Meeting #1354, 11 April 58:
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Here is an interesting item on test detection: "Mr, Strauss said
it had
been suggested that the National Academy of Sciences conduct a study
on the ability to detect accurately any nuclear weapons tests.
He said
"9
os
the Killian Committee report on this subject had not been conclusive,
The cost, Mr. Strauss said, would be approximately $20,000.
The
commissioners said they would favor such a study."
"635 Millrace"
Folders
Discussion in early calendar year 58 mentions an operation entitled "Millrace"
LH
as well as certain safety tests all to be done at the NTIS in the fall of 1958, on
which the AEC has withheld formal authorization until later in the year.
Note also
that Trumpet is a series planned for the spring of 59 at the NTS.
April
58 correspondence . indicates planning
for logistics: and equipment support
ere
.
at the NTS for this series beginning about the 15th of Sept. 58,
The Livermore program
seems to include 4 definite underground test with a maximum yield of 5 kilotons, as
well as several strictly safety tests.