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24. The status of construction activities for operations
of the University of California Radiation Laboratory at the end
of June was as follows: A contract for the design of the
plutonium~metallurgy laboratory was being negotiated.
Con-
struction was 35 percent complete on the programming pbuilding,
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losive
test facil
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“which is a part of the computer complex.
The design of the
at Site 300, authorized in
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f scal year 1957, was substantially completed.
Contracts for
the construction of minor facilities at Site 300 had been
awarded, and the remaining construction under fiscal year 1057
authorization at the site was
tnree months,
to be sterted within the next
Design of the mechanical
shops addition was
completed and the construction contract nad been avarced,
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Production Facilities
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25. Construction of the weapons facilities for the manuSNUCIear Units
vreeressed satisfactorilv during the Avnril-June period.
26, Oak Ridsze facilities for the preduction of uranium 235 .
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rs
SKSee Oy
se
were 4] percent complete at the end of June and
ernead of schedule,
Rocky Flats facilities for tne vroducticn of
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plutonium 239 end uranium 235}
a: \were complete with the
exception of delivery of a iarge rolling and forming mill which
wes expected to be installed before
September,
Ber .rewmet
oeThe Burlington-Penvex exvensicn for the final assenhlv
of Pet
Bo
icomponents was 79 percent complete,on June 30 and
on schedule.
28. The tritiunm-deuteriun gas-paeckacing plant at Savarneh
River was 75 percent ccmplete versus 83 percent scheduled on
June 30,
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