Next, the Chairman asked Dr. Libby for comments on the progress
Sunshine of. Project Sunshine.
Progress
Dr. LAbby briefly reported. that fallout over the
continents from the Castle series had been very large, that it had not
yet shown up in food andhuman samples,
Itwas expected to ‘show up in |
pcan
cmanrenara
vegetation and Foodby Thanksgiving, and an ‘humansbyEaster, Rise.
fw a factor ‘twenty was anticipated.
The project is under the AEC
Division of BLology and Medicine.Dr, Libby has responsibility for
,
food and human assays, Dr. Kulp and Mr, Eisenbud for fallout nodourenetite,
At 9130 a.m, the following persons joined the meeting:
Mr,
Straiissj Dr. Bradbury, Dr. Mark, Dr. Schreiber, Dr. Froman, Dr, Jane
Hall, Mr, Quinn, Dr. Fine, and General Fields,
entered at this tiie.
Dr, von Neumann also
Dr. Max Roy entered & few minutes later,
Dr; Libby went on to say that the atibject was likely to become
a matter of more and more urgency.
The effort was being expsided
somewhat; further expansion might be needed, depending on results
which should be in by the end of the year.
He said that ruthenium as
va
well as strontium contamination might becomedangerous in the region.
Me:
of 2-20 x 102 Inegatons,
"Dp.Rabithen
called on Mr, Strauss for remarks; the latter had
none at this time.
The meeting was turned over to General Fields, who had asked to
bring up the question of U-233 production. '
General Fields reported that the Divisions of Military Application
and Production had recommended to the General Manager, for approval on
a planning basis, the large scale production of uranium-233,
If.