03 4 _ BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
HAE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC.

Upton, New York 11973
National Center for Analysis of Energy Systems (516) 345-2004

  

January 10, 1978

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
c/o Dr. Frederick Seitz :
Rockefeller University hail Gla5 50

York Avenue at 66th Street Lasse FL
New York, NY 10021 Wh Me

Dear Josh: -

Enclosed are copies of the draft description of our pro-
posed International Scientific Committee for the Assessment of
the Health and Environmental Consequences of Energy Production
and Use.

As I indicated in our telephone discussion we are consid-~
ering several institutional options at this time:
(1) a free~standing Scientific Committee of OECD. This would
operate in a way analogous to the McCracken Committee; (2) a
completely free-standing international scientific committee
analogous to the International Committee on Radiological
Protection; (3) part of the international activity of the
International Council on Scientific Unions; and (4) a new con-
sortium of National Academy of Sciences specially set up to
sponsor this activity. For several reasons, e.g., fund-raising
from governments and immediate media. and public acceptance, we
veer towards the first option and are exploring its feasibility
at this time.

 

I am going to think further about your suggestion of WHO.
On the whole, we had not favored them as a possible institu-—
tion -- poor track record, general method of operation, and
slowness.

I would welcome any comments you may have on our draft,
and would much appreciate your suggestions on any scientists
we may consider.

With warm regards.

Sincerely, .
lemoret (Ham heL,

LDH/ j mw L. D. Hamilton
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