25 Mar. 60, J-6 Report:
25 this Mar.
H.& N has reduced their manpower from about 900 last Mar.
878 wt oem eneee.
ssentially complete.
As for the EPG, it is stated that operation Switch
The only scientific construction done during this time periodwas
the Wilma photo tower received new guide wires; certain drawings and designs
other equipment were completed and begun.
As for the NTS, DMA has released money with a time limit on spending it and
shere has been a small flurry of activity.
Jone:
J-6 has asked for the following to
BY
drill and case a 1200 ft. and an 800 ft. 36 in. diameter hole;
deepen
existing 500 ft. hole ‘to 800 ft.; deepen a 500 £t. hole to 525
£t.; precure a
0 ft. 35 ton winch
with hardware for four holes; procure approximately: 80,000 ft.
styroflex coax cable; procure a shock resistant mobile alpha trailer
and utility
‘Ller; design of an 1800 ft. 50 ton winch and hardware. None of these contrac
ts
OS
re been awarded yet, but it is hoped that all will be awarded by mid April.
The test group director's plan for Stardust,No. COPAC60-7, dated 25 March 1960,
AS
notes that the purpose of the test is first to determine whether or not the
device will go supercritical when flooded with sea water and,if it should,
to determine when and how, the total number of fissions, the radiation field
and physical violence associated with this type of accident, the subsequent
disassembly of the device, and the plutonium oralloy equivalent for this
system so as to normalize the experimental critical assembly data already
taken at Livermore. Readiness date is planned as 4 May 1960. The experiment
was performed on 11 May 1960. Results were that the device did not go critical.
|