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Dr, Rabi said that he could see a use from the customerend.
There will be a lot of bombs of high g/T, and the military users
would want to have solid knowledge of the spectrum of yields.
He
felt that military intebest in such information about the stockpile
might develop considerably.
It was pointed out that the two signifiéant technical questions
“are (1)- what is the probability that a neutron is present, and (2)
given that; what is the yield,
Dr. Bradbury favored a laboratory
investigation of (1) for a period of about six monthsbefore returming
to the question of a test shot,
Dr. Libby asked about the British report that the number of
neutrons per fission has a wide spread, Dr. Mark said the report was
that the numbervarieswith|theenergyof the fissioning neutron,
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Was5concluded. |
Dr, Rabi asked Dr, Bradbury whether there were any other matters |
he would like to bring before the Committee,
There were none, and
with the remark that it had been a superb briefing Dr. Rabi said that
this part of the meeting was concluded.
“Meeting
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There was a brief break,
The Committes reassembled at 11:20 am,
Shatin for a discussion with the Chairman of the Commission,
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and the Secretary.
Those present
Mr. Strauss, all members of the Committee except Dr, Wigner,