. ▁Ad ult s ▁also ▁benef ited ▁from ▁frequent ▁medical ▁exam in ations . ▁ ▁AB CC ▁becomes ▁the ▁R ER F ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁the ▁At omic ▁Energy ▁Commission ▁( A EC ) ▁was ▁planning ▁on ▁stopping ▁fund ing ▁for ▁the ▁AB CC ' s ▁work ▁in ▁Japan . ▁However , ▁James ▁V . ▁Ne el ▁made ▁an ▁appeal ▁and ▁the ▁A EC ▁decided ▁to ▁fund ▁them ▁$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁a ▁year , ▁for ▁three ▁years , ▁to ▁continue ▁research . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁Ne el ▁and ▁William ▁J . ▁Sch ull ▁published ▁their ▁final ▁draft ▁of ▁The ▁Effect ▁of ▁Ex pos ure ▁to ▁the ▁At omic ▁Bomb s ▁on ▁P reg n ancy ▁Term ination ▁in ▁H iro sh ima ▁and ▁Nag as aki . ▁This ▁mon ograph ▁gave ▁a ▁detailed ▁description ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁data ▁they ▁had ▁collected ▁Despite ▁their ▁efforts , ▁trust ▁in ▁the ▁AB CC ▁was ▁decl ining , ▁so ▁the ▁AB CC ▁became ▁the ▁Rad iation ▁Effect s ▁Research ▁Foundation ▁( R ER F ), ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁new ▁name ▁and ▁administrative ▁organization , ▁fund ing ▁for ▁the ▁research ▁on ▁surv iv ors ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁provided ▁equally ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Japan . ▁The ▁R ER F ▁was ▁established ▁on ▁ 1 ▁April ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁A ▁bin ational ▁organization ▁run ▁by ▁both ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Japan , ▁the ▁R ER F ▁is ▁still ▁in ▁operation ▁today .