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ARRANGEMENTS FOR SCIENTISTS FROM UN NATIONS TO OBSERVE
REDUCTION OF FALLOUT IN U. S. NUCLEAR WEAPON
Lewis L.
Strauss,
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commis-
sion, today described the general arrangements under which
scientists from 14 nations, to be invited through the United
Nations, may witness the detonation of a large nuclear weapon
and the analysis to be made of the radioactive debris generated
thereby.
The observation program is presently scheduled for
July or early in August as a part of the current test series,
This program is designed to give the scientific observers
information and data demonstrating the progress U. S. scientists have made in reducing radioactive fallout from nuclear
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explosions without revealing important information concerning
weapons design,
the disclosure of which is forbidden by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
The selentific observers will be assembled at the University of California Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley, California
about one week prior to their departure for the forward area.
While at Berkeley they will be briefed on the technical and
scientific aspects of the program,
Following this period at Berkeley the observers will
proceed to Honolulu and from there be airlifted to the Eniwetok
Proving Ground.
They will be in the Proving Ground about one
week prior to the scheduled date of the detonation.
This
period will be used to familiarize them further with the program.
During this time they will inspect and discuss the
instrumentation provided by the test organization to be used
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for determination of the fission and total yield of the test
device,