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TENTATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT NEVADA TESTING SERIES
Proposed by
The Radio-Ecology Division
Atomic Energy Project, U.C.L.A.
PROJECT I:
LARGE DOMESTIC ANIMAL STUDIES
This is a proposed cooperative project between the University of
Tennessee, Atomic Energy Commission Agricultural Research Program and
this Division.
This joint project, now in the initial planning stages,
is Phase III of Dr. Cyril Comar's proposed project for "The Study of the
Effect of "Fall—out" and Ionizing Radiation from Atomic Detonations upon
Demestic Animals."
The study as outlined in Phase III is as follows:
In order to compare data already obtained in controlled total body
irradiation studies from Comar's laboratory at Oak Ridge, as well as
retention of some of the fission products in large animals, it is pro~posed that burros, cattle, and sheep be placed at various distances (maximum of forty miles) from Ground Zero for several Test detonations,.
The
locations of the test animeis will be determined according to the best
available "Fall-ont" predictions.
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This phase will study the effects of "Fall-out" on burros, cattle,
and sheep, with respect to:
1.
Amount of fission preducts from actual "Fall-out" available to
the animal »y ingestion and/or inhalation.
If possible, a dif-
ferentiation of which mode of sentry into the animal body should
be made.
2.
Amount of radiation entering the animal bedy and its organs from
external sources of radiation due to "Fall-out," as well as in=
gested and inhaled radioactive materials.
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