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U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
Washington 25, D. C.
Princeton, New Jersey
March 20, 1951
Dear Mr. Dean:
As you know, the 25th meeting of the General Advisory Conm-
mittee was held at the DuPage County site of the argonne National Labora-~
tory on March 15, 16 and 17. As Dr. DuBridge and I told you yesterday,
the meetings were in many ways very informative. We had an opportunity to
learn from Dr. Bradbury about the analysis of the Nevada tests, and to go
over with him his plans and policies for the work of the Los Alamos Labora~
tory in the near future. We had an informative discussion with the
Directors of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Directors of the
Argonne Laboratory; and we were also happy to visit typical installations
and typical experiments at the argonne site. We believe the reports and
consultations absut the work of these laboratories will prove helpful in
an overall assessment of the Commission's research program.
It is our plan to hold the 26th mecting of the Gencral
Advisory Committee in Washington on the 8th, 9th and 1Oth of May. We
shall probably confine the formal meetings to the 9th and 1Oth, and devote
the first day to study and informal consultation. In addition to a consideration of the problems which the Commission may then wish to refer to us,
we would suggest three items for our agenda:
(1)
We believe that it would be timely to review the
program of the Brookhaven Laboratory,
(2) We belicve it would also be timely to review the
program of the Radiation Laboratory of the University of California.
(3)
We would like to have a substantive report of the
Commission's activities in research, development and exploration in the
field of raw materials, covering the activities both of the Division of
Research and the Division of Raw Materials Operations.
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In sennection with the first two items, it would be helpful
if, well in advance of the 26th meeting, we could have brief summary
reports similar in scope to that provided by the Oak Ridge Laboratory.
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