beyond their current applications.
reotepes
On the medical side, he said, the possibilities of clinical uses for
diagnostic tests (on healthy people as well as sick ones) are largely
unexplored.
He believed this to be potentially an enormous field. It
would be cheap and non-hazardous, The most important isotopes would be
those of hydrogen and carbon.
Unfortunately he had been unable to elicit
very much interest from the medical profession.
be:
The reasons seemedto
(1) that it had only recently been realized that such uses would be
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measurements,
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He said that there were very important possibilities
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The Chairman next offered the floor to Dr, Libby for a presentation
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