Mr. Libby referred to the requirement
that
universities
and companies using only small amounts
of nuclear material
must first obtain a license and
suggested that a plan be devised so that it wouid be
unnecessary
to do so. Mr. Pittman said that a study
of this question was in progress.
g. Research
Mr. Johnson said that the Division of Research
was considering
the transfer of the linear accelerator
at Berkeley
to the University
of Southern California
and tie establishment
of an independent research
facility at U .S.C. under the direction of Mr. John
Backs.
Mr. Johnson also said that consideration
was being given to moving the 63 inch cyclotron
from Oak Ridge to Georgia Tech University.
Mr. Kolstad then reported on the fir sit meeting
of the Tripartite
Nuclear Cross-Sections
Committee,
held at Chalk River on March 12, 13 and 14.1956.
Mr.
this report.
Strauss
briefly
left the meeting
during
Mr. Kolstad said that as a result of a Committee
recommendation
to exchange samples of fissionable
isotopes, AEC would have to consider whether weapons
lv.r. Ll%by said
grade samples should be exchanged.
he did not believe this would be desirable since he
could see no reason to exceed an enrichment of
ninety percent in the material to be exchanged.
Vir. Kolstad also reported that two technical
nuclear cros~-section
symposia had been tentatively
scheduled.
The fir st would be a small meeting on
fission cross-sections
to be held at Ha~we~ dur$ag
July 1956. The second wo~d be an Inter~tioiusl
Conference
on Nuclear Inter-Actions
of Neutrons
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