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7.
We are in complete agreement with Professor Muller's
remarks that atomic energy “operations must be carried on with
such rigorous safeguards that those working on the projects
will feel no fear for themselves or their descendants."
In this connection,
the AEC may consider placing an upper
limit of yearly exposure for atomic energy workers.
The average
exposure to atomic energy workers during past operations, how-
ever, has been so far below the maximum permissible level that
the placing of a yearly upper limit would not be expected to
impose any major restrictions,
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