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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
TEST ACTIVITIES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1958
Report to the General Manager by the
“Director of Military Application
THE PROBLEM
1. To consider:
‘a. The scope of Operation HARDTACK;
b. The use of Taongi Atoll as an additional test
site.
SUMMARY
2. To assist the planning for Operation HARDTACK, tentatively
scheduled for Spring 1958 at EPG, general fuidance is needed as
to the scope of the test program, and a decision must be made
now on the possibility of using Taongi Atoll as a nuclear test
site.
3. The test program as proposed by LASL, UCRL and DOD
consists of 31 shots as listed in Appendix "B".
Of these, 12
are proposed by LASL, 14 by UCRL and 5 by DOD. The laboratories!
proposals are designed to meet the requirements of the weapons
development program and provide a number of exploratory shots
to assure continued progress in future development.
The DOD
program consists of the two high-yield high-altitude detonations
at 250,000 and 100,000 feet approved by the Commission at Meeting
1266 on February 20, 1957, after consideration of AEC 952/41;
RESPRICLED—DATA—
This document contains restricted data as
defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
Its transmittal or the disclosure of its
contents in any manner to an unauthorized
person is prohibited.
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