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RADIATION STANDARDS, INCLUDING FALLOUT
Dr. Taytor. Yes, sir. Excuse me, may I ask Dr. Tompkins a
question about this ?
Senator ANDERSON. Yes.
Dr. Taytor. You were at the meetings, were you not?
Dr. Tomprins. Yes.
Senator Anperson. Is this an approximate figure they will include
in their final report? This is a scientific paper. You should have
found out if somebody heard something and if that is the figure they
used.. Where did you get: it?
Dr. Taytor. I derived it from their papers. They had meetings
after I left the country. You were asking about the U.S. figure in
ere.
Senator AnpErson, I am asking where the 1.5 came from. What
scientific calculations were there that went into that? What is our
average per capita dose?
Dr. Taytor. From fallout?
Senator Anperson. No, from the language of your paper. At its
peak levels fallout has contributed less than 1.5 of our average per
capita dose. What is our average per capita dose? I want to take
1.5 of that and find out what weget from fallout.
Dr. Taytor. Our average per capita dose is something over 125
milhrems per year. It is 125 millirems per year plus the medical
contribution.
Senator Anperson. And the medical contribution amounts to what?
Dr. Tayzor. It is from 14 to 60 millirems per year, I believe. This
is from memory.
Senator Anpprson. That would make about 140 millirems per year.
Dr. Tayxtor. It could be. Background plus 14 to background plus
60. It could go as high as 185 and as low as 140 millirems per year,
roughly, depending upon the medical value. I am just giving you
these numbers from memory at the moment.
Senator Anperson. We had figures before that indicate that the
fallout is as low as that.
Dr. Taytor. Yes, sir.
As a matter of fact, I believe this is in agreement with a report by
Dr. Dunning of the AEC. He1s here in the room and can perhaps
either verify this or correct me.
Senator ANDERSON. When you use the term “fallout has contributed
less,” do you mean per year ?
Dr. Taytor. In this year.*
Senator Anperson. Would it be in the last 3 years whenthey had
what was known asa holiday on testing ?
Dr. Taytor. This covered the whole period to now—1962.
Senator ANpeRSON. 1958 was a year in which there was sometesting ?
Dr. Taynor. Yes.
Senator AnpErRson. Thisis based on 1958?
Dr, Taynor. Yes.
Senator Anperson. Did the U.N. say so?
Dr. Taynor. Sir?
Senator Anperson. Did the U.N. so advertise it as based on 1958?
Does that showin their figures?
4 Editor’s note: See Dr. Taylor’s supplementary statement indicating a misunderstanding
to this question, p. 30.
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