Research and Development in Progress: Biomedical and Environmental Research Program

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1972

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4566881· OSTI ID:4566881

Stannard, J. Newell ^[1]; Baxter, R. C. ^[1]; Byfield, J. E. ^[2]; Gaffey, C. T. ^[3]; Haber, A. H. ^[4]; Colón, Julio I. ^[5]; Gonzalez, F. W. ^[6]; Robertson, J. S. ^[6]; Rockstein, Morris L. ^[7]; Springer, Georg F. ^[8]; Bruce, A. K. ^[9]; Stumpf, Walter E. ^[10]; Skinner, D. M. ^[4]; Papaconstantinou, John ^[4]; Strnad, Bruce C. ^[4]; Handel, Mary Ann ^[4]; Delcour, Jean ^[4]; Dumont, James N. ^[4]; DuBrul, Ernest F. ^[4]; Finamore, F. J. ^[4]

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1. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
2. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
3. University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
5. Puerto Rica Nuclear Center, San Juan, PR (United States)
6. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
7. Univ. of Miami, FL (United States)
8. Evanston Hospital, IL (United States)
9. State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY (United States)
10. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)

The ultimate goal of the Biological, Medical, and Environmental Research Program is to provide a body of scientific information which can be used to evaluate the possible hazardous effects of nuclear developments on man and his environment. The research emphasis is expected to be responsive to the changing needs of a rapidly developing energy program to ensure that the various activities are pursued with due regard to the health and safety not only of the workers directly, but also large segments of the human population and the natural systems that make up their environment. Several broad research areas and their specific objectives are: 1. In the area of interaction of radiation with biological systems: a. To formulate general principles of radiation effects on living organisms including man; b. To understand the cellular, subcellular and molecular basis of radiation damage and its repair. 2. In the area of assessment, evaluation, and control of radiation exposure to man and his environment: a. To understand the various routes by which potentially hazardous radioelements can affect man or his environment; b. To develop means for monitoring as well as improving the safe operations of nuclear energy programs. 3. In the area of beneficial applications of radionuclides and radiation: a. To discover and promote beneficial uses of special radioactive materials or accelerator radiation for medical, biological or agricultural research; b. To establish safety and wholesomeness of foods preserved by irradiation. In the following pages, the individual projects of the Program are presented, by category, in the form of summaries furnished by the investigators to Science Information Exchange of the Smithsonian Institution.

• Research Organization: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Washington, DC (United States). Division of BIomedical and Environmental Research; Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Division of Technical Information Extension (DTIE)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(30-1)-49; AT(04-1)GEN-12; W-7405-ENG-48
• NSA Number: NSA-27-009809
• OSTI ID: 4566881
• Report Number(s): TID-4060(2nd Ed.)
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Indexes prepared by Technical Information Center (AEC), Oak Ridge, Tenn. UNCL. Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-73
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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