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in the production model which have delayed its approval as an
operational item.
Every effort is being made to resolve the
troubles as rapidly as possible.
A special team of about 65 per-
sons at the Sandia Corporation is devoting full time to analyzing
the difficulties in the fuze, and the manufacturer is assisting in
the effort.
In addition, a number of the fuzes has been turned
over the the Armed Forces for independent study and analysis at
each of the three service laboratories
Laboratory,
- the Army's Evans Signal
the Naval Research Laboratory, and the Air Force's.
Wright Air Development Center.
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13. Construction work at the Pantex Ordnance Plant (Project
ORANGE)
June,
near Amarillo,
1952.
Texas,
Follewing a
is scheduled to be completed in
shakedown period,
scheduled to begin in September,
full production is
1952. J
14, The expanded H.E. facilities at the Iowa Ordnance Plant
(Project SUGAR) are scheduled to be completed in April, 1952, and
this will about double the capacity of the portion of this plant
used
for AEC work,
15. By mid-1953 further capacity for high explosives produc-
tion and non-nuclear assembly work will be required in addition
to that being provided at the Iowa Ordnance and Pantex plants
because of increased military requirements for non-nuclear
assemblies of several models.
The extent and proposed location -
of the expanded capacity is presently under consideration,
1/See Appendix "B" of
ules,
in report for construction progress sched-