—_—™ ort 6 aienenen ( ; activating a project on the sodium-heterogeneous design, said that one year's work in an orderly fashion is better than a half year's work on a crash basis. At the end of this discussion on aircraft reactors, Mr. Whitman reiterated his belief that the program should be thoroughly reviewed again in about six months, Dr. Hafstad next mentioned the new expanded power program as Civil Power one of the new things that were troublesome. three more projects is being considered. The addition of perhaps A certain amount of expan- sion is possible, but there is a limit on how far it would be profitable. One of the problems is how to get industry into the picture, One method is the "Duquesne approach", in which the AEC decides to build a reactor and invites industry to bid in, Another is for industry “lS from the AEC. This is the "Reactor-of-the-Year" approach. Six to eight mill power with byproduct plutonium valued at $10/gram does not provide enough incentive to attract private capital. The government rust feed in money somehow; the real question is how. It would prob- ably take about a $50/gram price on plutonium to make the picture interesting to private capital. In any case, to avoid "give-away" charges, the AEC must keep its support very clean. Dr. Rabi asked if it would not be cleaner to make a direct subsidy; and several of the GAC members seemed inclined to this view. Dr, Hafstad indicated