Part V: First Report on Safeguards Required To Ensure the Use of Atomic Energy Only for Peaceful Purposes

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Chapter 1: General Introduction

THE MAJOR TASK BEFORE the Atomic Energy Commission is to make specific proposals for the control of atomic energy in order to foster its use only for peaceful purposes and to prevent its use for destructive ends. This task has led us to an analysis of the types of safeguards necessary to afford protection against the hazards of violations and evasions. The report contains the first findings of Committee 2, limited to this aspect of the general problem. These findings have led to the conclusion that a single international control agency must be responsible for the system of safeguards and control. The Committee has not discussed the general characteristics of such an agency or its exact powers in the way, for example, of development, research, or the international planning of atomic energy production. Nor has it considered how the various safeguards would be administered in practice as part of an over-all system.

The report has been prepared in accordance with the following resolution adopted by Committee 2 on October 8, 1946:

"That Committee 2 proceed to examine and report on the safeguards required at each stage in the production and use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to prevent the possibilities of misuse indicated in the Report of the Scientific and Technical Committee; that the Committee may hold informal meetings as it may decide, at which scientific Representatives may take part in the discussions."

The program of work adopted by Committee 2, on October 21, 1946, called for the consideration of three distinct kinds of possible misuse: diversion of materials, clandestine operations, and seizures of material or facilities. It was proposed that measures to prevent these possibilities of misuse be considered for each of the

Appendix III

SOME RELEVANT DATA ON COST AND SIZE OF U. S. ATOMIC BOMB

B. Major Construction Costs and Indications of Size of Installations

1 Press release by Secretary of War Stimson, Aug. 6, 1945.

2 Press release by President Truman, Aug. 6, 1945.

'Taken from the following publications:

"Hearings before the Special Committee on Atomic Energy," United

States Senate, Nov. 29, 1945.

(Government Printing Office.)

Articles in Engineering News-Record, Dec. 13, 1945.

Part V: First Report on Safeguards Required To Ensure the Use of Atomic Energy Only for Peaceful Purposes

T

Chapter 1: General Introduction

THE MAJOR TASK BEFORE the Atomic Energy Commission is to make specific proposals for the control of atomic energy in order to foster its use only for peaceful purposes and to prevent its use for destructive ends. This task has led us to an analysis of the types of safeguards necessary to afford protection against the hazards of violations and evasions. The report contains the first findings of Committee 2, limited to this aspect of the general problem. These findings have led to the conclusion that a single international control agency must be responsible for the system of safeguards and control. The Committee has not discussed the general characteristics of such an agency or its exact powers in the way, for example, of development, research, or the international planning of atomic energy production. Nor has it considered how the various safeguards would be administered in practice as part of an over-all system.

The report has been prepared in accordance with the following resolution adopted by Committee 2 on October 8, 1946:

"That Committee 2 proceed to examine and report on the safeguards required at each stage in the production and use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to prevent the possibilities of misuse indicated in the Report of the Scientific and Technical Committee; that the Committee may hold informal meetings as it may decide, at which scientific Representatives may take part in the discussions."

The program of work adopted by Committee 2, on October 21, 1946, called for the consideration of three distinct kinds of possible misuse: diversion of teris indestine operations, and seizures of material o posed that measures to sidered for each of the

Appendix III

SOME RELEVANT DATA ON COST AND SIZE OF U. S. ATOMIC BOMB

B. Major Construction Costs and Indications of Size of Installations

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25,000 Four-story building, 1⁄2 mile long, 4 mile across, covering 60 acres

1 Press release by Secretary of War Stimson, Aug. 6, 1945.

2 Press release by President Truman, Aug. 6, 1945.

'Taken from the following publications:

"Hearings before the Special Committee on Atomic Energy," United

States Senate, Nov. 29, 1945.

(Government Printing Office.)

Articles in Engineering News-Record, Dec. 13, 1945.

Part V: First Report on Safeguards Required To Ensure the Use of Atomic Energy Only for Peaceful Purposes

T

Chapter 1: General Introduction

THE MAJOR TASK BEFORE the Atomic Energy Commission is to make specific proposals for the control of atomic energy in order to foster its use only for peaceful purposes and to prevent its use for destructive ends. This task has led us to an analysis of the types of safeguards necessary to afford protection against the hazards of violations and evasions. The report contains the first findings of Committee 2, limited to this aspect of the general problem. These findings have led to the conclusion that a single international control agency must be responsible for the system of safeguards and control. The Committee has not discussed the general characteristics of such an agency or its exact powers in the way, for example, of development, research, or the international planning of atomic energy production. Nor has it considered how the various safeguards would be administered in practice as part of an over-all system.

The report has been prepared in accordance with the following resolution adopted by Committee 2 on October 8, 1946:

"That Committee 2 proceed to examine and report on the safeguards required at each stage in the production and use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to prevent the possibilities of misuse indicated in the Report of the Scientific and Technical Committee; that the Committee may hold informal meetings as it may decide, at which scientific Representatives may take part in the discussions."

The program of work adopted by Committee 2, on October 21, 1946, called for the consideration of three distinct kinds of possible misuse diversion of materials, clandestine operations, and seizures of material or facilities. It was proposed that measures to prevent these possibilities of misuse be considered for each of the