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Specifications monitoring is achieved by review of all engineering releases and changes
thereto concurrent with introduction of such specifications, and by formal approval of end
product and testing specifications, those utilized in AEC inspection and test, and revisions
thereto, prior to publication.

Review and approval of specifications are performed to:

sure practicality and workability of such specifications; assure proper function, interchangeability, and reliability of products; conform to approved systems and designations
requirements, and achieve compatibility for all affected delivering projects.

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In addition to review and approval of specifications for material produced, systems

and procedures which govern issue and release of specifications, drawing control systems,
deviation procedures, parts numbering systems, etc., are approved or recommended for

approval,

Concurrent with the reviewing and approval functions for specifications originated by
Sandia Corporation, the field office maintains liaison with engineering and inspection personnel of other field offices, providing technical direction and assistance as required in
control of specifications implementation and of use and uniformity of inspection procedures.
Weapon Specifications Control and Introduction of Changes
It is considered of prime importance to AEC to insure uniformity of delivered major
assemblies regardless of producing agency. For this reason there was initiated in Sep~
tember 1950, a monthly listing of AEC approved specifications to govern AEC acceptance
of major assemblies. This listing is distributed to all affected delivering agencies and ZI

sites, The listing is divided into two sections; the first showing which designated types of
assemblies are currently acceptable at each agency and site, and the latter section providing listings of pertinent specifications applicable to all acceptable designated types.
The scope of the AEC monthly specifications listing embraces those specifications

used for final contractor inspecting and testing by the AEC for acceptance inspection, and

changes introduced in subsequent monthly listings are of a major class; i.e., controlled

basic design or major remedial changes. The monthly listing is applicable to scheduled
rather than calendar rates of deliveries to AEC.
Scheduling, Production, and Deliveries

In 1951, AEC-Sandia inaugurated and placed into effect a comprehensive scheduling

system for Sandia Corporation production and deliveries to all ultimate users.

This for-

malized, in scheduling fashion, the deliveries of development, pre-production, and production materiel by item to various military agencies, Sandia Corporation departments,
and to War Reserve on a monthly basis.
In late 1952, AEC-Sandia, taking into cognizance the multiplicity of new weapons
programs and the activation of additional storage sites, both of which resulted in an attendant increase in the complexity of the modification programs, inaugurated and placed

into effect a procedure for definitive scheduling of these programs.

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This procedure has resulted in considerable expediting of modification as well as
keeping the AEC continuously informed as to the latest status of all weaponsatall sites.
Another benefit gained has been the expediting of shipments of modification materiel to

overseas operational storage sites for purposes of modifying those weapons in the hands
of the Department of Defense to the latest status.

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