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statutory responsibilities under tha Civil Defense act of 1950, Chairman Deen
on “March 30 designated Ir, Shields “arren, Director of the Division cf Biology
and Medicine to folfili this function. %. Harry lL. Bowman, heac of the Civil
Defense Liaison Jranch, waa named as alternate.
On March 21, a meeting wms neld with the 520 and YODA budget examiners to
accaint them ~tth the activities of the Commission in the fleld of civil defonse
and to diacuss inter-agency relationships unuer the Civil Defense Act.
Review of “CDA Publications
A maruwal on Decontamination wa reviowe? at the reucneat of MOA in the dranch
and by other interested offices for teahnlioal acouracy prior to publication,
Developments subsecnent to this reviuw have bean in agreement with the A5C
recomendations.
Inforantion ta
FODS
The interin rapert "A Hethod and .opearatas foe Reducing Radieactivity in
Contaminated Liquids" describing the process reeently developed by tao OENL
exployecs was furnished PCUA om Warch 2. Copias ware also provided to the Jaint
Comzittes on itomie nergy amt, upon re-ueat, ta the Canadian Joint Staff and
a mumber of private industrial Mirra,
Shelter Grosrsm
Designs for both uncergreund and above-ground personnel shelters for a5C
institutions are being developed by DuPont and the Hanford Operationa Office.
Aa a service to 1EC installations, the fadiation Instruments Sranch maintains
liaison with industry for the purpose, among others, of apotting promising new
developments having vessible use in the jC program, Last, month 110 radiation
detection instruments, valued at 312,970, were received in stock, and 144
instruments, valued at $12,089, wera shioped to AEC areas for inspection and
evaluation.
AEC Sponsored Zegeasreh and evelopment,
Letters have been dispatched to asch peratLona Offfes to determine possible
interest in an alpha survey meter, a neutron dosage rate meter, and a gama
seintillation survey meter. Response to the solntillation counter survey has
been favorsble and response te the other letters 1s expected in two or three waeks.
Carbide has indicated a willingnesa to initiste aontracts for the neutsran
dosage rate meter anid the alpha survey meter.
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