-27observed that this was a disappointingly late completion date.
Dr. Rabi
said that both the design and schedule were conservative, and explained
the magnitude of the development problem,
He mentioned that although
the nominal design performance was for 25 bev at 10,000 gauss, it was
hoped ultimately to achieve 35 bev, at 15,000 gauss.
Mr, Whitmah remarked bhat the proposal seemed to fit the previous
position of the Committee.
Dr. Johnson said that it was intended to do
80.
As an item of information, Dr. Johnson mentioned that the Berkeley
group hopes to get a beam in the bevatron by Christmas '53.
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The matter of another ultra high energy accelerator at a second
site was briefly considered.
Dr. Johnson indicated that the way the
cooperation in the midwest group was working out had been unsatisfactory,
and that their proposal had been rejected, One of the principal difficulties was in the selection of a site; for many reasons, the machine
should be at ANL.
agree on this.
idea, either.
However the interested universities had failed to
Dr. Libby said that ANL had not been receptive to this
It was unfortunate that ANL and the universities had not
yet been able to get together,
Dr. Rabi asked Dr. Johnson about university contract policy.
Jniversity
Contract
Policy
Dr.
Johnson said that a new policy was in effect, established by Commission
action early in September.
The policy gets away from the &% overhead
figure, recognizes the full costs of research, and provides for payment
of a lump sum toward the total cost.
At 3:50 p.m, this part of the session was concluded,