evaluation report is considered acceptable and presented, the
Test Manager proceeds to develop an operational plan to support
that.
In addition, the Test Manager has reporting to him a Test
Evaluation Panel which very closely examines the containment,
characteristics of the design, and safety hazards that are associated therewith.
Safety programs designed to assign value effects
evaluation scientists are implemented under the control of the Test
Manager.
Of course, at the Washington level additional technical
staff examinations are made and finally a recommendation is made
through the General Manager to the Atomic Energy Commission.
That
is the present situation and a recommendation has been submitted for
execution of Project Milrow.
Let's take a look at some of the statistics in the case - while I
very carefully look through this, quickly rather.
Since 1951 through
1965 you will notice that we have paid claims in the order of $50,000 most of these were in the Ranger and Buster Jangle area for claims made
during atmospheric tests.
The Groom Mine shut down was an operational
matter and we did have some unusual experiences of glass breakage in
Reno.
The first Plowshare shot,
Gnome, resulted in no claims being
paid, nor for Shoal the shot fired in a higher seismic area in Northern
Nevada, nor for Bilby.
Our current experience since 1965 we had
substantial claims as a result of the Dribble experiment in support of
the Department of Defense.
$650,000.
This resulted in claims in the amount of
It resulted from a
situation,
yround shock.
These claims were architectural damage in nature and we paid them