John 4, Derry ~3-= approximately completed. September 11, 1950 fPreparations for the removel of equipment and instruments from the National Sureau of Standards Hizh Voltage Laboratory ouilding to the new storage site have been completed, and it is anticipated that the removal from the NBS building will be accomplished by the middle of Sevctember. Procurement Sumnary Attachment No. 1 includes a Summary of “status of Supply and Stock- pile Procurement for delivery to Yommission installations and Naval organizations where the Comnission holds Navy contracts accepted by the Atomic “nergy Commission. esearch and development contracts and Test Purchase Urders are also reported on. The latter contracts and purchase orders differ from the supply procurement in that the services of versonnel are a large part of the contract committment. where estimated completion dates are indicated on this attachment, requested dates have been used when delivery information has not been furnished by the contracting office or the contractor. TI. Technical a e Coordination Activities Brancn Publications The september issue of na-Det will inciude articles on a new tyne of gas electron tube which has been developed under an Air Fores ontract by worthrup Aircraft, Incorporated, and an article describ- ing a distributed amplifier used in coincidence counting work at the Radiation Laboratory of the University of California. Copy material for the second edition of the "Compendium of research and Development Activities in Radiation Instrumentation" was forwarded to the Technical Information Yivision, Oak Kidee, on Ausust 25 for printing and distribution. uate inrormation concerning the instrumentation programs of eizhteen AzC installations is included. Physics instrumentation distribution will be made. An inouiry was made to the Office of the vhier of Jeclassification with rezard the classification which the Commendium should bear. This office concurred in she present “Confidential” marking and recommended that future issues also be classified "Confidential"™, conierences On Sentember 10-20, 1950 a joint anC-iE symposium on the “Chemistry and Physics of iiadiation Yosimetry”™ will be held at the Army Chem- ical Venter, -aryland, with the Technical Command of the army Chemical Corps servins as host. Le Approximately sixty revresentatives - mee DOS ARCHIVES