Radiation Medicine

The Atomic Energy Commission and the Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research have announced that Foundation personnel have begun to occupy recently completed portions of a new facility for the study of the biological effects of inhalation of radioactively contaminated air. The Fission Product Inhalation Facility, located at Sandia Base, N.M., will eventually consist of twelve buildings and will cost $3 million. Four of the twelve units are now complete, including two main laboratory structures, a building housing veterinary support work and the central power plant, and one dog kennel. Later units will include administrative offices, a variety of specialized laboratories, and facilities for mice, rats, and guinea pigs. When all facilities are completed and the program is in full operation, there will be research observation of 10 000 small animals and 1000 dogs. The dogs used will be a special breed of beagles.