facilities to JI and set up a shot date as early as possible.
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Meeting #1353, 9 April 58:
The President approved JI as the high altitude site on 7 April 58.
A discussion of the non-military uses of nuclear devices determined
a number of activities and positions that directly effected the Plowshare
program. "Mr. Libby referred to the possibility of a disarmament
agreement being reached which would restrict all nuclear weapons tests
to underground detonations.
Because of this possibility, he said, he believed
that the AEC should accelerate its program of underground testing so
that it would have greater experience with tests
should agree to a test limitation.
of this type ifthe
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Starbird said he intended to submit
to the commission the following week,
an expanded undergraund test program.
recommendations concerning
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Among other things, the
Commission approved broade:.ing the Plowshare program and increasing
the funding level for FY59 to 4 million dollars.
A number of items
were approved to address the planning and preparation for the Alaskan
excavation project,
Meeting #1354, 11 April 58:
Here is an interesting item on test detection: ''Mr. Strauss said it had
been suggested that the National Academy of Sciences conduct a study
on the ability to detect accurately any nuclear weapons tests.
He said
the Killian Committee report on this subject had not been conclusive.
The cost, Mr.
Strauss said,
would be approximatcly $20,000.
commissioners said they would favor such a study. "'
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