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TEST FACILITIGS

3.7.2

Criteria for the design and construction of test facilities and estimates of lebor end equipment support required by TG 7.1 were collected from
the various

Task Unit Commanders, program directors, and project officers by

the Je6 section.

Conflicts were resolved, lecations assigned, completion ¢-i-

established, anc our total requirement passed to TG 7:5 for exccuticr.,

Ir

addition to the foregoing basic responsibility, J--6 also preyered the wor’
orders necessary for the actucl supsert of tic vrious projects; operated c
machine skop for the convenicnee of the e-perininters; and assi:med tent,
trailer, end Lleborctory spice cs required.
J-6 vas sisienlly composed of sever men ~wgeitd locally by 4 mon fror

TU-1, 6 from TU-2, 6 from TU~3, 4 from TU-4, :nad 3 fron TU-5.

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personnel frem the Tesk Units have bren designit:d to offici:-tly represent

J-6 at Bikini, Johnston Island and Hawaii.
From Fetruary 1958 until the close of the creration, J-6 personnel frem
Task Units 1, < end 3 were present at every comm site wd zero area contin-

nously,

Cn isienis other then Elmer or Non, the J-4 ropresentatives frequens~

ly assisted other agencies in accomplishing the overall mission of the Tesk
Group,

During the summer ond fall of 1957 the hasic nottern of operations ‘7s
established end som> firm criteris furnished to the -3C,.

Unfortunately, the

AEC did not reccive its '58 budget money until let: Getcher.

As a conse~

quence much Perrinen.. .ccountable construction wis delayed urtil it intere
ferred with sone of tne scientific construction.

tific requirements were submitted late also,
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however, most of the scien-

Construction lagged considercb1:

behind planned dates, this being mainly the effect of non-delivery to jobsite
of necessary ncterials.

The final result of the late money, tne late criteric

and the late construction was that, cgeain, experimenters were squeczed for J22)mre one

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