_nical. reports of past. test series;,“and.ththe.‘most. ‘efficidnt procedures * to Obtainsuch information. for further field tests. A special. interest was indicatled in shelters etanamtaa 08,29 Specialized Training Programs (UNCLASSIFIED) The. exigent problems related to atomic energy in th# field of health protection extend beyond the supply of “presently trained ahd available per- sonnel, Consequently, the various specialized training prbgrams inaugurated by AEC in previous years will be continued. The programs [nclude: A . . Industrial hygiene. This program is now in its second year and is being administered by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear 1953. Eight candidates have been selected for one year off ing to begin this fall. The first year’s program in 1992 trainees who have completed the course of study. SEudies during academic .train- nceluded four “Industrial medicine. In the field of industrial mqficine, eight applicants have been assigned for study during the 1953 adademic year, as follows: University of Rochester, four; Harvard University, three; and the _ University of Cincinnati, one. A second year of in-plant ftraining at an AEC or contractor installation is offered after completiow of the courses. Direction of this training will be handled by the Univers§ty of Rochester. The previous year's training included five candidafes who finished the course of academic study. Two of these are now taking in-plant train- ing for a year - one at Fernald (Cincinnati) and one at b@th Brookhaven and Hanford. Two others are taking additional clinical tfaining, and one has voluntarily discontinued the program. Radiological physics. Applicants are now being refiewed for radio-logical physics fellowships for special study in radiatioh protection and hospital physics. Administration of the program is under] the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, and approximately 75 candidgkttes will be selected for study in the coming academic year. The groups will begin training at one of the three locations, with no more thanf25 at each: the University of Rochester, with field training at Brookhavah; the Vanderbilt University, with field work at Oak Ridge; and at the University of Washington in Seattle in cocperation with Hanford. 18 DOF ARCHIVES _ Fe me ne ee eeae eee —— we aes . tw PET Oe 4