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Administration Building, Pantex
It was intended originally that SFOO, through Pantex Field Office, would operate this
facility and SFOO selected Procter & Gamble as operator and negotiated the initial contract,
Prior to start of operations it was determined that operation would be through an agreement
with Army Ordnance,
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Physical Plant -- The acreage utilized was recaptured from Texas Tech in the name
of Army Ordnance. Construction was started April 3, 1951, and completed August 1, 1952.
The budget estimate was $29, 500, 000 but the completed plant as of mid-1953 was valued at
only $18, 700,000. Final cost will approximate $21, 000, 000.
Contract -- The present agreement with Army Ordnance continues until September 30,
1954, and provides for full reimbursement of costs, including the costs of Procter & Gamble
plus a fee, Army Ordnance had 9 personnel assigned to the project in mid-1953, and Procter
& Gamble had 937,
Rocky Flats
Project Apple {now Rocky Flats Plant) was activated on March 31, 1951. It is located
on 2,545 acres of formerly private land 20 miles northwest of Denver and 12 miles from
Boulder.
Operation is by Dow Chemical Company, Rocky Flats Division,
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Mission -- Nuclear component production including: fabrication of nuclear components,
final acceptance inspection of all capsule components, assembly of all new capsule production,
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