proceed with preparation of the Marshmallow event for firing at the earliest
possible time, however, the testing schedule precluded Marshmallow firing where
the event had formerly been planned.
Additionally the necessity for freedom
from seismic disturbance during test preparation, a new site was agreed upon to
avoid interference with other events.
By Dec., projects had been re-examined,
design criteria were firming, some contractors had begun assembly of instrumentation
and project hardware, fabrication of pipe was proceeding on schedule, the access
tunnel had been completed, and work on the pipe tunnel and line of sight tunnel
had begun."
The new funding levels for the various testing programs are as follows:
Vela Uniform has 4.9 million authorized, of which 3.25 are committed; Hard Hat
has been funded at 1.5 million; Marshmallow was reactivated at 9.6 million;
Danny Boy - 1.45; Small Boy - 6.9; and Fishbowl - 46.956.
The following cover the first half of calendar year 62.
In this time frame,
Crowson left the R & D branch of Field Command on 1 June 62.
A number of changes took place within WET due to the test programs going on
during this time.
A continental test organization was formed to carry out the
DOD responsibilities at the NTS and Col. William M. Boggs who had been assistant
to Kiley headed this organization and acted as Military Deputy to the Test
Manager, an AEC function.
Also, an overseas test organization was established
on 1 Feb. 62 to support JTF~8 and it became Task Unit 8.1.3 with Kiley as the
Commander.
Also, Col. MacPherson Morgan was Program Manager for the Marshmallow