John A, Derry ™ 5 = July 12, 1950 represented by about forty persons. The conference, the first scheduled on this tyve of instrumentation, was very successful in disseminating information and resolving various reactor instrumentation problems. 5 ne The Agenda for the joint AEC-Department of Defense sponsored symposium on "Chemistry and Physics of Radiation Dosimetry” was reviewed by the Branch. ‘the conference which is scheduled for September 18, 19, and 20 is very comprehensive and should be of considerable value to both organizations. ~ S fr) > AZ a po cy) = On June 7 a meeting was held at the 4rzonne National Laboratory rm Le] © Zea — &sDe We Ss ul <S= AyD n> _ 0 oe for the purpose of evaluating three industrial proposals for the development of high speed electromechanical registers. In atten- 8 4 2 > le Qt Bese Se MH 9 Oo ~~ OO . o dance were Dr, Arthur Jaffey, ANL, Mr. Jack East, ORNL, Mr. Frank Bradley, COO, and Mr. R, W. Johnston of the TCS. It was decided that the proposal submitted by the Elgin National Watch Company offered the best possibilities and, based,om this decision, the COO has nerotiated a contract with them. 5s 6 Attempts are being made to initiate declassification of the Min- Mm & utes of the Joint US/UK/Canadian conference held in Oak Ridge on lay 2, 4, and i, 1949. This action was requested by the Department of the Defense which desires to give the report a wider distribution than could be obtained with its present "“Con- fidential™ classification. Ce Civilian Defense This Section has cooperated with the Production Facilities Section in making decisions concerning the awarding of contracts for civilian defense type instruments. Letters have been sent to those companies whose proposals were considered to be inadequate, ing them of our decisions and the reasons behind them. inform- In cooperation with the PFS, the prototypes of a simple pocket electroscope have been tested. Informal arrangements were made with personnel of the X-ray Laboratory of the Bureau of Standards for the use of their X-ray and auxilliary equipment in conducting these tests. A meeting was held with representatives of the Ganeral Electric Company to discuss a research proposal concerning civilian defense instruments. Although there was basic agreement on the type of instrumentation needed and of GE approach, a decision was deferred until information is received on the electrostatic voltmeter which they propose using. DOS ARCHIVES