the remains and pictures of St. Mary in Grief, of St.

John and of the

images of angels at Urakami Cathedral blackened and disfigured by
the heat, radiation and shock of the blast.
ATOMIC DISEASE INSTITUTE, NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY
The Committee met with Dr. Shunzo Okajima, Director of the
Institute.

He explained that of an est*-ated population of 9,000 in

the Nishiyama District, about 500 people had been affected hy fallout.

Three hundred of these had been studied in order to get rrom them a group

of 80 to study.
the soil

He said that there is little radiation remaining in

that low,

although significant amounts of radiation could

still be found in the study group.

ke indicated that this group

showed a higher frequency of chromosome aberrations than a comparison
group.

Although not exposed to direct radiation from the bomb, maxi-

mum exposure was estimated to be about 30 rads.

He said that the

people don't seem to mind the tests and that--relatively speaking--

body burden counts were high, they were very small, in the order of
1/2000th of threshold.

He indicated that his institute

is

preparing

a study entitled "Radioactivity and Fallout Effect Survey, Nishiyama
Residents and Comparison Subjects, Nagasaki," which would be published
within the next several months.

TOKYO

The Special Joint Committee departed
Wednesday, June 28, 1972.

After arriving, it contacted Dr. Kumatori

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