results which, however, have 1..t heen serious.
There was some discussion of the finding of Co-60,
PACIFIC
OCEAN
SAMPLING
(continued )
Zn-65 and Fe-59 in marine materials.
DR. SEYMOUR
concluded by describing the two-volume report of
the Japanese data recently published by the English.
MR. JEROME TAPE of the Brookhaven National Laboratory was then
introduced to tell of the reactor hazards study under way at
Brookhaven.
He spoke of its initiation as a result
of a request by the Joint Committee for information.
The purpose of this report is to determine as nearly
as possible what the damage would be in case a reactor
BNL
REACTOR
were to be involved in a serious disaster.
The
problem has been based upon two possibilities; one,
STUDY
as a runaway in which all of the fission products
are contained within the sealed building and the
other, is the case in which there is a breach of
the container by which all of the fission products
escape. The final report of this study will be ready by
January 1, 1956 but much of it will probably be in the nature of
suggesting further studies.
DR. DUNNING was then asked to present the proposed offsite radiation
levels for weapons testing.
NEVADA
OFFSITE
RADIATION
LEVELS
He distributed the staff paper (141-33)
which presents the figures given to the ACBM at
the last meeting.
DR. DUNNING expressed the opinion
that the weapons group can conduct the necessary
tests within the limits of these criteria.
DR. DUNHAM asked that the recommendations be considered by the Committee. After a brief discussion,
it was moved that a statement be prepared and sub-
mitted as follows:
Tae trend in thinking of the International Commission on
Radiological Protection, The National Committee on
Radiation Protection, and the National Academy of
Sciences is toward more restrictive criteria for
standards of radiation protection.
In light of the above, it is recommended that
radiclogical safety criteria for exposures to
gamma radiation from fallout to populations around
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