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r«N?«ui In tne iall ot l960, tne ^6vi8orv commii.ttee on 0ivil veten8e ot tne Hational ^ca6emv 01 3cience8 va8 reque8te6 bv tne »ttice ot Livil an6 veten8e Kodili2ation to provi6e a6vice on tne de8t proce6ure tor a88e88in8 6amaÃe to live8tock troln ra6ioactive tallout, particularlv in connection vitd tne mi88ion ot tne llational Ke8ource8 l3valuation 0enter. ?ertinent paraÃrapd8 ot tne letter containinà tdi8 reque8t vere: "Ine 6amaÃe a88e88ment in live8tock a8 a re8ult ot nuclear veapon8 relate8 not onlv to tne imne6iate ettect8 8ucn a8 ca8ualtie8 pro» 6uce6, extent ot dla8t 6amaÃe, an6 tallout da2ar68, dut al8o to tne evaluation ot 8ucn tdinÃ8 a8 too6 an6 me6ical 8upplie8, an6 to otner re8ource8 important to tne ren2dilitation an6 recon8truction ot tne countrv an6 it8 econcm^. In evaluatinà tne too6 8ituation, it i8 nece88arv to e8timate tne ettect8 ot an attack upon live8tock. 3ince mo8t live8tock vill de devon6 tne ranÃe ot tne initial ettect8 ot tne veapon8, tne prodlem pre6ominantlv i8 tdat ot e8timatinà tne ettect8 01 tallout ra6iation expo8ure. Ãanv ot tne animal8 likelv voul6 de in tne open an6 voul6 receive ra6iation 6amaÃe trom external expo8ure to Ãamma ra6iation an6 external deta ra6iation, a8 vell a8 trom tde ra6ioactive material inÃe8te6. Otder anImal8 voul6 de in a darn or un6er 8ome cover an6 voul6 de te6 trom re8erve 10o6 8upplie8. In tdi8 ca8e onlv tne ettect8 ot external expo8ure to Ãamma ra6iation nee6 de con8i6ere6. ^n6, tinall^, tdere voul6 de tne ca8e ot animal8 8imilar1v protecte6, dut te6 contaminate6 too6 8upplie8. In tdi8 ca8e tde comdination ot external ÃaMMa ra6iation plu8 6amaÃe trom internal emitter8 mu8t de con8i6ere6." ^ccor6inÃlv, tne ^6vi8orv 0ommittee on <üivil veten8e e8tadli8ne6 a Ãroup to meet tne reque8t. ^t it8 tir8t meetinÃ8 tne Ãroup ma6e 8everal interim 8uÃÃe8tion8 in re8pon8e to 8pecitic que8tion8. Ine Ãroup va8 e8tadli8ne6 a8 a 8emi»permanent 8udcommittee to reviev tne intormation availadle, an6 to reiine an6 exten6 tne "de8t e8tinmte8" on vdicn tne interim 8uÃÃe8tion8 vere da8e6. Idi8 i8 tde 3udcommittee'8 report. I.. 3. Iavlor, 0dairman ^6vi8orv 0ommittee on 0ivil veten8e
30Ml^v l l. I«MOiwciio« 2 l.l INl!C Ki88ion, ?acilit^, an6 ?roce6ure8 3 l.2 3pecial M^l^ ?rodlem8 Involvinà 1,ive8tock 3 l .2 3udcommittee ^pproacn 4 l.4 ?allout I^pe8 5 l.5 Iime an6 Inten8itv ot Lxpo8ure 6 l.6 vi8tridution ot ?allout ? 2. erraci8 o? LXI^I^l. IWI2I«L «^vi^no« o« r^ii« ^i«/^3 9 2.l 3pecie8, Kate, an6 ljualitv vitterence8 ot Lann>m I5xpo8ure8 ^ 9 2.2 Lttect8 on cattle l0 2.3 Lttect8 on Lurro8 ll 2.4 Lttect8 on Loat8 l2 2.5 Lttect8 on 3vine l2 2.6 Lttect8 on ?oultrv l4 2.7 äummar^ c,t Ka6iation Lttect8 on ?oo6-?ro6ucinà Kammal8 an6 ?oultrv l5 2. LrreciZ rkon i«0l!3iiW o? ?i33ioli rkoo0ci3 l9 2.l LioloÃical Lttect8 on roo6-?ro6ucinà ^nimal8 l9 3.2 Ka6ioactive Icxline, 3trontium, an6 0e8ium l9 3.3 Ketadolic an6 Ioxicitv IntolTmation on Io6ine»l2l 20 3.4 Ketadolic an6 Ioxicitv Intormation on 3trontium-9O 22 3.5 «etadolic an6 Ioxicitv Iniormation on 0e8ium-l37 22 2.6 comdine6 Lttect8 22 4. IM^Kll^l. l!X?c)3UK3 10 eäwlä ^«v LLI^ «>^8 25 4.l Innalation Na2ar6 25 4.2 InÃe8 tion Na2ar6 26 4.3 Ine ^66e6 Na2ar6 to ^nimal8 ot 0on8ume6 ki88ion ?ro6uct8 28 5. L??Lci3 0? coni^ci «IIN kknio^ciivR K^iLki>i.3 30 5.l Lxternal Lttec t8 (Ka6iation Lurn8) 30 5.2 Lurn Ivpe8 30
6. ^«Vl^l.3 äIW ?0Ul.N^ ^3 30IN0l!3 or ?00v 33 6.l Utili2atlon ot ^nimal8 l!xpo8e6 to 1otal-Lo6^ Ka6iation 33 6.2 Utili2ation ot Internallv Lxpo8e6 ^nimal8 33 6.3 ^88e88inà tde Na2ar6 ot U8inà l'ocxl trom Lxpo8e6 ^nimal8 33 6 .4 Utili2ation ot ?oultrv 36 6.5 ?oo6 Value ot ^nimal8 l!xpo8e6 to 2la8t an6 Neat 36 7. LX?08UKL or il/^niL i.i?k: 3? 7.l Lttect8 ot Kxpo8ure 3? 7.2 Utili2ation a8 ?oo6 37 8. 8INH.HV, 3Lx0äi., Le«Liic, ^!w LtV^oi.c)0ic LrrLci3 39 8.l «ale 3terilit^ 39 8.2 ?emale 3terilit^ 39 8.3 LmdrvoloÃic Lttecti8 40 8.4 Lenetic Lttect8 on Kanmml8 40 8.5 3terilit^ in ?oultrv 4l 9. rk01601IVL 00N3IvLl^1I0«8 rok N03L^MMH 42 9.l Leneral 0ui6ance 42 9.2 Iutilitv ot Inerap^ 43 9.3 ?rotection trc>m ^allout 43 9.4 ?e«6inà ?ractice8 43 9.5 3ome 3pecial ?rodlem8 44 l0. KL36äK0N ^W3 45 l0.l ?n^ical vata 45 l0.2 LioloÃical vata 45 l0.3 veten8ive Kea8ure8 46 ^r?l!M)ix ä. Lioi.00I0^l. ^V^Il^LHHX 0? r^i^00I I« kni^iio« 10 I13 vI3NILU1I0ll 4? ^rrLlwIX L. KUI.Iir^!ÃL rä0I0K3 rok ?L8KI33ILl^ 00t«:Ml1l^1I0«3 (Lxplanation tor Iadle X) 56 ^rrlüwix 0. L31I«^II0H or INL ^ooeo N^2^lU1 10 l.IVL3100X ?K0» 00N3UKL1> ?I33I0H rK0vU013 6l ^rrlüwix o. c0«?01>II0N 0? I^^^ v03L 10 INM0H13 0? ä0M.13 ätll) 0NIU)KI:« rkWl 0KI«XI«0 Knx ?0l.1.0UIN0 «U0l^^K ^n^cii 65 KLrL«.L«0l23 70 IlMkX 89 vl