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Commission are currently studying further the potential military
applications of U-233 and means for its production.
Initiator Development
3e. An external initiator is scheduled to be tested at the
Nevada Proving Ground in June, 1952,
Laboratory investigations of
alternate radioactive materials having longer half lives has
continued, but polonium-210 is still the only active material
being used in production of initiators for stockpile.
Thermonuciear Program
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Shipment of parts to Eniwetok is scheduledfor early August with some parts
to leave as late as early September,
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Eniwetok should begin about the middle of September.
34. The cryogenics facilities at the Boulder (Colorado)
Laboratory are nearly completed.
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