Dr. Rabi asked if any action had been taken to set up a group for
theoretical studies in magneto-hydrodynamics,

Dr. Johnéon said that

there |was a research contract at NYU which would involve use of the

computing facilities,

At3:05 p.m, Dr. Sayth left the meeting,
BNL

Entirely
Unclas-~

sified?

Research
Reactors

oe

:

Commenting on the proposal to make Brookhaven entirely unclassified

Dr. Jotnson said he had a staff‘paper which recomended against it.
The last item brought up) by Dr. Johnson was research reactors,

The

proposed installation at Penn State has been authorized, and authorization papers are being prepared for one at the University of Michigan.
Because of a reservation of the Reactor Safeguard Committee about the
possibility of reaction between water and aluninun, he was recommending
that the fuel elements in these reactors use stainless steel jacketing,

Dr. Rabi asked how theappointment of Mr. Temmaro|as Assistant
Assistant
General
Manager
fcr
Research
and °

Develop-~

meine

General Manager for Research _and Development would affect ‘the operations
of the Research Division, Brookhaven, ete. ‘Dr, ‘Johnson indicated that

ENL would continue to report to the New York Operations Office » which
would report to Mr, Tammaro instead of to the Division of Production as
formerly.

There would now be a person, Mr. Tammaro, who could look at

BNL as a whole.

At 3:25 p.m, Dr. Johnson left.

“poe ARCHIVES

At 3:30 p.m. the Committee met with Col. V..G. Huston, Col. E. T.
Weapon

Matters

Dorsey, Cdr, G. J. Anderson, Dr. P. C. Fine, Dr. Darol Froman, Dr. W. D.

Claus, Dr. C, L. Dunham, and Mr. Murrayto discuss the Nevada Proving
Grounds.

All members of the Committee, the Secretary, and Mr. Tomei

were present.

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