SESSION
(May 28,195h)
The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m,
except Dr. Libby were present.
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also present,
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All members _
‘The Acting Secretary and Mr. Tome were a
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Tt was genéraily agreed that there did not seemto he any- Produstion |
Materials Division or Reactor Development Division interest in MTA: The Committee
Testing |
Accel= members thought that this project did not warrant support by the
erator.
,
Program Research Division,
All the members agreed. that ¢the ANP program. as presented made real
Mrctatt berise for thefirst time, Dr, Vigrior rebarked that an overall study
Nuclear
Propul~ grdup on the technical aspects of this subject seeméd to be worthwhile,
sion
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Prograii
It was agreed, holevet, that t
| he Committee should not initiate a study,
but that the Committee should request a comprehensive paper on ANP for
the next GAC meeting.
‘The members agreed to reaffirm their support for the establishment
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of an area of relatively non~sensitive information which could be dig—
Category
of
seminated to certain classes of individuals without the requirement for
Informa~
tion
full background investigation.
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The consensus of the Committee was that the reduction of fuel
Fuel
element fabrication costs was highly desirable. Mr.- Murphreefeltthat
ee
Lament
Vabrica- perhaps toomuch design emphasis|Wasbeing placed«on1the:useofninimm
etent
tion
Costs
quantities |offissionable material. _the menbers agreed,
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Copies of the proposed Presidential citation were distributed,
The
Citation members agreed to endorse it, but wished to suggest that certain changes
for Los
Alamos
be made in the text.