=Te:Gitarey ifae OaGoi AGREE 5 17. All facilities at Rocky Flats for the production’of plutonium 239 and uranium 235, DELETED were completed for beneficial occupancy at the end of March except the final shell fabrication building, This building is expected to be completed by the middle of June and the only remaining major piece of equipment, a large rolling and forming mill, is expected to be installed before September. 18, The tritium-deuterium gas packaging plant at Savannah River was 52 percent complete versus 62 percent scheduled at the end of March, Plant operations are expected to begin in the September-December quarter. 19, The Burlington-Pantex expansion, final assembly of versus 41 percent DELELED being built for the components, was 39 percent complete scheduled at the end of March, Adverse weather conditions slowed progress on the project somewhat and the target date for completion of the first unit was postponed from April 6 vo Hay i. ~ nope DOE ARCHIVES 20, Full-scale production facilities for the manufacture of external initiators (XR units) at the General Electric Panelles Plant in Florida were completed in January, This plant was ‘designed and constructed and is being operated by the General }+ ed 2 ‘inal Letter of Intent authorized the comperny to finance 4 oO 'y o To a Electric Company under subcontract from the Sandia Corporation. abous $3,000,000, which would pay for site acquisition and the construction of facilities necessary for a normal light manufacturing plant, and stated that the AEC would finance an equal amount, which would provide for the construction of srecial facilities such es oversized air cor.ditioning and utilities necessary for production of tne XR units. The Letter also provided for the Commission's cption to purchase the plant and facilities from the company. s - 9 -