aan we (Monthly status Report, April 1951) - 6 - Blology & Medicine To discusg the pending British request, Colonel 5. W. Beers, ~ 7 Director of Military Liaison, FCDA, called a meeting of representatives of FCDA, Department of state, Department of Defense, Military Liaison Committee, and AEC on April 13. The conaensus deyeloped at this meeting indicated that the best, method of procedure was for an integration of the British requirements with those of FCDA, in light of the difficulties of permitting direct foreign partiéipation in the testing program. EL ndedad LYS ar for New Construction Conferences were participated in where the design criteria, the dispersal features, and the place and importance in the overall AEC prog f (1) the new "Feed Materials Production Center", and (2) a new pile at Hanford were minutely examined. Ean. rest rt Shelters | A draft of a manual for "Determining Suitable Shelter Areas in Existing Buiidings", prepared under contract for FCDA by Lehigh University, was reviewed and a conference was attended where the draft was discussed by a panel of 20 engineers assembled by FCDA from trade and professional organizations. Direction waa given to duPont (con- tractors on sa¥annah River) and Hanford on the design of shekiers for use in plant areas. Additional work is in progress on these designs and each AEC installation will receive »lans for its guidance as the completed studies are received, hid a iia 7 5 ow Radtation Instruments Sranch — Joint United <ingdom-—Canadian-United 3tates Instrwnentation Conference The planning and coordination for the Third Joint United Kingdom Canadian-iinited States Instrumentation Conference was completed. Tris conference will be held at Harwell, England, April 30 through Yay 11, 1951, and will be attended by seven U. 5. representatives, Commission authorization for this conference was obtained through staff Paper AEC 43/381 submitted to the Commission on April ll, 1951. | GPO _ OFFICEP>| DATE » 16—55741-1