f.
Plutonium optics experiments,
Gannet experiments, where there is the
possibility of yields up to one
ton but which can be carried out more
efficiently in area 410 then in
the other areas.
3.
Reactivity experiments.
Foster anticipates that the 410A enclosed firing facility wil!
become operational during the first half of calendar year '62 and thenLivermore
will begin dojng optic experiments in the sphere rather than in the underground
area; the
Argh
on experiments in the sphere seems to be {50 Ibs.
Here's a letter dated 30Noy, from Ogle to Col. Thomas L. Mann of USAAnnex, U.S. Army element; Mann apparently is acting as Chief of Staff for the
Task Force from the way this is written.
Ogle presents here an outline of
requirements and arrangements as they now appear to him as Scientific Deputy
based on a meeting at ALOO on this particular day.
He asks Mann to pass on
these details to the Naval and Air Deputies as appropriate members of his
staff.
First of all named as the Unit Commanders of the Joint Task Units for
the AEC are:
Goeckerman (UCRL), Hoerlin (LASL), and Schuster (Sandia).
EG&G
will not appear as a Task Unit but will come under the operational control
of Reeves' support task group.
The units have been told to submit their
operational plans and requirements to Task Force J-3 (Ted Parsons).
CU
All
other requirements such as communications and construction will be submitted
to the support task group (Sam Howell).
broken out into three categories:
The overseas series is detailed and
airdrops; several diagnostic shots for which
airdrops are not desirable; and high altitude shots which will be covered in
more detail by Don Schuster.
Of the first group the air drop,
I5 or 20 of the
er vans which then may be used on either ships on Christmas island or Johnston
Island.
Until Christmas is approved, Ogle states that we must be prepared to
use the ocean and thus, a first requirement is for instrumentation ships.
A small carrier and two sea-planettenders such as the Curtis are suggested and
the loading of these ships would be as detailed herein (the Curtis, the CVE,
and the Curtis prime are listed here with various trailers and measurement
capabilities, to be put on board).
If Christmas Island
is obtained then the
PERG ED: AMM LETTE ec -
equipment and diagnostic gear which will be requred to be packaged in trailers
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25 shots now proposed are to be air drops and one site is sufficient with