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A 20 MayMemo written by Woodruff, Project Engineer at NTS on the
estimated compiction dates of the URL Area 12 Program documents
information received from Mr. Taylor of Reeco.
The U12E03 drift
is completed as far as,basic construction and is a month or so shertof completion
of scientific constructionand a couple months from electrical and cabling
installation.
The U12E07 shaft is about’'a month short of completion
with the other facilities such as the O room and the Rad Chem piping a couple
months short of completion. The U12B09 basic construction is one day short
of completion and about a month short of scientific construction completion.
+ ‘All of the previous in 1960 certainly clears up the question of what it was
that had LRL feeling that the change-over from readiness construction at
the NTS to Vela Uniform Detection Program type activities had severely cut
back on the progress in the direction of achieving weapons test readiness.
Following the canceilation of work in May the jump in correspondence
to July documents how quickly things were cut off,
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the seismic program and make several speci
seismic program. For the latter
the weapons readiness program versus the
and it is stated that if the
case several options of funding are given
ed there can be .8 miffion dollar
current NTS program is continued as plann
effort is terminated immediately
savings whereas if all weapons readiness
can be a |.6 million dollar
except for the raw digging of !2e07 there
accrued due to the fact
Further, there are savings that can be
were originally ordered and
that certain materials such as Coax which
savings.
with the weapons readiness program
scheduled for delivery in connection
for either program.
can be taken into inventory and used