Another meeting convened at ALO with representatives of ALO, JTF-8,
LRL, EG&G and Field Command, DASA discussed an alternate plan
for overseas operations in the event Christmas Island would not be available
within the next few months. From the NVOO Summary ''Plans were based
upon executing a program in the open sea in parallel with Christmas Island
activities
or exclusive of its use, at least in the first series (1962),
UThe following plan and general requirements were developed: Organization, fs °
proposed shot program, ship and other sea requirements, trailer loading
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of ships, land use for high altitude shots.
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‘Han was then assigned the tasks of preparation of designs for the
modification of shot and diagnostic vessels, studies and designs for
land based Alpha stations, and study of methods for anchoring or
stabilizing barges in deep water."
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This relates to the open sea ship reqirement.
The evolugtion of the JI Thor Missile Facilities is documented by
chronological items suchas a meeting at Vandenberg with Douglas
representatives on 30 November 1961 and an on-site visit to Johnston
Island on 12-14 December looking into the locations and construction
of the launch pad and support buildings, etc.
Note that in Chapter 7, entitled "Significant Events" there is some
discussion of the Thor Launch Pad decontamimtion as follows: "Following
the destruction of Blue Gill Prime missile on 25 July, on launch empk:cement
#1 at JI,
rehabilitation plans for the launch pad and associated
facilities were initiated, with clean-up work starting 29 July. The launch
pad was completely rehabilitated and ready for user occupancy 8 August.
on the
Foster, in a 30 November TWX, replies to Betts request for planning
reactivity experimentation type activities of Livermore.
As for the 410
to
area at NTS, Foster says that there has now been a series of experiments
predict device alpha's while giving essentially zero yield.
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They feel
that continuing the program will provide essential design information
some of which could not be obtained
be particularly useful
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in any other way and that it would
in connection with the full-scale device testing
now under way at the NTS.
Livermore proposes a yield limit of 20 tons
part of a
on.the experiments which would not have to be included as any
test series.
these are:
As for the areas in which they would
like to continue testing,