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at Meeting 1276 on April 9, 1957, that a pri~i= objective in fallout tr~order that the world-wide contributioncan be ?.ccu?atelycalculatedby dlf~erence. He said that in response HARUTACK, a special ‘sr.ief’i,n!ghad ‘uee.nscheduledto inform the commission of tentative plans fox’ this program. General Starbird of the Navy now plan9 to place in the re~erve fleet on July 31, - total fallwt can be made for each shot, considerationIs being “’ With respect to t.kefirst expe::lmer:tto be conducted in these shots wculd be obtalcedby cc!c;ingthalium to the weapons to serve 38 a radioactivetracer, Mr, 3tI’?.ussu.uestioned BY AUTHORITY OF DOE/OC REVIEWED By ‘ DATE
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Mr. Graves said the second experiment~~nuldInvolve the made availableby AFOAT-1, These planes would be used to mak extensivemeasurementsof local fallout over an expanded area fo:>as long as teilhours followingeach shot. The third p airplaneswhich could flyexperimentwould involve the use OL at very high altitudes,measuring the amount of radioactive ~a~er~~~ in the stratosphereafter each shot, Mr. Grams said ccmideratiionis being given to a fourt \_ experiment in which ~.riszn,uent-.bearj.~zgrockets would be used to obtain data on the radioactivemater:al in the mushrocm cloud of’one of the high-altitudeshots, in the fifth exper ment, two drone ships which nad served the same purpose in operationREDWING would be used to sample radioactivitypres in the ocean waters to a depth of eighty xeters in the .i.mm areas of the shots. General Star”circlcommentedthat these sh would cost approximately$i million to $2 mi;.:~lon,In respo iladbeen equipped for use in OperationREDWING and that it Is [LO:practicalto consider equipping smaller ships, General Stal’birdccmmwnued on the additionalinformati _.”eq,uestedby tb.eDep&rt~r.ntof Defense on fallout in the interm ediate areas a:ldsaid tiwt the we of radioactivetracers, t this Information, He added ~hat the cost of’these experimen would be approximately$6 million: :I:t tlmt neither the AEC n the DOD are sure of available f’uni:sa.tthis tlme~ Genaral Stai’bL~ld said cans:tieratimIs alsc being given to other expe ments Involvingrockets a.odships to collect fallout data, H pointed out that the question of funds for the use of rocket
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‘~heuse or the two tironeships sl.acethe Navy Plans to Place to a question by Mr. Stvauss, General Starbird Said the Depart ment of tk.eNa-.’yhtisind~.catedtha% Funds are not availablefo these two ships but that this matter is still being discussed Mr, Libby comnented on the importame c;:establtshitiga rellablefallout program for OperationHARDTACK and said he believed the pregran otitli~edis a reasmable one. ‘However> he added that he wou.1.dprefeu that ~t be expacded if sufficie on the total fallout expected fI’omoperationHARDTACK and Said
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W..’ from the standpointof defense knowledge, Juuiifiesthe General Loper concludedhis remarks by saying that in as well as the airplaneswhich would be med for high altitude