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feasible to control the radon exposures in
the mines except in some areng where the
uranium ore ia in hich coneentration and
there 1t will probably be quite aifficult bee
cnuse of the excessive amount of ventilation
required and this would be quite an exnense.
The situetion wes again raiced as
to the role of the Federel Covernment in this
problem by Hr, Eisenbud with Curtis Nelson,
the Director of the Diviston of Inspection a
few months apo,
Perhaps you would like to say a word
or tio, but essentially, ae I gather your point
was, that the Pederal Government does hsve a
direct resvoensibility for there miners because
of the large mensure of control it has over
the industry,
The decision as I understand it which
is reslly a tentative one, is to sit ticht so
far as any direct perticin»tion in the control
of the exposures in the mines 1s concerned be=
csuse.
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One, this would be en unusual step
for the Federal Government to step into the
mining industry,