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Finan, William F., Assistant General Manager for Regulation and Safety. 137, 456
Olson, Loren K., General Coursel_ _ _

Lowenstein, Robert, Office of the General Counsel.

Woodruff, Dr. Nathan H., Director, Office of Health and Safety
Western, Dr. Forrest, Deputy Director, Office of Health and Safety-

STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES

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Tompkins, Dr. Paul C., Scientific Director, U.S. Naval Radiological De-
fense Laboratory-

Weber, Dr. Francis J., Chief, Division of Radiological Health, Bureau of

State Services, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education,

and Welfare

Williams, Dr. Charles R., assistant vice president, Liberty Mutual Insur-
ance Co

Wolman, Dr. Abel, professor, Department of Sanitary Engineering and

Water Resources, Johns Hopkins University-

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"Aging Process and Cancerogenesis," by Dr. G. Failla... ....
Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.-Seminar on economic and administrative
implications of radiation protection standards and criteria, May 10, 1960_
Comments on the subject "Radiation Protection Criteria and Standards:
Their Basis and Use,” by Willis Gale, president, Commonwealth Edison
Co____.

Comments, recommended changes, and requests for clarifications of AEC's
proposed criteria for guidance of States, by AFL-CIO__

"Concepts of Practical Application of Radiation Protection Criteria and
Standards," by Dr. Francis J. Weber...

Description of the Arimas River situation, by Dr. Francis J. Weber

"Evaluation of State Radiological Health Activities by the Public Health

Service Based on Findings in 40 States," study furnished by Dr. Francis

J. Weber

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Joint Committee press release, dated May 5, 1960, announcing the hearings
and outlining the topics and schedule of witnesses.

Lapp, Ralph E., supplementary statement submitted by

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"Radiation Standards," statement of the American Municipal Association
submitted by Patrick Healy, Jr., executive director_

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Somerville, Dr. A., supervisor, Radioisotope Laboratory, General Motors
Research Laboratories, General Motors Corp., statement by. -

"Summary of 1959 Radon Daughter Measurements," submitted by Duncan

A. Holaday.

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Supplementary material submitted by Lauriston S. Taylor..
Supplementary statement of Jack Schubert..

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Table III.—30-year per capita doses in the United States from radia-

tion sources.

Vander Weyden, Dr. A. J., Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Develop-

ment, AEC, statement by

CORRESPONDENCE INSERTED IN THE RECORD

Blasingame, Dr. F. J. L., American Medical Association, to Representative

Chet Holifield, dated May 25, 1960, relative to the hearings on radiation

protection criteria and standards

Brownlow, J. A., president, Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO, to

Senator Clinton P. Anderson and Representative Chet Holifield, dated

May 31, 1960, concurring in the testimony of Andrew Biemiller.

Good, Dr. C. Allen, Mayo Clinic, to Representative Chet Holifield, dated

May 17, 1960, concerning a representative from the American Roentgen

Ray Society appearing before the Joint Committee.

Kurlander, Dr. Árnold B., Acting Surgeon General, Public Health Service,
HEW, to James T. Ramey, Executive Director, JCAE, dated July 8,
1960, commenting on the suggestions of Dr. Irving Michelson..........

Luedecke, A. R., General Manager, AEC, to Senator Clinton P. Anderson,

dated February 12, 1960, concerning inspections to improve safety prac-

tices and measure radiation levels..

Ramey, James T., Executive Director, JCAE, to Leroy E. Burney, Surgeon
General, Public Health Service, HEW, dated June 15, 1960, concerning
proposed surveys and studies suggested by Dr. Irving Michelson - - - -
Stronach, William C., executive director, American College of Radiology,
to Representative Chet Holifield, dated May 24, 1960, declining the offer
to testify since so many of their directors are appearing at the hearings...

Townsend, Oliver, director, New York State Office of Atomic Develop-

ment, to Representative Chet Holifield, dated July 8, 1960, concerning

timelag between issuance of licenses to use atomic material and notifica-

tion of local governments._.

Wallhausen, C. W., vice president, United States Radium Corp., to Senator

Clinton P. Anderson, dated May 2, 1960, submitting their views in the

field of radioactivity.

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RADIATION PROTECTION CRITERIA AND
STANDARDS: THEIR BASIS AND USE

TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1960

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON RADIATION,
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY,
Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room P-63, the Capitol, Hon. Chet Holifield (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives Holifield, Price, Van Zandt, Hosmer, and Bates; Senators Aiken and Bennett.

Also present: James T. Ramey, executive director; Carey Brewer and George F. Murphy, professional staff members; Richard T. Lunger, Hal Hollister, and James E. Turner, technical consultants, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.

Representative HOLIFIELD. The committee will be in order.

Today the Special Subcommittee on Radiation of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy begins hearings on the basis and use of radiation protection criteria and standards.

The subject of radiation has been a continuing concern of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy since the committee was established in 1946. For more than a decade, members of this committee have participated in and vigorously supported the expansion of nuclear technology and the orderly application of this technology to peaceful as well as military uses. We have endeavored to insure that the full benefits of our nuclear resources will be enjoyed by the American people. At the same time, we have made every effort to understand and provide safeguards against the hazards posed by the increased development and use of these resources.

The work of the Special Radiation Subcommittee has been concerned mainly with the problems arising from the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to some extent from the radiation hazards associated with military uses of nuclear energy.

Related subjects of investigation and study by the Joint Committee in the past include the fallout hearings of 1957 and 1959 and the 1959 hearings on waste disposal, Federal-State relationships, and workmen's compensation.

One of the subjects often mentioned but never fully explored in the course of these past studies and investigations is that of "Radiation Protection Criteria and Standards."

The hearings beginning today are intended to cover this subject as thoroughly as possible, with particular emphasis on the basis and use of criteria and standards in radiation protection. Many of the

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