PROGRESS REPORT fa, 10

Subcontract No, 108, Appendixes B,
sonthiy progress report is the tenth of a series subuitted
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as preliminary end subject to further verificetion and analysis.

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from the forward end of the ball seal to the aft end of the seal would eliminats

sakage,

Slight leakage had been ebserved during

previous tests at the rubber boot on the push-pull red, around the wiring

entries, and at the foruard nose to diffuser joint.

Placement of the O-ring

af% of these areas prevents any water which may enter from reaching the filter.

Changes in design which were made in the field, as well as the current changes,

are being incorporated in tne CDC drawings,

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Manufacture andDelivery

After a careful cost analysis, two heads will be manufactured to the new design.
The heads of the 13 rounds being returned from Eniwetok are now stored at CDC;
the motors are en rovte to Port Chicago, from where they will be shipped ta CDC
for storage.

Complete.

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