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;- = RAW MATERIALS es ~ Pos wae - 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, a a: 1956. 38 in 1953, is now expected to reach RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT = ~ - 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. - -3- Each of ‘these’