. .? a" v Oe AF WRITES STAtEs ATOMS ERGY COMIN Sastingten 25, DC. Be. 918 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel. ST 3.8000, ext. 307 (Thursday, November 1, 1956) BEST COPY AVAILABLE In responses to inquiries, the 0.5. Atomic Inerry Comission today Sseued the following stetenext: xo 722-8 The moniterizg syste: sponmered by the U.S. Public Health Service wader contract with fhe U.S. ktonde Energy Commission wes an exetliary systen ostahlished te provide resciiy evretieble informition to ths pubiie of Levels x02 /08 of radioactivity Sn the United Stetes fran ihe Spring, 1956 0.5. weapons tests, ‘The Comsiesion's prinnipal monitoring network, whieh prevides the basic date on levela of radioactivity resulting from weapons tents, is 6 separatesyuten Which operates oontimounly and erewd the clock. The Public Health Services monitoring ayeien was te operate approximetely six mouths with april. 15, 1956, ané Octeber 16, 1956 as the ontaide dates for ite operatian. in duly, 1956, after the U.5. veapens tosta had ended, the tue agencies agreed that the muritoring syster would be terminated dering the lact week ef Septesher. The syste: wan discontimed a September 27, in sccordence wi.th the agreanmt reached in duly. Fallout from the Spring, 1956 U.S. weapons teats had drepped to extremely low levels by September. (nore) Levels above the netireal beckeraums