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BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
The importance of this agreement to poo! the resources of ABCC and of thefpublic health
facilities of the Japanese Government in a common enterprise can‘scarcely be
eremphasized.
Sources of vital statistics and means of tracing migrants that ABCC alone could
will now be available to investigators. Advice in the design and conduct of the
not. command
sfudies will be
freely offered by the leaders in public health in Japan, and the local andnational préstige of
the program will thereby be enhanced. The studies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki fire of international interest; their international repute will undoubtedly grow as it becomeg recognized
that they are truly a joint enterprise of Japanese and American scientists.
The possibilities of bone marrow transplantation in man and the results oO| expeviments
with mice were discussed in the Quarterly Progress Report, April—June 1957] Marrow transplants from another animal of the same species (homologous transplants) hav apparently been’
effective inmonkeys as well'as'mice: Homologous transplants in man have
bern tried thus
far only on a few patients with aplastic anemia, a disease which results in thefloss of ability
of the marrowto produce new cells; no successful transplants have been repoyted to date.-
The feasibility of bone marrowy transplants in humans remains an intrigu g; problem that
is being attacked by a number of scientists in different fields of biology, medjFine, and chemistry. Abone marrow conference was held October 10—11, 1957, in Boston, assachusetts.
Another conference: was planned for January 11, 1958, in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING NUCLEAR INCIDENTS
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BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS INHUMANS
Coordinated organizational plans and operating procedures are being es
ration for emergency actions to deal with nuclear incidents. A procedure h
blished in prepaalready been set
emergency situations that might arise in transporting, storing, and handling
uclear weapons.
being made for the training of AEC and other Federal, state, and local grou
, such as law
up through the joint effort of the AEC and the Department of Defense for cop g with specific
This capability is being extended to relate to all AEC and licenseeincidents and plans are
enforcement and public health agencies. These plans will provide for the tr ining and equipping of emergency teams and will establish procedures to facilitate their p mpt dispatch to
the site of an incident. Existing field procedures for handling on-site and o -site incidents
ese coordinated
are being reviewed to permit the full utilization of existing capabilities in
plans. (End of UNCLASSIFIED section.)
CIVIL EFFECTS EXERCISE ‘1-1
A civil effects exercise for radiological assessment and reclamation
was conducted at the Nevada Test Site December 10-11,'1957. An excele
ercise was provided by the safety shot fired December 9, which deposited
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houses remaining from the 1955 civil effects tests (Operation TEAPOT)
contaminated areas
setting for the ex-
out on ‘three |
aifounting to about
50-60 milliroentgens 30 hours after the shot. These structures and con
inated areas were
utilized to obtain information on decontamination techniques, and areas wifh
low-level contamination were used for the orientation and training of personnel. (
—SECTIOT.
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