yee 2-455 pELETED “Jd 2.4.2.6 Project 34.6 Project 34.6 has responsibilities in three distinct and unrelated areas as follows: 1. Systematics, which consists generally of an intimate a-~ current Knowledge of the complete device firing systems yvi“%h staff advisory responsibilities to the Commander Task Unit °. 2. Procruement, test, and field support for X-unit cables for all UCRL events. 3. Detonator electrical test prior to, during, and after assembly of the complete device. The systematics function was a "lst time" venture and was conceived by Dr. H. B. Keller, CTU-2. port at the request of UCRL. SCLB furnished this sup- This function was particulary valuable in the pre-operational period and was chiefly one of coordination between various "interconnected" agencies during the planning phase. In the operational period this function, althougr. still valuable, suffered somewhat from manpower shortages in as much as the other two functions are absolutely necessary to a shot and systematics is not. For future operations it seems that the Arming and Firing Coordinator would be in a bettertposition to handle the function with a minimum of duplication of effort. It was valuable however, for the systematic coordinator to be located physically near UCRL in order to better handle the valuable pre-operational phases. The detonator test function is self-explanatory. Electrical tests were made on loose detonators or detonator cable assemblies at the request of any of the Device Field Teams, and generally “Oo, / four steps in the history of the device as follows: COPIED/D LANL Re oe aa / PACE €7