UNCLASSIFIED BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE © Publication of “Medical Effects of the Atomic Bomb in Japan” “Medical Effects of the Atomic Bomb in Japan,” edited by Dr. Ashley W. Oughterson and. Dr. Shields Warren, has been published-in the National Nuclear Energy Series, Manhattan Project Technical Section, Division VI, Volume 8. This publication, based on the investiga- tions of the Joint Committee for the Investigation of the Effects of the AtomicBomb ‘in Japan, which was sent to Japan in 1945 immediately following the Hiroshima-Nagasald pombings,4is” the authoritative treatise on the subject. a ; Training Program 8” Mee There have been about 45 foreignsscientists from 20 nationsworking at.Brookhaven for ‘ continuous periods of two months ‘to more than a years,wr x Summer courses for both graduate and undergraduate students were also provided at: Brookhaven. The 90 students participating were chosen from 460 applicants, off whom 105 were offered appointments. Radiobiology Training for High School Science Teachers | | Summer courses in general radiobiology, emphasizing the utilization of radioisotopes, were initiated for high school teachers. The plans for this training were developedin cooperation with the National Science Foundation, which reimbursed certain expenses of the partici- —. pants. The courses were given at the University of New Mexico, Duke University, and Harvard . ‘University, and were received enthusiastically by the teachers who participated. It is planned next year to include three additional universities, the University of California af Los Angeles, the University of Pennsylvania, and possibly the University of Tennessee. If the success of the plan continues, courses might be offered in the following year.at as many as 20 additional universities. , I, oe Participants who completed the course this summer were presented with demonstration kits, which will be supplemented by other materials and teaching aids to be used in conjunction with their high school science courses. The universities which gave the courses will under- _ take during the coming year to determine how effective the training has been in stimulating the incorporation of atomic energy subject matter inhigh school science courses. | Cesium Radiation Source A cesium 137 radiation source of 2,045 curies was delivered recentlyto the University of Michigan for use in medicaltherapy. It will be used by the university under a contract exe- cuted three years ago covering a comparative evaluation of X-“ray, cobalt 60, and cesium 137 sources in clinical teletherapy. - This source is only the second cesium 137 source ever produced for medical therapy. The first is a source of about 1,500 curies in use at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, UNCLASSIFIED 4 - , Do. an drt as athe Ne Nae a eee Neat coat programs. TIME UREPGRe er Tee LS ater FieAEded | these visiting scientists to work ag their research assistants. The experience provided assists faculty members in their presentation of scientific courses, and in additionmay lead to” initiationof university research projects dir ectly or indirectly related to atomic energy” eT Hey tree ak ute ae keSm came fromother countries. About 20 graduate students were brought to the Laboratory by. a oe About 90 scientists from approximately 50 educational institutions worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory this summer under the Commission’s program for participation by university faculty members ‘in research programs at national laboratories. Fourteen scientists