AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE

ÃÂramemant by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for National

Resources and Overseas Trade,  the Rt Hon.  J.D. Anthony,  M.P.

Mr. D.J. Stevens, O.B.E., Director of the Australian

Radiation Laboratory, Department of Health, Melbourne,  has been

appointed Chairman of the Safety Review.Committee of the Ã¢ÂÂ

Australian Atomic Energy Commission. .

Mr. Stevens has been a Member of the Committee since  its inception in late 1.961. .  Ã¢ÂÂ

.  In addition, Dr. P.L.T. Ilbery, Medical Director of

the Cancer Institute, Melbourne,  and Mr. J.A; Telford, Manager,

Iron Making, Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd., Port. Kembla,  have been appointed Members of the Committee. .

The Safety Review.Committee consists of three persons  appointed.from outside the Commission. .

It was set up in 1961 to review periodically the health

and safety standards and procedures adopted by the Commission in.  the operation o f .its reactors and in the use of radiation, .

radioactive substances, and toxic materials. The Committee first  met in January 1962.

.  The former Chairman of the Safety Review Committee,

Professor D.W. George, resigned from the Committee last year  following his "appointment as Chairman of the Australian Atomic

Energy Commission.  .  .

Another Member of the Committee, Dr. C.J. Cummins,

resigned recently after serving on the Committee since, its Ã¢ÂÂ   beginning. Dr. Cummins’  wide knowledge and experience in industrial  medicine have proved of great benefit to the Commission during, his

.  15 years, service. ,  .

Ã¢ÂÂ   Canberra,  Â·  '  Ã¢ÂÂ

15th March, 1977. .  .  .  '  .

