REPORT OF THE
UNITED NATIONSSCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
ON THE
EFFECTS OF ATO~IIC RADIATIONGENERAL ASSEMBLY

OFFICIAL RECORDS : TWENTY-FIRST SESSIONSUPPLEMENT No. 14 (A/ 6314)

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Annex D

UST OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE COMMITTEE
1. This annex lists reports received by the Committee from Governments andagencies of the United Nations between 10 July 1964 and 7 June 1966.

2. No documents were issued under symbols A/AC.82/G/L.1060 and
A/AC.82/G/L.1061.
3. Reports received by the Committee before 10 July 1964 were listed mannex I of its first report, annex J of its second and annex C of its third.

146

Country and title

Document No.

A/AC.82/G/L.

A/ AC.82/G/L.

J.~.PAX

949
950
951
952
953
954

C01111try and title

Document No.

Radioactive contamination of rice in Japan with reference to Sr-90 and Cs-137
content in rice until 1962.
Radioactive contamination of milk in Japan (1961-1963).
Japanese dietary habits and the fallout
problem-II.
E..xternal doses of radiation from fallout
in Tokyo and its vicinity.
Recent variation of atmospheric contentsof C-14 in Tokyo and transfer problem
of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Assay of strontium-90 in human bone inJapan, 1961-1963.

969

FRANCE
Contribution a l' etude de la radioactivite
du milieu ambiant pendant Jes annees
1960 a 1963, dans la region de Paris.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

970
971

972

Radiological Health Data, volume V,
No. 9, September 1964.
Health and Safety Laboratory fallout
program quarterly summary report, October 1, 1964. HASL-149.
Ichiban: The dosimetry program for nuclear bomb survivors of Hiroshima andNagasaki-A status report as of April
1, 1964. CEX-64.3.
UNITED KINGDOMAUSTRALIA

955

Strontium-90 in the Australian environment during 1962.

973

BELGIUM

INDIA

956

Measurements on the environmental radioactivity in India from nuclear weapon
tests data collected during 1962-63.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

957

958
959
960
961

Radiological Health Data, volume V,
No. 6, June 1964.
Fallout program quarterly summary report, July 1, 1964. HASL-146.
HASL contributions to the study of fallout in food chains, July 1, 1964. HASL147.
Spectrometric determination of dose rates
from natural and fallout gamma-radiationin the United States, 1962-63.
Radiological Health Data, volume V,
No. 7, July 1964.

La retombee radioactive mesuree
annee 1962.

975

Chromosome investigations on the embryoprogeny of male mice treated with 90 Sr.

SWEDEN

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

976
977
978

963

980

981

Annual report 1963-64. ARCRL-12.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

965

966
967

Radiological Health Data, volume V,
No. 11, November 1964.
Filter pack technique for classifying radioactive aerosols by particle size. Part 2-Isotopic fractionation with particle size.
ITALY

Farming practices and concentrations offission products in milk.
Background material for the developmentof radiation protection standards. FRC
report No. 5.
Radiation protection guidance for Federal
agencies.

982

983

984
SWEDEN968

7. Bericht der Eidg. Kommission zur
Uberwachung der Radioaktivitat zuhanden des Bundesrates fiir das Jahr 1963.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNITED KINGDOM

964

Radiological Health Data, volume V,
No. 10, October 1964.
Revised fallout estimates for 1964-1965
and verification of the 1963 predictions.
FRC report No. 6.
Summary report on fission product radioactivity in the air along the 80th meridian(West), 1957-1962. NRL-6104.
SWITZERLAXDUNITED STATES OF AMERICARadiological Health Data, volume V,
No. 8, August 1964.
Terrestrial and freshwater radioecology.
A selected bibliography-Supplement 2.

a Mo!,

974

979
962

Assay of strontium-90 in human bone in
the United Kingdom; Results for 1963,
Part II. MRC report No. 9.

Correlations between Cs137 fallout rates,
food levels and body burdens.

985
147

Data on environmental radioactivity collected in Italy (January-June 1963).
BI0/32/63.
FRANCE
Surveillance de la radioactivite, annee
1961.
Sun'eillance de la radioactivite, annee
1962.
Surveillance de Ja radioactivite, annee
1963.

Document No.

Co1111t1·s and title

Doc111nent No.

A/ AC.82/G/L.

A/AC.82/G/L.

UNITED STATES OF A~!ERICABELGIUM986
987

Com:try aud title

Controle radiologique de l'environnement
du C.E.N. a Mol.
La retombee radioactive mesuree a Mol.
Rapport d'avancement, annee 1963.

1006
1007

Malignant lymphoma in survivors of theatomic bomb in Hiroshima.
Terrestrial and freshwater radioecology.
A selected bibliography-Supplement 3.
TID-3910 (Suppl.3).

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

988

989

990
991

992

993
994
995

Radiological Health Data. volume V,
No. 12. December 1964.
Flight data and results of radiochemical
analyses of filter samples collected during
1961 and 1962 under Project Star Dust,
January 1, 1965. HASL-153.
Fallout program quarterly summary report, January 1. 1965. HASL-155.
Study of adolescents exposed in tttero to
the atomic bomb, Nagasaki. Japan. 1.
General aspects: clinical and laboratory
data.
Radiological Health Data, volume 6,
No. 1, January 1965.
The HASL surface air sampling program,summary report for 1963. HASL-156.
X-ray equipment survey in Polk County,
Florida. September 1961-August 1963.
Procedure for determination of stableelements and raclionuclides in environmental samples.

SWEDEN

1008

Radioactive fall-out in air and rain; results to the middle of 1964. AERE-R4687.

X-ray

UNITED KINGOOJI!

1009

Assay of strontium-90 in human bone in
the United Kingdom. Results for 1964,
Part I. MRC report No. 10.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1010

Radiological HealthNo. 4, April 1965.

Data. volume 6,

AUSTRALIA

1011

Strontium-90 in the Australian environment during 1963.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1012

UNITED KINGDOM

996

Genetic effects of supra-lethal
treatment of male mice.

Background material for the developmentof radiation protection standards. Protective action guides for strontium-89,
strontium-90 and cesium-137. FRC report
No. 7.
UNITED STATES OF A:-.rnRICA

1013

Radiological Health Data. volume 6,
No. 5. May 1965.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

997
998

Radiological Health Data, volume 6,
No. 2. February 1965.
Atmospheric radioactivity and fallout
research. TID-12616 (Rev .2).

ITALY

1014

BI0/04/64.
UNITED STATES OF A~IERICAUNITED KINGDOM

999

Interim report: Radioactivity
1964. ARCRL-13.

111

milk,

1015
1016

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1000

1001
1002

1003

Radiological Health Data. volume 6.
No. 3. March 1965.
The central nervous system in leukemia.
Fallout program quarterly summary report. HASL-158.
Carbon-14 measurements in the atmosphere-1953 to 1964. HASL-159.

1017
1018
1019
1020

UNITED Kn\GDOllr

1004

Fallout program quarterly summary report, July 1, 1965. HASL-161.
-~ging in Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors.
Autopsy study of leukemia in Hiroshima.
Radiological Health Data. i:olume 6,
No. 6. June 1965.
:Measurement of the exposure of humanpopulations to environmental radiation.
Distribution of strontium-90 in surface
air during 1963.
INTERNATIONAL ATOJl!IC ENERGYAGENCYInterim report: Radioactivity in milk,
1964. ARCRL-13.

1021

SWEDEN

1005

Data on environmental radioactivity collected in Italy (July-December 1963).

The occurrence of Cs137 in Swedish food.
especially dairy milk, and in the humanbody after the nuclear test explosions in
1961 and 1962.

Panel on the molecular basis of radiosensitivity (Lt\EA. reports PL-l 15/1PL-115/12
UNITED STATES OF A:\IERICA

1022
148

?lfedical uses of radium and radium substitutes.

1Document No.

Dornment No.

Co1111trj• and title

A/AC.82/G/L.
1023

A/AC.82/G/L.

Study of adolescents exposed in. utero to
the atomic bomb, Nagasaki, Japan. II.
Growth and development.

1040

Precipitation as a cause of seasonal andlatitudinal variations in radioactive fallout.

1041

U !\ION OF SovIET SocrALIST REPUBLICS

1025
1026
1027

Pa,11;noaKTTIBIInre mrna,n;enua na TeppIITopnn CCCP B 1963 roµ;y.
Co;:i;epiKarme CTpOBIQIJI-90 B KOCTHO.tt nmnn naceJenn.a ConeTcKoro Com:rn B 19591963 ro,11.ax.
XapaKTepIIcTIIBa paµ;uoaETilllHOro aarpJiaHemrn 6IIOJIOTIIlJeCKOtt n;erlO'IKil MOX-o.1eHnlle.10BeK na Epa.ttneM ceBepe CCCP n
1961-1964 ro,n;ax.

1029

1030
1031

Offsite ecological research of the Divisionof Biology and Medicine-Terrestrial andFreshwater. TID-13358 (Rev.2).
Radiological Health Data, volume 6,
No. 7, July 1%5.
The HASL bone program 1961-1964.
HASL-163.
Behavior of certain raclionuclides released
into freshwater environments; annual
report 1959-1960.
(ZECHOSLOVAKIA

1032

Relationship of radiosensitivity to the rateof growth.

1042
1043

1034

Estudio de evoluci6n de materiales radioactivos en el medio terrestre. Informe
No. 133.
Radioestroncio y estroncio estable en loshuesos y dietas de los nifios. Informe
No. 149.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1035

1044

1036

1045
1045/
Revl.

1046
1047

1048

1050

1051

1053

Strontium-90 in the Australian environment, 1961 to 1963.
Meteorological implications of measurements of strontium-90 in Australia.

Measurements of airborne radioactive
fallout in India. A.E.E.T.-208.
Fission products data and its application in studying fallout from nuclear
weapon tests. A.E.E.T.-209.
Strontium-90 content of food samples inIndia. Data summary through 1963.
A.E.E.T./ A.:M./40.
UNITED KlNGDO~!

1054

Survey of radionuclides of natural origin
in the soil-vegetation-human food chain.

Radioactive fallout in air and rain. Results
to the middle of 1965. AERE-R 4997.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1055

The effect on the length of life in theoffspring of X-irradiated male mice.

1056
Radiological Health Data,
No. 9, September 1965.

Natural environmental radioactivity. An
annotated bibliography. W ASH-1061.
Radiological Health Data, volume 6.
No. 10, October 1965.
Project Springfield report. DASA-1517.

l.NnIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1039

Interim report on naturally occurring
radionuclides in human tissues.
Report on naturally occurring radionuclides in human tissues.

AUSTRALIASWEDEN

1038

Japan.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FooD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION/
IxTEIL~ATIONAL Aro~uc ENERGYAGENCY

1037

Radioactivity survey data in
Number 5. November 1964.
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC EXERGY
AGENCY1052

Radiological Health Data, volume 6,
No. 8. August 1965.
Fallout program quarterly summary report, October 1, 1965. HASL-164.

Annual report 1964-65. ARCRL 14.
Assay of strontium-90 in human bone in
the United Kingdom: Results for 1964,
Part II. MRC report No. 11.
}APAN

1049

.ARGENTINA

1033

8. Bericht der Eidg. Kommission zur
Uberwachung der Radioaktivitat zuhanden des Bundesrates fiir das Jahr 1964.
UNITED KINGDOMUNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1028

Iodine-131 in children's thyroids fromenvironmental e.'{posure.

S \YITZERLAl\"'D

NORWAY

1024

Countr:y and title

volume 6,

1057
149

Radiological Health Data. volume 6,
No. 12, December 1965.
Radiological Health Data. volume 6,
No. 11. November 1965.
Radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons
tests.

Document No.

Dot:1lment No.

C01mtry and title

A/AC.82/G/L.
Health and Safety Laboratory fallout
1058
program quarterly summary report, January 1, 1966. HASL-165.
Carbon-14 measurements in the atmos1059
phere. HASL-166.
1062

1063

1064

1065
1066

1067
1068

ITALY
Data on environmental radioactivity collected in Italy, Jan.-June 1964. BIO/
08/64.
UNITED STATES OF A~ERICA
Late irradiation effects conference.
WASH-1059.
BELGIUMLa retombee radioactive mesuree a MolA.nnee 1964. R2348.
AUSTRALIA
Concentration of caesium-137 in Australian milk during 1963.
Concentration of caesium-137 in Australian milk during 1964.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICARadiological Health Data and Reports,
volume 7. No. 1, January 1966.
Atmospheric radioactivity in Antarctica,
1956-1963. NRL 6341.

1069

1070

DENMARK
Sr-90 in human bone-Denmark 19621964.

1071
1072

1073

1074

FooD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION/
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGYAGENCY
Dietary levels of strontium-90, caesiurn137 and iodine-131 for the years 1964-66.

1076

1077

1080
1081
1082
1083

1084
1085
1086
1087

1090
1091
1092
1093
1094
1095
1096

in Japan.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The global strontium 90 budget.
Retained thorium dioxide media in seminal vesiculography.
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
CpaBHHTem.m.m aHUII3 rJIOOaJU,HEIX Blilnaii;emrtt npoii;yxTOB JI,il;epmn: Bapmon Ha
MaTeprnm n o&eam;r.
I\. on;erure o6mero ROlIII1IecTBa CTpO~JI-90
B M1Ip01lOM o&eaHe.
OcHOBBEe 11epTiiI rJiooaJILHoro pacrrpeµ;eJieHII.lI CTpOHD;Il.H-90 Ha nonep:mocTn MnpoBOro oxeaHa (1960-1961 rr.).
IlocTyrrllemie npO,JcyRTOil IICilhITaIDI:li .H)J;epHOro opy;ITTrn naceJennro ConeTC:&oro Coroaa c IIIImeBWI pan;nOHOM n BO,ll;Ott B 19631964 ro;i;ax.
Cop;eparnHne ctponrrmr-90 n Kocrnofi TRann: Hace.llemrn: CCCP ( 11mTepna.JII:iI 1964
ro;i;a).
K Bonpocy o co;J;epmamm n;eaHJI-137 B
KOCTHOil TRalllI tieJOBe&a.
K nonpocy o pacnpeii;e.mmII cTpOHD;II.H-90
Il CReJeTe B3p0CJI0f0 tieJOBe&a.
HccJiep;onaHne BKCTparnponammx ayoon&alt MeTO)J; ~mCCOBOro :&OHTpOJJI aa coii;epil\aHIIeM CTpOllD;illl-90 B opraHJiaMe JIIDii;ett.
Her.OTOpLie rnrne1TIPiecmre acne:&m rrpo6JieMLI paii;nJI-226.
HerwTOpLie ii;amrne o aanncmrocm Me;IGJ;ycoii;epiRanneM CTpOIDl;IIJI-90 n n;ean.H-137 B
or.pyma10mett cpeii;e n oprannaMe .ll.10,n;ett.
lIOBe)J;eIDie J;JIBLIX opraHil3MOB B IlOJIJIX
naJIY1J ellliil.
K nonpocy o ceaoRl1nIX :&o.11e6annm: paii;nolJYBCTBIITeJDHOCTII EpOJIIIBOB.
K nonpocy 06 oomnx IIpOOlieMax paii;nolJYBCTBIITeJbIIOCTH opramrnMa.
0 IlOCTyrrJleHil!I CTp0~-90 B pacTeHilJl'.
l{ norrpocy 06 nayqeHIIH ljJopM nocryn.ileHnsr He:&OTOpm: IIpO)J;Jl\TOB J,elieIIIIJI Ha
aeMHJIO nonepxHocn.
Oco6eHHocTH pacnpeii;eJeHHJI ,CTpOHD;IIJI-90
B pa3.1JiltIIILIX mnax rrolffi enponefic&oft
11acm CCCP n 1961 roey.
0 no;inn:rarnocTH n ~opMax naxoa;JJ;eHHSICTpOIDl;IIH-90, CTaO!IJI:.HOfO CTpOHD;IIJI H
R3JibD;JI.ll B ii;epHOB0-IIO)J;30J!IlCTOtt n qeprro:ie~mott rrotIBax.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1097

STATES OF A~tERICA
Fallout program quarterly summary report, April 1, 1966. HASL-171.
Radiological Health Data and Reports.
volume 7, No. 2. February 1966.
UNITED

1075

1078
1079

1089

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Flight data and results of radiochemical
analyses of filter samples collected during
1963 under Project Stardust. HASL-168.
Flight data and results of radiochemical
analyses of filter samples collected during
1964 under Project Stardust. HASL-169.

JAPANRadioactivity survey data
Number 7, May 1965.

A/AC.82/G/L.

1088

UNITED KINGDOMInterim report : Radioactivity m milk,
1965. ARCRL-15.

C01mtry and title

Radiological Health Data and Reports.
volume 7. No. 3. March 1966.
UNITED KINGDOM

1098

SWEDEN
Placental transfer of strontium 85 in mice.
150

Assay of strontium-90 in human bone in
the United Kingdom: Results for 1965,
part 1. with some further results for 1963
and 1964. l'vfRC report No. 12.

Country and title

Dornmmt No.

Document No.

A/AC.82/G/L.

A/ AC.82/G/L.
SWEDEN

1099

Preliminary report on X-ray inductionof recessive lethals in mouse spermatogonia.
UNITED KrNGDO:\!

1100

Co1mtr;y and title

Traits in man whose frequencies appear
to be preponderantly determined byrecurring mutations on the X chromo-151

some. A note on birth frequencies andmutation rates.

A/AC.82/G/R.
UNITED STATES OF A~rERICA

225/
Health and Safety Laboratory manual of
Add.10 standard procedures. Inserts and addenda,
NY0-4700.
225/
1\fanual of standard procedures-NYOAdd.11 4700. Addendum.

APPENDIXI

LIST OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS, MEMBERS OF NATIONAL DELEGATIONSThe scientific experts who took part in the preparation of the present report
while attending Committee sessions as members of national delegations arelisted below.
Dr. A. L. Garay
Dr. C. R. Gonzalez

ARGENTINA

Dr. D. Beninson (Representa.tive)
Dr. A. Placer
Dr. E. Van der Elst

SWEDEN

Professor B. Lindell (Representative)
Professor R. M. Sievert (Representative)
Professor: T. Caspersson
Professor K. G. Liining
Dr. A. Nelson

AUSTRALIA

Mr. D. J. Stevens (Representative)
BELGIU:\I

Professor J. A. Cohen (Representative)
Professor F. H. Sobels

UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUllLICS

Professor A. M. Kuzin (Representative)
Mr. G. Apollonov
Professor N. P. Dubinin
Dr. I. L. Karol
Dr. A. I. Kulak

BRAZIL

Professor L. R. Caldas (Representative)
Professor C. Pavan ( Represent.ative)
CANADA

UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC

Dr. G. C. Butler (Representative)
Dr. A. H. Booth
Dr. W. E. Grummitt
Dr. H. B. Newcombe

Dr. M. E. A. El-Kharadly (Rep1·ese11tative)
Dr. S. E. Hashish
UNITED KINGDO:\f OF GREAT BRITAINCZECHOSLOVAKIAAND NORTHERN IRELAND

Professor F. Hercik (Representative)
Dr. V. Zeleny (Representative)

Dr. E. E. Pochin (Representative)
Dr. W. G. Marley
Professor \V. V . .Mayneord
Dr. R. S. Russell
Professor A. C. Stevenson

FRANCE

Dr. H. P. Jammet (Representative)
Mr. M. Gras
Dr. G. Lambert
Professor J. Lejeune

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dr. R. H. Chamberlain (Representative)
Dr. S. Abrahamson
Dr. A. M. Brues
Dr. D. Chadwick
Mr. J. W. Clifford
Dr. C. Dunham
Dr. C. W. Edington
Dr. J. H. Harley
Dr. P. C. Nowell
Dr. J. Rivera
Dr. W. L. Russell
Dr. P. C. Tompkins
Dr. S. \Varren
Dr. M. R. Zelle

INDIA

Dr. A. R. Gopal-Ayengar (Representative)JAPAN

Dr. K. Tsukamoto (Representative)
Dr. E. Tajima
Dr. Y. Tazima
Dr. N. Yamagata!ITEx1coDr. ::.1. ::\fartinez-Bf1ez (Representative)
Dr. F. Alba Andrade

152

APPENDIX:IIUST OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS WHO HAVE CO-OPERATED WITH THE COi\llUITTEEIN THE PREPAR.\TION OF THE REPORT
Dr. R. Berger
Dr. Y. Feige
Dr. S. Hajdukovic
Dr. J. Liniecki

Dr. F. Sella
Dr. A. D. Tates
Dr. A. B. Tsypin
Dr. H. Volchok

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