~2The afternoon session was cpen:d at 1:30 Fk. with Dr, Hendricks
rresiding,
4 16 ma mction picture film and slides were present.d to ©xplain

“hn detail the oquipment, instruments and metheds uscd on a large scale for
surveying the distribution of fallout of radioactive ish when atomic bomb
tests are carricd out in continental United States, Some of the actual
equipm nt was shown. This showed the procedures for collecting the radio‘etive dust on gumacd paper at the observation points scattercd around the
country and, mailing to the atomic Energy Commission, where the many samples
are handled mechanidally and efficiently, baked into ash, and are automatically measured wnd recorded for radioactivity.

aft rwards, Dr, Harley used slides and printed mattcr to exclain the
mathod fer analyzing minute quantities of radioactive substances included in
th. material. Inter: sted questions wore asked by Dr, Miyake, Dr. himura,
and others of the Japan es: delegation.
Pr. Hendricks followed, using a printed text, giving a detriled
explanation of the methods for protecting against various radicxictive
contamination of workers and the laboratory when carrying out cxperiments
with various ridioactive elements, These methods included such fictors as
the construction of laboratory rooms ind the prevention of contwination of
th: equipment and d.ss surfaces. a fow guustions wure asked xbout this
subject by the Japaies. delugctes, such 139 what should be done for dis~
posing radioactive waste wrter down the drvin, which had been used in the

liberatory. also Dr, Hirlsy was asked whxt should be done to disrose safely
of the samples of radioactive dust, to which question he inswered that all
ot the samples were stored for rucord.
The day's conferences closed at 4 o'clock,

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