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INTRODUCTION
BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
University of California
Livermore,
California
94550
The mission of the Biomedical and Environmental Research Program
at Livermore is an improved understanding of the implications to man and
his environment of energy development and consumption.
This embraces
laboratory, field and analysis activities covering fundamental mechanism,
phenomenology,
socioeconomic effects,
strategies for control and safety,
and comprehensive assessment.
The focus is increasingly on specific
energy technologies and the goal is to develop sufficiently broad
understanding to predict and modulate the impact on society of available
energy options.
The bulk of the Program is divided into four organizational structures:
the Biomedical Sciences Divisicn, the Environmental Sciences Division,
the Atmospheric and Geophysical Sciences Division within the Physics
Department,
and the Liquefied Gaseous Fuels Spill Effects Program
within the Nuclear Testing Program.
ASEV related efforts are also
funded or proposed from the Hazards Control Department,
Earth Sciences
Division, Mechanical Engineering Department and Chemistry Department.