A 29 Sept. 61 message from Bradbury to Betts discusses possible additional ; . wm. needs and changes in the laboratory to support the new weapons testing activities. Bradbury states "It is possible that 40 to 50 man equivalents could be shifted NQ from Rover to the weapons program in J and GMX Divisions more or less immediately. Another 40 to 50 could be added to the overall latoratory staff in the course of the next 12 months in order to meet demands that appear to be shaping up and to reduce as much as possible the impact of these demands on Rover and reactor progrems. It is estimated very roughly that the increase in LASL weapons program hard core cost based upon the above would be approximately $1,500,000 in FY 62 and $2,500,000 in FY 63." costs. Other costs that he mentions are weapons conponent costs and computer Thus the very rough estimates at this time are that LASL required an additional $2,500,000 over the currently programmed $42,000,000 for FY 62. Apparently there has been some discussion about a proposal to transfer LASL personnel to permanent assignment in the Las Vegan Area and Bradbury feels that there is no net advantage in taking such a step. Finally, he says, "It will be several weeks before we learn what the impact of weapons testing will have on the reactor technology and Rover programs although ic is expected that the effect on the former will be slight and we may be able to turn to outside assistance to help carry the Rover load.”