Note that there is no firm indication of the future of the Air Force operations
at EPG, under the auspices of the 4951st.
As a matter of fact in this time frame,
Headquarters Air Force decided that it would be in their best interest to relocate
the TAC EWP mission from Kwajalein to Eniwetok.
TH,
JA
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Here come on 10 Angust, is the report of the 3 August AEC meeting "Plans for a /! j&
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Proposed underground detonation to check on decoupling.”
Mark.
The LASL attendee was Carson
The meeting addressed planning for a nuclear decoupling experiment as requested
by the AEC chaixman and agreed that HE experiments
wo Jnl be held Later this
year which would provide useful information relative to decoupling, but would not in
themselves be conclusive that nuclear detonations could be conducted in a large
eavity and probably would not adequately demonstrate the capability of a control
network for monitoring underground nuclear tests.
"To convince world opinion of
the possibilities of nuclear decoupling, a nuclear decoupling experiment must be
performed.
In this connection, it was argued by Seismologists that the nuclear
detonation for this experiment, to be convincing to the world, must be in the
Kiloton range.
should be fairly convincing
it was agreed
to all but the most obstinate doubters.
Plans therefore are proceeding
A table of the cavity volume,
burial
sphere diameter, and cylinder diameter (for a 5:1 ratio) versus the depth of
for various yields is given.
March of 1960
With DOD funding, the Air Force they could be ready by
to perform the field measurements as long
are given a higher priority.
as no other Seismic projects
Three alternative plans for obtaining the appropriate
cavity are set forth and discussed:
first, an existing natural or man-made cavity at
sufficient depth and proper size, requiring very little additional work; second, digging