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felt that the policy statement should not exclude the possibility of subsidy.
He said that the Commission had not yet developed views on the question of
the cost at which uranium might be furnished,
The Commission's attitude
was more or less against a long term arrangement to purchase plutonium.
In answer to a question from Dr. Rabi, Mr.‘Dean said that the CommisUniversity
Cons
tract
Policy
Addi~
tional
Test
Site
sion has not yet defined its university contract policy, but a staff paper
on the subject is being worked up.
The proposal for an additional test facility site, Mr. Dean said,
presents many difficulties, including financial ones,
A thermonuclear
facility is being activated at Bikini, but an additional site on the
continent would be very hard to get,
In the Executive Branch the test
program is being questioned more and more as a "waste of fissionable
material",
Mr. Dean said that if the Committee felt strongly in favor of .
another continental test site he would welcome documentation for the case.
The Division of Military Application has not made an urgent recommendation
on this subject,
The Nevada site is being used to within about 90% of
capacity.
.
Dr, Rabi asked about the status of the revised Ground Rules for Dealing
Revised
Ground
Rules
with the GAC, which had apparently not been circulated,
Mr. Dean and Mr,
Boyer said that they would check to insure that they were circulated, with
copies to the Committee.
Dr. Rabi also asked about the status of information exchange with the
Informa- British, Mr. Dean said that there was a currént specific problem which the
tion
Exchange GAC shotild look at, involving cooperation with Canada -- the question of
flat plate fuel element development.
Both countries are interested (Dr,
Wigner said that the flat plate element was originally a Canadian
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