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Dr. Rabi asked the Subcommittee to prepare a written report on the
Laboratory and the boiling and fast breeder reactor work to serve as a
basis oh which the Committee could answer the questions which had been.
pub to it. (Appendix B,item 4).
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Mr,’ Whitman then commented briefly on the fast reactor. The
Breeder
critical question is whether it can breed if diluted with structural
haterials.
The relevant experimental data. should be available in about’
a year,
It is proposed to build EBR number 2 at Arco, at a cost of $19
million, according to the following schedule:
dévelopment only
till July 1955
architect-engineer
on
building construction
u
April 1956
_ ready for operation
January 1958
(optimistic estimate)
Mr. Whitman said he had heen impressed by the fact that Dr, Zinn's
enthusiasm on the preeder seemed much less than on the boiling reactor.
Mr. Murphree commented that breeding had only a long range: importance,
in view of the available ore supply.
He was inclined to support the
breeder on a long range basis, but not 4s an urgent project. It could
be pushed harder than it is being pushed, but it would be difficult to
find justificationfor doing so,
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A number of other topics received passing mention in this discus-
sion.
(Dr. Zimn's attitudes toward homogeneous and Liquid bismuth
reactors; his apprehension about the leak hazard in the use of Liquid