The Committee then recessed at 10:50 els
The Committee was joined by Mr, Strauss, Mr, Zuckert, Dr, Smyth,
Meeting
. with the
Commis-~
Sioners
and
General
Manager
and Mr, Nichols at 11:15 a.m,
Dr, Rabi reviewed the ‘several recommendations which the Comittee
were prepared to make,
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Dy, Rabi reported that the Committee had discussed the MTA project
with Mr, Davis and others, and could discern no. interest from the
Materials Production Division or the Reactor Deve lopment Division. “He said that uO
Testing
neither the Research Division nor the Committee could find a reason for
Accelerator
Program the continuance of the project, Mr. Nichols said that he would reconsider
the future of the project.
(Appendix B, item 1)
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Dr, Rabi reported that the GAC had had an excellent discussion on
Program
the status of the ANP program, and that they were impressed with the
effort,
He. said that the GAC would not be commenting on the military
value of such a system or the wisdom of combining the chemical and nuclear o
fuela in the same unit.
Dr. Rabi said, however, that the Committee Ee
‘liked the idea as a way to go.
Mr, Nichols inguired whether the Comittee had looked at the
Nuclear Development Associates reactor,
Dr. Rabi said that the GAC did
not get much detail on this and suggested that they would like to see a
report on it.
(Appendix B, item 2)
Dr. Rabi said that the GAC thought that the idea of a grey area of
te
Category
of
Tnformation
information was a good one, and was willing to endorse it.
Dr. Smyth
asked if the GAC would give them a letter on this particular subject.
Dr. Rabi agreed to do this promptly.
(Appendix B, item 10)