[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1250]


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[Federal Register: January 19, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Financial Assistance Award; Intent To Award Grant to New York 
University Medical Center

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy announces that pursuant to 10 CFR 
600.6(a)(5), it is making a discretionary financial assistance award 
based on the criterion set forth at 10 CFR 600.7(b)(2)(i)(D) to the New 
York University Medical Center (NYUMC), Tuxedo, New York, under Grant 
Number DE-FG01-94EH89435. The DOE intends to make a noncompetitive 
financial assistance award. The purpose of the proposed grant is to 
support a one-year project during which NYUMC will generate a 
comprehensive monograph on chelation therapy to be used in the case of 
nuclear accidents or major chemical spills. This effort will have a 
total estimated cost of $89,023 to be provided by the DOE.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please write the U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Placement and Administration, ATTN: Jeffrey R. 
Dulberg, HR-531.24, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed grant will provide funding to 
NYUMC to generate a comprehensive monograph on chelation therapy to be 
used in the case of nuclear accidents or major chemical spills. After 
completion of the monograph and the grant, the DOE plans to print and 
distribute the monograph very widely and make it instantly available to 
the general public and to any public national or international 
institution where radiation or chemical contamination may occur and is 
a concern. This includes the general medical community, physicians 
specializing in nuclear medicine, local, state, and Federal public 
health officials, power generating stations, universities, and major 
hospitals. The material will be used not only as an emergency reference 
manual, but also for teaching purposes at teaching and training centers 
such as the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/
TS). This project is planned for a one-year period of performance 
commencing on or about April 1, 1994.
    The project is meritorious because of its relevance to the 
accomplishment of an important public purpose--providing a reference 
source for any physician treating any person who has been in an 
accident involving radionuclides or chemical exposures. A prime example 
of this would be people exposed as a result of a nuclear leak or 
accident during transport of an atomic weapon or of highly radioactive 
waste on public roads. This means that any member of the public could 
benefit from this effort. The monograph will be a preventive measure to 
allow public institutions to deal rapidly and effectively with such an 
accident, should one occur. In addition, the monograph will be used as 
a teaching source in universities and medical schools training students 
on the methods used to treat radiation or chemical exposures. NYUMC is 
recognized as a leading national training center in medicine with well 
recognized training programs in fields like environmental health, 
radiation biology, and environmental pollution. NYUMC is one of the 
Nation's oldest and foremost centers for research in the health effects 
of environmental pollution. NYUMC has the full-time faculty, supporting 
staff, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows to produce the 
monograph. The faculty is among the most knowledgeable in the Nation in 
areas like biomarkers and the use of chelation for the treatment of 
radiation or chemical accidents. The applicant has exclusive domestic 
capability to perform the activity successfully, based upon experience 
and technical expertise in chelation therapy as applied to nuclear 
accidents or major chemical spills. The DOE knows of no other entity 
which is conducting or is planning to conduct such an activity.
    Based on the evaluation of relevance to the accomplishment of a 
public purpose, it is determined that the proposal represents a 
beneficial method and approach to disseminate to the public information 
on chelation therapy.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 12, 1994.
Scott Sheffield,
Director, Headquarters Operations Division B, Office of Placement and 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-1250 Filed 1-18-94; 8:45 am]
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