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INTRODUCTION
The advanced scientific knowledge derived from nuclear tests at the
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission’s Eniwetok Proving Grounds requires a
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The preparation of this report covering the period FY 59 through FY 62
is authorized by a letter from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Santa Fe
Operations Office, ET: PWS-2179, dated 20 February 1956, from the Deputy
Director of the Test Division.
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programs. Such reappraisals, together with recommendations for changes
or additions to existing facilities, have been collected after each test operation
in the form of Long-Range Improvement Reports. This report, covering the
period FY 59 through FY 62, is a continuation of the Proposed Long-Range
Improvement Report published 1 June 1956.
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periodic reappraisal of available facilities to assure adequate support of test
Two general classes of construction are normally undertaken at the
Eniwetok Proving Ground: the construction of scientific stations, usually
considered expendable, and the plant aquisition and construction (PAC)
program. The PAC program, essentially a long-range plan of permanent
support facilities, is the class of construction presented in this report.
Some of the projects described in the June 1956 publication were com-
pleted during FY 57 and FY 58. The remainder of the construction as then
planned, together with additional requirements, forms the basis for this
report which continues and augments long-range planning through FY 62.
This report includes all new requirements of the military users, the
scientific laboratories, the AEC test organization, and the supporting con-
tractor, It also re-evaluates the projects carried over from the 1956 report
according to the construction completed in 1958. The broadened scope of
the program will necessitate careful planning for the utilization of real estate
on both sites Elmer and Fred. To conserve space, all new permanent or semipermanent buildings of single or multistory construction should be oriented
parallel to roads or existing permanent buildings. This need for complete
utilization of ground area has prompted the extensive long-range plan for
utilities included in this report. The expansion of utilities will increase the
capacity of the basic or primary services to accomodate future requirements.
A total of 140 projects are presented in the two volumesof this report.
Volume I covers Site Elmer; Volume II, Sites Fred and Rex. Projects for
Site Elmer are numbered FY 59-62-101 through FY 59-62-160; projects for
Site Fred are numbered FY 59-62-201 through FY 59-62-282; the project
lor Site Rex is FY 59-62-301. The drawings accompanying project descripflons are numbered to correspond to the project. Drawings FY 59-62-100
and FY 59-62-200 show the location of all projects proposed in the body
af this report.
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Design criteria and justifications for projects included in this report
were developed from two sources, namely, military users and the AEC task
sroups. Thecriteria for the projects requested by the military users through
cadquarters Joint Task Force Seven were taken from: