Civil defence in the United Kingdom

What must be avoided in the nuclear age is wishful thinking. Wishful thinking occurs in an atmosphere of maximum terror (as in Mutual Assured Destruction), and where there is little opportunity for reality testing (as in the East‐West communication barrier). In the small, densely populated island of Britain, the size of today's growing nuclear threat will create responses where delusional thinking can easily dominate. A belief in effective civil defence may induce a sense of false security which may in turn direct attention from the fundamental problem of East‐West mistrust.     

Subject Index to Volume 3

By monodimensional thin-layer electrophoresis on 5 X 10-cm cellulose layers o-aminolevulinic acid (oAL) is rapidly separated from interfering substances. Detection with a cupric nitrate-Ninhydrin sequence adds specificity and permits detection of as little as 10 ng/lLl of urine. Confirmation can be obtained on two-dimensional chromatograms (5 X 5 em) with the use of either Ninhydrin or a modified MauzeraUasGranick reagent for detection. The quantity of (’)Al can be estimated by visual or densitometric comparison with standards. The method is rapid and inexpensive and is suggested for use in conjunction with the more expensive column chromatographic technique.