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Chairman Ho.irrevp. Then you would say that it was a reasonable
consensus of opinion rather than a controversial opinion that was expressed in the conclusions?
Dr. Dunuam. Very definitely.
Representative Price. And not a compromise situation ?
Dr. Dunuam. No.
Chairman Howirrmetp. Would you say that the science of genetics
was well represented there as well as somatics?
Dr. Dunuam. Yes. It was represented from this country by people like Dr. Russell and Dr. Zelle. I don’t remember offhand who
else was there. Paul may remember. Dr. Stevenson from England
who is probably the world’s outstanding human population geneticist
represented his country. No; it was a good representation.
Chairman Ho.irerp. Their working papers have been furnished
you and the other people in the Atomic Energy Commission ?
Dr. Dunnam. Yes; we have seen them.
Chairman Houtrmrp.I understand that Dr. Taylor has a set of
them. While these have not been published yet, they will shortly be
published.
Dr. Dunnam. That is right. They are practically in press now.
I imagine manyof the chaptersare actually being printed now.
Chairman Horirtecp. Dr. Taylor indicated that the delay was one
of editing.
Dr. Dunuam. Thatis correct.
Chairman Hotirretp. Rather than a conspiracy.
Dr. Dunuam. No. It is just a matter of having the staff of the
Secretariat editing the papers.
Chairman Hortrmeip. And these papers will be available to people
that had a definite competencein thisfield to look at, I suppose ?
Dr. Dunuam. Yes.
Chairman Horirrevp. In other words, you have these papers, and if
any person credible in the scientific disciplines wanted to see these
papers they are available?
Dr. Dunnam. Theyare.
Chairman Ho.irterp. I wanted that to be clear on the record because there was some indication perhaps, or the impact of some of the
questions that maybe this was not being made available as soon as
possible.
Dr. Dunnam. No; they are working on it as hard as theycan.
Chairman Ho.rrerp. Thank you.
Representative Price. Will you proceed.
Dr. Dunuam. I was asked by your committee to discuss briefly a nuclear war scalewise as compared with fallout from weaponstests and
to comment on hazard criteria.
It is important to stress that in the testing of nuclear weapons over
the past 10 years we have madeextraordinary efforts to minimize not
only blast and thermal effects but local fallout in populated areas.
Population radiation exposure levels, with the exception of relatively
small population groups such as the Rongelap Island people have
been well below accepted levels for normal peacetimeactivities.
In nuclear war, it is fair to assume that the reverse would be the
case. For instance, in the hypothetical nuclear war which formed
the basis for the 1959 Joint Committee on Atomic Energy hearings
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