hs
power tevels at Hanford have made possible new “records for ‘the i
formation and separation of: plutonium, — Initial Savannah River .
productionhas ‘been delayed by testing operations, but plutonium
formation 16 expected to begin there in December, Construction progress on Expansion Program facilities has. been satisfactory, _
When all. plants: now under construction are in full operation,
output of uranium 235, and plutonium will be at about three times
the rates reached in the third quarter of 1953;- =
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Te. The longer term‘outlook for procuring uréntuin continues“to improve. The recent “decline in Belgian, Congo production, 4s
small compared to ‘thegains in’output from Canada, United States,
and South Atrica‘and £6 the additional.Ancreases‘projected for.2ao
these countries’ and ‘Australia in the years " smmediately ahead, -
arnare=
‘In the United States and Canada, ore discoveries in both the early
part of the year and in recent months have in effect created a
=" temporary shortage ofmint capacity. - United States production,
estimated at ES °¢ 0,0,
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in 1953, is now expected to reach
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8. We have authorized construction by Westinghouse Electric
corporation of‘the‘first, full-scalé reactor designed|for production
of electricpower, as well as the construction of anew; type, of
accelerator at ‘Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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Each of ‘these’