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Both Japanese and American
atomic scientists Wednesday
debated,
and
demonstrated,
a variety of methods and detection instruments for measuring the intensity of atomic
radiation,
Also discussed at the third
day session of the five-day
radiobiological conference in
Tokyo were the methods for
protecting against. the danger
ing air and removing a
radioactivity
particles
for
measurement in the laboratory.j
Particular interest: was|
evinced by the Japanese dele-/
gates in the filter papers and}.
other components used to such |
in yadioactive particles from
the air, and also in the gum-_
med paper employed at more!
than a hundred experimentary ;
stations in the U.S, to collect.
contamination samples of the particles falling °
those workers who are working from, the atmosphere or brought.
at laboratories or plants ex- down by rain or snow.
Discussions
were
centered |
perimenting with the radioover the standard methods of.
active substances.
Among those instruments in calibrating instruments,
and:
of
radioactive
demonstration
was
the
sampler—the equipment
air the use and interpretation of '
em-' readings on beta-gamma sur-
ployed in the U.S. for sampl- vey instruments, film badges,ionization chambers, scintilla- tion counters and different:
types
of
instruments
for
measuring neutron radiation.
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It was pointed out that differ-
ent readings as between two
instruments
in
the
same
laboratory or as between in-'
two different
Wednesday struments in
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Honjo
Police
raided the Hotel New York, a laboratories or as between in-
r
rickety downtown inn at Muko- struments in different countries.
jima, Tokyo, .and seized 10,000 come from Jack of uniform
ampules of philopon powder, calibration,
As for the American methods
200,000 ampules of philopon
and a set of philopon manufacturing machine,
for surveying the distribution:
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active dust is first collected on:
of fallout of radioactive ashi
The police also arrested the following the atomic bombtest,
hotel manager, Kenzo Yasuda, it was explained that radio-.
a
Korean,
violating
the
on
charges
Drugs
of
Control gummed paper at the observa-
Law. Tanshin Takayama, also tion points scattered across the
a Korean and suspected ring- U.S., and then these samples
are mailed to the laboratories,
leader, was already at large.
The hotel, surrounded by baked into ash, and automaticthick
concrete
wails
and ally measured and recorded for
absolutely shut off from out- radioactivity,
At the press conference folside, was formerly operated by
Nicholas V. Zapetti, an Ameri- lowing the day’s session, the
can, The hotel employees said American delegation members
they have not seen Zapetti said they have been exchangsince April this year, and the ing various samples with their
inn hag been operated by a colleagues, and that they are
handful of Koreans, who chang- willing to do the same with
,ed the former prostitution the Japanese scientists in the
house into a philopon manu- future.
(Photo shows Dr. Eisenbud
facturing center.
One of the girl employees
said she heard the hamming of
an electric motor in a locked |
room through davs and nichts, :
giving explanation about the
air sampler while Dr. Harley
and Salisbery watch nearby.)
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