~2has set forth in a written report which he had forwarded to the Committee.
At Berkeley the interest came mainly from Seaborg's group which wished tc
make and study transplutonic elements of Z99 to perhaps as high as 102,
Yale wished the facility for staff and graduate student research, The
Oak Ridge interests also were general; their proposal was pushed mainly
by Dr. Livingston of the cyclotron group.
Dr, Bugher mentioned that
there was inedidal interest in the use of high energy heavy particles for
delfvering radiation dosage in depth,
In the discussion of these proposals, the following points were
mentioned,
Some additional personnel would be required for the ORNL
project (Dr. Johnson).
Is it sensible to build another cyclotron
when so manyalready exist (Dr. Fisk)?
Perhaps one of the existing
large cyclotrons which can't make mesons shotild be converted (Dr.
Libby).
The art of making ion sources deliver large currents is
well developed at Oak Ridge,
The project would naturally fall in
line with their interest and experience with the 86" cyclotron and
the acceleration of N 14, but it would not be crippling to the
Laboratory if they do not get it (Dr. Wigner).
Yale and California would pool engineering facilities for the
design and development of their machines.
Yale is very keenly
interested and would costruct the building with university funds.
It needs a machine since it now has no major nuclear facilities
-(Dr., Johnson).
It would be very desirable to_get Yale back into
nuclear physics (Dr. Rabi).
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