23, After 1955 the weapon storage requirement becomes so great
that the cost of constructing present types of structures would be
prohibitive.

AEC and the DOD have agreed that future fission wea non

storage will consist of "satellite" facilities. These storage
sites will be adjacent to or near national storage sitea;

stock-

pile weapons will be stored in warehouses in a standby or depotvype condition, instead of being stored in operational or ready
condition as is dore with stcekplie weapons at the present sited.

24, New thermonuclear weapon requirements and the projected
production of such weapons have also prompted additional construc.
Sion and partial moeditication of storage vaults, warehouses, and
piants,

The modification of existing storage sites has begun in

evder to provide storage Pacilities for such high-yield weapons

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