NATIONAL MARINE SCIENCES PROGRAM 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1967 



House or Representatives, 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography of the 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington^ D.G, 



The subcommittee met at 10 :10 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 1334, 

 Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Alton Lennon (chairman of 

 the subcommittee) presiding. 



Mr. Lennon. The meeting will now come to order. 



We have two principal witnesses here this morning, Arnold B. 

 Joseph, marine scientist, of the Division of Biology and Medicine of 

 the Atomic Energy Commission, accompanied by Mr. Stanley Seiken, 

 program manager, Division of Reactor Development and Technology, 

 and also a witness representing the Department of Transportation and, 

 more particularly, the U.S. Coast Guard, will be Adm. W. J. Smith. 



It seems to me imperative that we hear both of these agencies or 

 commissions this morning, so at 10 minutes after 11, we will hear 

 Admiral Smith, and I suggest to the members of the committee that 

 they get real hard-core questions asked of the representatives of the 

 Atomic Energy Commission. 



Mr. Joseph, will you and Mr. Seiken come forward ? 



Mr. Joseph. Yes. 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you, sir. The members of the committee are 

 ready. Will you proceed, please, sir ? 



STATEMENT OF ARNOLD B. JOSEPH, MARINE SCIENTIST, DIVISION 

 OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 

 ACCOMPANIED BY STANLEY J. SEIKEN, PROGRAM MANAGER, 

 ISOTOPE AUXILIARY POWER BRANCH, DIVISION OF REACTOR 

 DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY 



Mr. Joseph. Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to appear 

 before your subcommittee this morning to review and discuss the 

 Atomic Energy Commission's ocean science and engineering research 

 and development program. 



Accompanying me this morning is Mr. Stanley Seiken of our Di- 

 vision of Reactor Development and Technology. Mr. Seikin and I rep- 

 resent the technical side of the AEC's operations which has intimate 

 contact both with our research and development programs and with 

 the staff of the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering 

 Development. We are in position to report, firsthand, on certain aspects 

 of AEC's marine program which are of interest to this committee. 



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