development of Radiological Defense Organizations, including operational
units, in statex and communities,
All plans of organization for oradiLological
defense must de fully integrated with those for the over-all civil defense
program,
The primary ourvose of the organization must necessarily ve the collection
and interpretation of the technical information on existence of lonizing
radiations which is required to achieve the objectives of radiological defense,
Proper interpretation of data concerning the rate and intensity of
ionizing radiations requires their collection on a wniform basis,
Furthermore,
the necessity for close cooperation, not only between various state and local
components within the Radiological Defense Division, but also between Division
units and comparable units within the armed Forces, demands absolute uniformity
of all radiological defense orcscedures,
These two factors combine to require
an umisually high degree of standardization throughout all levels of the
radiological defense organization,
In addition, there are two other organizational requirements wiich are
of vital importance,
First, in order to have an effective organization
comprised of fully qualified technical personnel available at the time of
attack, it is imper-tive that the Radiological Defense Division be immediately
formed and activated, if only on a limited seale.
Secondly, in order
adequately to train and prepare for radiological defense in time of war, it is
necessary during the present veacetime period to develop an organization of
essentially the same design and strength as may be required in the event
of war,
These particular requirements are yculiar to radiological defense
in that no nucleus of organization for such defense now exists,
Most other
elements of the civil defense organization currently exist in some degree and
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