cer ‘Dr, Reichardt left at 2:10 p.m., and the meetingcontinued in executive session, “The Committee returned briefly to the question whether Brookhaven BNL should be devoted entirely to unclassified work. Entirely It was agreed that Unclas- there was no basis for a formal comment by the GAC at this time. It was sified? generally felt that the suggested move was undesirable, both from, the Coumission's point of view and from that of the Laboratory. If the - | question were to be considered further, the Committee would Like.to, have a document, e.g, staff paper, in which the proposal was analyzed, Xnowledge of the attitude of the Laboratory would be an important element in any further considerations, a At 2:15 p.m, Dr. Libby returned. - DOE ARCHIVES The next subject considered was the use of the Nevada Proving Nevada Gucunde Grounds. All agreed that the continued use of the proving ground was essential to the weapon program, Continuation of the test program was imperative, otherwise progress would be stopped in important lines of | weapon development, The recommendations of the NPG Committee were felt to be sound in general, but with the specific exception of the one which recommended limitation of the number of shots in any 12-month period to