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To discusg the pending British request, Colonel 5. W. Beers,
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Director of Military Liaison, FCDA, called a meeting of representatives
of FCDA, Department of state, Department of Defense, Military Liaison
Committee, and AEC on April 13. The conaensus deyeloped at this meeting
indicated that the best, method of procedure was for an integration of
the British requirements with those of FCDA, in light of the difficulties
of permitting direct foreign partiéipation in the testing program.
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ar for New Construction
Conferences were participated in where the design criteria, the
dispersal features, and the place and importance in the overall AEC
prog
f (1) the new "Feed Materials Production Center", and (2) a
new pile at Hanford were minutely examined.
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Shelters
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A draft of a manual for "Determining Suitable Shelter Areas in
Existing Buiidings", prepared under contract for FCDA by Lehigh
University, was reviewed and a conference was attended where the draft
was discussed by a panel of 20 engineers assembled by FCDA from trade
and professional organizations.
Direction waa given to duPont (con-
tractors on sa¥annah River) and Hanford on the design of shekiers for
use in plant areas.
Additional work is in progress on these designs
and each AEC installation will receive »lans for its guidance as the
completed studies are received,
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Radtation Instruments Sranch —
Joint United <ingdom-—Canadian-United 3tates Instrwnentation Conference
The planning and coordination for the Third Joint United Kingdom
Canadian-iinited States Instrumentation Conference was completed. Tris
conference will be held at Harwell, England, April 30 through Yay 11,
1951, and will be attended by seven U. 5. representatives,
Commission
authorization for this conference was obtained through staff Paper
AEC 43/381 submitted to the Commission on April ll, 1951.
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