felt that the reviews should continue, including BNL, Berkeley (especially
the MTA program), Ames, and Knolls, probably not Hanford.
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Affairs
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Report
The question. of how the GAC could increase its usefulness to the AEC
was raised, but no definitive conclusions were reached,
At 2:05 p.m. the following persons joined the meeting:
W. H. Zinn,
N, Hilberry, F. RB. Shonka, S. Untermyer, F. G. Foote, W. M. Manning, H. V.
Lichtenberger, 5S. McLain, J. R. Gilbreath, H. L. Hull, J. BR. Huffman, 5.
-Lawroski, J.C. Boyce, H. Etherington, L. A. Turner (of the Argonne
National Laboratory); A. Tammaro, J. J. Flaherty, R. C. Hageman (of the
Chicago Operations Office); Commissioner Smyth and Dr. McDaniel.
The
remainder of the afternoon was devoted to the research and development
program of the Argonne National Laboratory.
EBR
The discussion opened with a few questions about the Experimental
Breeder Reactor (EBR) which had been inspected in the morning.
The EBR
will be used to obtain an integral measure of breeding gain in the
neutron transformation of U~238and Pu-239.
fast
It will furnish useful
experience on the effects of burn up, highflux, and on the use of liquid
metal (Na or Na-K) coolant.
The question of plutonium loading was
discussed; further information on the metallurgy of plutonium and its
alloys is needed,
Liaison
in
With respect to liaison between ANL and other laboratories engaged in
Reactor reactor development it was said that inter-laboratory planning discussions
Program
are not held
formally,
informal discussions.
but that contact is maintained through visits and
Most people are so busy that it is difficult for
them to give proper attention to long-range planning.
Dr. dZinn felt that
the U.S. reactor program.could profit by increased effort; he omphasized