(Monthly 3tatus Report, April, 1951) - 3 - Biology & Medicine Conference of Industrial Health Personnel The first annual conference of Industrial Health Personnel of the U.3.A.B.C. was held at Atlantic City on Friday, April 27, 1951. The Health and 3afety Division of the New York Uperations Office was the host for the meeting. attendance, 68 persons from 25 installations were in The second annual meeting will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio on the Monday imnediately preceding the American Industrial Hygiene Association Meeting] All AEC and AKC-dontractor health personnel are urged to write Brs. Felton or Morgan indicating topics that they would like discussed " at next year's meeting. Drs. K. Z. Morgan and Jean Felton of ORNL have agreed to be hosts at this meeting. industrial Medicine Fellowships Fellowghips have been informally offered to, and accepted by, eight physicians. Pormal announcement will be withheld pending clearance and determination of the schools at which these men will take their year of academic training in industrial nedicine bezinning in the Fall of 1951. Plans have been made for one physician to take his second or in-plant year of training at ORNL, K-25, and ¥~-12 upon completion of his fellowship year at the University of Rochester, Medical Fellowship TrainingCourses . Arrangements have been nade to reactivate the medical fellowship training courses at Duke Univarsity and Reed College. The Department of Defense has been invited to send un to 10 students to the Duke University course, BIOPHYSICS BRANCH _—- Tolerances Members of the Branch met with representatives of the Reactor Development Division and Anolls Atomic Power Laboratory in connection with biological tolerances for neutrons and the effect such tolerances would have on shielding needs for the Submarine Intermediate Reactor now being developed at KAPL. The group also considered the types and locations of monitoring devices which will be required. GPO OFFICE Pb | nee 16—55741-1