USES UNCLASSIFICD BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENT CENTER TRAINING AND EDUCATION Summer Institutes In Radiation Biology Negotiations were begun for the establishment of training courses In radiation blology for high school science teachers, to be held at 15 to 17 universities In the summer of 1959. Simi- jar summer institutes were held at 12 universities in 1958. These institutes In radiation biology are supported by the AEC in cooperation with the National Science Foundation (NSF) under an arrangement whereby the AEC contracts with the universities offering the courses and the NSF essists the teachers attending the institutes. In its over-all program for summer institutes for 1959 the NSF will support 300 institutes presenting courses in aclence and mathematics. (End of UNCLASSIFIED section.) Dez ARCHIVES Woteete nt ~ °* uNeLacsiaeo * 52 al 4 Z 7 .:e ? = ~ vga * wy ene oe ~—_ = ee Se w-w we, * Cee, ~ * 7” 7 arr a . - hr te "= omy ry q _ Veber as ay “it x ayy EWUNey ’ fe A Radiological Incident Center was established at AEC headquarters in Germantown to coordinate actions required fn the event of a radiation incident. The center will-be active only in the event of an incident of sufficient magnitude to warrant its utilization to coordinate headquarters responsibilities in such matlers as public relations and Congressional notification, and to assist the responsible field office in obtaining help to cope with the incident, . ”~