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Dear Hr. Dailands:
This refers to your letter of May 20, 1963 in chich you acked so'reral qwrotions concerning the Advicory Con:sittee on Reactor safeguards.
tiith referenco to your first question, there are cet out bolow brint-accounts of the background and czporio::ce of 2:assrs, no;crs cud j
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Ur. Donald A. to;cre, presently a privato consultant, una until recently accaciated with Allied Chenical Corporation.
Ha served as chemical engineer and Advisory Ensincer of its Atmoepharic Hitrosen and solvay Process Divisions fre:s 1924 to 1951,.as 11ansgar of central Engineering fron 1951 to j
1959, and as Director of Pro,1cet Analysis, cantent naccarch i
j Laboratory from 1959 to 1962. Ha was an instructor in
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1924. Mr. nogors hno had 12 years oparicaca in reactor cafety natters as a member of the present statutory AC23 i
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Er. Rogers' cpecial fields include desicu and operation o
of high prosauro systens and Larac-scale che:sical processing
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i He is a ncmbar of ths Eucioar Subco:ssittee of the ASPJd toilor and Proasuro Vcanal Co:nittco.
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l Ur. Raus! C. Otrattoa, presently a consulting engincar, tan until recently Assistant Director of !Lsscarch in chstgo of chemical, ensinocrina and nuclear rensarch, Travelers In-suranco crepanies with which he has been affiliated sinca 1919. He was Accietant chief Chemist with New Departura Hs.nufacturina comany fron 1916 to 1917 and clu:nist with Scov111a Manufacturing Cag any in 1916. Mr. Stratton, as a ete::siesioned officer, carved as Annistant Director of cafety oi tha Office, Chief of ordnance (Army). In this capacity he l
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i Ifr. J. n. ncitands JUL 111963 directed the cafety engineering cervice in cat pic5:s, both govern: cent and privstely canod, cubject to Office, Chief of Ordnance jurisdiction, within which celosivos, j
cucunition, or pyrotechnics vara manufactured, loaded, tested or stored. !!r. Stratton reprecanted the Joint Amy4avy fe:::2uniton Storage Ecard during th: investi-cation of catastrophic involving 1crua quantitics of j
enlosives. For 12 years tir. Stratton has boca a cember 1
of tha statutory ACp4 and the reactor cafety advicory ccc::sittees which preceded the ctatutory t.CaS.
Dr. Charles R. Willic:ns roccived his pH.D. fras Harvard University in 1934. no is Assistant Vice President, j
Liberty Mutual Insuranco Co:::pany (Director of Industrial 11ygiene and 11anaging Director Hopkinton Rascarch Center.
l Inse-Prevention Dapart:: ent). na is also Professor of Applied Industrial Hygicum at the Harvard University l
School of Public Realth. Dr. Willia:as is past president J
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boon a me:nber of the ACRS for four and one-half years j
cad is presently its Vice-Chairman. Dr. U1111c=s' es.
u perience includes prevention of occupational diceano
'pd fro toxic natorials and control of radiation exposure.
Ils has also worked cztensively sinca 1947 on identifica.
I tion of fallout constituents. He is a certified health 27 j physiciet and industrial hysienice, j
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-.71 You have inquired whether cartcin of the ucchers of the Ac:ts "hava
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contracts for research, teschirc or any other purposo, fro:2 the i
Atc." You also ach how cany me:2bero of tha present staff of the Acns have previously served as consultants or advisors to the Atc. During l
g tha past several years the AEC has had research contracts with and l
has mado research grants to a 1araa nunbcr of Uaivorsitics and other organizations. Yna services of hundreds of consultants have also j
been engaged from time to tine. The percons vbo have participated l
At ons tizaa or another in projects undar AEC roccarch and consulting contracts and under grants vould, therefore, rnnber in the thousands.
With specific ro.forence to the present ee::: bars of the ACnS, all of tho five you have named, in nuabarca parasraph two of your letter, g y -- g 3,
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oy havo worked or are vorhing under AOC contracts with o[ede stier21 equipment grants usde to the institutions or crasnications with -
i which they arm or have been associated. All of the preecnt nembers of the Co.mittee have served as cither (a) consultants or advisoro
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."Mr. Donald A'. Rogers, presently a private consultant was until i
t recently associated with Allied Chemical Corporation. He served as chemical engineer and Advisory Engineer of its Atmospheric Nitrogen and 1
Solvay Process Divisions from 1924 to 1951, as Manager of Central j
Engineering from 1951 to 1959, and as Director of Project Analysis, Central
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Research Laboratory from 1959 to 1962. He was an instructor in mechanical' f
engineering at Cornell University from 1922 to 1924. Mr. Rogers has had j
1 12 years experience in reactor safety matters as a member of the statutory l
ACRS and the reactor safety committees which preceded the statutory ACRS.
Mr. Rogers'special fields include design and ' operation of hi;;h pressure
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"Dr. Charles R. Williams received his Ph.D. from Harvard University-in 1934. He is Assistant Vice President, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Director of Industrial Hygiene and Managing Director Hopkinton Research
'l Center, Loss-PreventionDepartment). He is also Professor of Applied Industrial Hygiene at the Harvard University School of Public Health.
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Williams' is past president of the American Industrial Hygiene Association.
He has been a member of the ACRS for four and one-half years and is presently its Vice-Chairman.
Dr. Williams' experience includes prevention of occupational disease from toxic materials and control of radiation exposure. He has also I
l vorked extensively since 1947 on identification of fallout constituents.
He is a certified health physicist and industrial hygienist. "
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"Mr. Reuel C. Stratton, presently a consulting engineer, was until
'J recently Assistant Director of Research in charge of chemichl, engineering and nuclear research, Travelera Insurance Companies with which he has been affiliated since 1919. He vas Assistant Chief Chemist with New Departure Manufacturing Company from 1916 to 1917 and chemist with Scoville Manu-j i
j facturing Company in 1916. Mr. Stratton, as a commissioned officer, served i
1 as Assistant Director of Safety of the Office, Chief cf Ordnance (Army).
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