25%
The money would came from FY 5h equipment funds (Dr, Johnson).
The continued burden of operating costs must also be considered
(Dr. Buckley).
Dr. Johnson next discussed the controlled thermonuclear reactions
Conprogram, known as "Project Sherwood", He indicated that the Commissioner
trolled
Thermoand also the JCAE were taking a great interest in the subject. He
nuclear
Reactions reviewed the various technical ideas, and mentioned that G. P. Thompson
(England) had filed a secret patent on a device very much like that of
Tuck.
He also said that Christophilus at Brookhaven has same ideas but
is not allowed to work on them (Secretary's Note:
for security
clearancereasons).
.
At 3:10 p.m, Dr. von Neumann returned.
.
Dr. Johnson proposed to organize the effort so as to leave it
decentralized, and support people on what they wanted to do.
He planned
to set up a steering committee, consisting ofTeller, Spitzer, Tuck, a
good engineer, and a "down-to-earth" physicist to advise the Division af.
Research.
The question of classification was troublesome.
Initially the work
wes Top Secret, then it was made Secret and highly compartmentalized. As
Clessification
of Con+relled
Thermo-
had been stopped, and some embarrassment had resulted, There was a
Reaction
lengthy discussion of the problem of classification; the Committee reach
nuclear
Program
a result of the compartmentalization classified seminars on the subject
no consensus,
classification.
Dr. Rabi, reversing his earlier opinion favored a high
His argument was that large sums are being spent with
practical ends in view.
Support on this scale implies a considered
Department of Erergy
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