Dr. Thomas Miller, Associate Director of the Bureau of Mines, was
here on our campus last Friday, May 5, then the first of this week
I had your encouraging letter of May 4. We are indeed happy that
the Bureau of Mines will be glad to enter into a cooperative agree-
ment with North Carolina State College which would make the Bureau
of Mines Experimental Station Building on our campus available to
the College for the installation and operation of our low-temperature
nuclear reactor. I am sure that there will be no problems as to the
conditions you suggest under which the agreement will be possible.

Last Friday Associate Director Miller, Mr. Virgil Miller, Dr. Clifford
Beck, and I discussed the use of the Bureau of Mines Building for the
proposed nuclear reactor and it was pointed out in this conference
that we are quite anxious to proceed with a cooperative activity
with the Bureau of Mines and the use of the building. Our detailed
investigation, however, has left some questions unanswered which,
at the present moment, prevents us from moving ahead. For your
infomration and so that you will know we are investigating every
phase that might affect the reacotr, the present problems are:

• 1. Deatailed investigation has shown us that a utility
  or service tunnel carrying electricity, steam,
  water, etc., runs under the Bureau of Mines
  Building and might be under one corner of the
  proposed reactor site. This might gives us a
  foundation problem which will introduce more
  difficulties than we can handle, and in addi-
  tion, it might present hazards for protection
  and security because we cannot conveniently
  block off this tunnel.
• 2. The Bureau of Mines Building is located a short
  distance from the new Mechanical Engineering Build-
  ing which is now being erected and the Atomic Energy
  Safeguard Commission has indicated that the proxi-
  mity of this building presents a hazard to the new

• Mechanical Engineering Building and the proposed
  site of the reactor is not sufficient to meet the
  requirements.

We indeed appreciate your interest and support and we will keep you
advised as we make progress in our planning and accomplishments in
connection with the nuclear reactor here at Nortch Carolina State
College.