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# INFORMATION REPORT## CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC.This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C..Secs. 793.and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-LCOUNTRY Austria/USSR/International/Belgium/Sweden REPORT NO. OO--3,203,411SUBJECT Symposium on Radiological Health and Safety DATE DISTR. 3 Dec 63in Nuclear Materials Mining and Milling NO. PAGES 7Held in Vienna 25-31 Aug 63 Under Axepicesthe International Atomic Energy Agancy,the International Labor Organisation, and theWorld Health Organization (IAZA-ILO-NO)/USER REFERENCES Case 40170 0-313-07Research and Practice in These Subjects ASDisclosed at the Symposium/Visits to RelatedLavoratories in Belgium and Sweden: (1) Laboratories. Du Centre D'EtudieDe L'Energie Nucleaire, Mol, Belgium; (2) Division of Radiobiology, Re-search Institute of National Defense, Stockholm, Sweden, and (3) Fors-svarets Forskningsanstalt, Research Institute of National Defense, StockzDATE OF INFO.PLACE &DATE ACQ. Vienna, Mol, Stocckolm Aug Sep 63SOURCE: US nuclear biologist.THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATIONHe is head of the pharmacology operation of a major US atomic labora-tory.1. In late August 1963 I attended the Symposium on Radiological Health and Safety in Nuclear Materials Mining and Milling held in Vienna, Austria. The symposium vas under auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the International Labor Office, and the World Health Organization. In early September 1963 I visited related laboratories as follows; (1) Laboratories Du Centre D'Etudic Nucleaire, Mol, Belgium; (2) Division of Radiobiology, Research Institute of National Defense, Stockholm, Sweden, and (3) Forsvarets Forskningsanstalt, Research Institute of National Defcase, Stockholm, Sweden.2. Due to a misunderstanding in the USSR, the topics covered by the symposium were not known sufficiently in advance for Soviet scientists to contribute papers on other than nuclear toxicology. Therefore, Soviet Delegate. Tschecnokow briefly discussed USSR uranium mine health practices which included three areas of activity:(1) Maximin efforts are taken to suppress dust at the source, and mines are well ventilated; (2) Personnel protective devices, such as respiratorý násko and filters, are used, and (3) Preventive health or propliylactic pro cedures include assignment of mine vorkers to a sanitarium for one month each year.io kidney damage or other pathology apparently has been seen as a result of uraniva mining activities in the USSE. There was no mention of cancer due to this activity. Four papers' from the USSR dealt with laboratory studies on the toxicology of internal cmitters. Most Soviet studies involved intratracheal administration of the isotopes -- although it was brought out that the importance of inhalation as a route of entry is being recognized. The symposium brought together a world cross section of scientific disciplines for discussion of uranium mining and milling hazards. Details of all of this are given in my trip report which follows:3. IAEA, ILO, and WHO Symposium on Radiological Health and Safety in Nuclear Materials Mining and Milling, Vienna, Austria, August 26-31, 1963. Visits were also made to the following laboratories:C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-LSTATE ARMY NAVY AIR FBI AECGROUP 1Excluded frew autematicdowngrading and:declassificationINFORMATIONCONTROLLED NO DISSEM ABROAD NO FOREIGN EXDISSEM: The dissemination of this document is limited to civilian employees and active duty military personnel within the intelligence compor of the USIB member agencies, and to thore senior officials of the member agencies who must act upon the information. However, unless specifically contre participating in the production of National Intelligence, IT SHALL NOT BE DISSEMINATED TO CONTRACTORS. It shall not be disseminated to orga tions or personnel, including consulterais, under a contractual relationship to the U.S. Government without the written permission of the originatos.