GENERAL ADVISORY COMMLTTER
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U. S, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
| Washington 25, D. CG,
April 10, 1954
Mr, Lewis L, Strauss, Chairman
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Washington 25, D, C.
Dear Mr, Strauss:
Herewith is the summary report of the 39th Meeting of the General
Advisory Committee, held in Washington on March 31, April 1 and 2, 1954.
All members were in attendance.
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We wish to thank the Commission and its staff for their cooperation
in. supplying background. information for the subjects which we considered,
and in arranging for the attendance of staff and of Drs. Froman and Mark
of the Los. Alamos Laboratory,who greatly
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included in these “deliberations were discussions of the problemsraised
by pre~initiation in thermonuclear weapons; (3) the problems of the
Research Division in a number of specific aspects which willbe detailed
below; (4) ways and means of answering the question which the General.
Manager directed to us on the subject of the boiling water reactor, —
We also discussed at length the use of the Nevada Proving Grounds
for further tests,
Our conclusions in this matter are being forwarded
to you ina»Beparateletter.
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We now feel as a result of our meeting that our objectives can be met
without any serious disruptions of the main parts of the program. Wes
hope that the Commission will find some appropriate way to express the
debt ‘which we all owe to the Los Alamos Laboratory for their brilliant
achievements in the defense of our country.