UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NOTE This is a collection of six volumes of scientific information which have been transmitted to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission by the United States Representative. The object has been to assist in providing a reasonable understanding of the problems before the Commission. These volumes are reprinted here for purposes of convenience and for wider distribution. With a few minor corrections, they are reproduced in their original form. iii CONTENTS Volume I: Background Information, June 14, 1946. Volume II: Beneficial Uses of Atomic Energy, July 10, 73 Volume III: Bibliography and Check List, August 15, Volume IV: Nuclear Power, September 5, 1946. ... 121 Volume V: Medical Uses of Atomic Energy, Septem ber 23, 1946 Volume VI: Technological Control of Atomic Energy 129 Activities, October 14, 1946 ... 143 iv FOREWORD This volume has been prepared at my request for transmission to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. The purpose of the volume is to furnish information useful for the understanding of the scientific basis and implications of the problems before the Commission. Dr. Tolman, the Scientific Adviser to the United States Representative, has supervised the preparation of the volume and discusses its contents in the following preface. BERNARD M. BARUCH United States Representative |