May 12, 1950 letter from J. H. Lampe to Mr. James Boyd

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Nuclear Reactor

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May 12, 1950 Mr. James Boyd, Director U.S. Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Mines Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Boyd:

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.

Sincerely yours, J. H. Lampe Dean of Engineering JHL:ja