suovr 3 ‘is Berkeley's first thormonuclear test. ‘Yield is ted nis mii also be @ surface shot, in thiscase on land(Eninsen) so that there will be an appreciable amowmt of dirt eroimd it, as opposed to Swot \ which will be surrounded either by reef or water, _ Ssroy 4, acain on the rround, yield! i i itt is presently proposea tobé shot on a barre in the laroon, 2500 yas offishore from the Yurochi - Aomoen chain in Bizini Atoll, There is a possi-g billvty that the Upshot series will indicate certain precise photographic measurements are necessary on this model which will require that it be in a fixed) pasition. In this case, one “ould swine it aroumd and anchor the barze on;one of the islands in this chain, cpproximetely the same distance from the: gamma.and photo stations. PY The proposal at the \moment tofire on barges in the same general position as-—\ about 3 or 34 miles offshore, using the same photo statio or) for that shot. If are fired, one of them would take the race fin the schedule. @ ©) (Incidentally, the water in the Yicini of the barge shots is about . C. C 1rnde patna eueuinnireran ~I 30 fathoms deep.) PROPOSED LASL AND UCRL EXPERIMENTAL PRocraus [ i As the croup probably imows, there has been a rdesqnable amount of confusion as to what happened on “ike Shot. Up wmtil a few;weeks ago there were two values for the yield which were contradictory and ppunectet ty different, yet no one could find anything seriously «rong with eit eo90 of then. Low