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their production, refining and dis
tribution.
3. Primary production plants-the
authority should exercise complete
managerial control of the produc-
ton of fashionable materials. This
means that it should control and
operate all plants producing fission-
able materials in dangerous guam
titles and must own and control the
product of these plants.
4. Atomic explosives-the author
ity should be given sole and exclu-
sive right to conduct research in
the field of atomic explosives. Re-
search activities in the field of
atomic explosives are essential in
order that the authority may keep
in the forefront of knowledge in
the field of atomic energy and full
fill the objective of preventing Illicit
manufacture of bombs. Only by
maintaining its position as the best
informed agency will the authority
be able to determine the line be-
tween intrinsically dangerous and
nom dangerous activities.
Would Promote Peacetime Benefits.
5. Strategic distribution of activi-
ties and materials-the activities
entrusted exclusively to the author
ity because they are intrinsically
dangerous to security should be dis
tributed through the world. SINH
larly, stockpiles of raw materials
and fashionable materials should not
be centralized
6. Nondangerous ctiviti s-a
function of the authority should be
promotion of the peacetime bene-
fits of atomic energy.
Atomic research Except in ex-
plosives), the use of research reac-
tors, the production of radioactive
tracers 10y means Of nondangerous
reactors, the use of such tracers,
and TO some extent the production
of power should be open to nations
and their citizens under reasonable
licensing arrangements from the
authority. Denatured materials,
whose use we know also requires
suitable safeguards, should be fur
nished for such purposes by the au-
thorlty under lease or other ar
rangement. Denaturing seems to
have been overestimated by the pub
lie as safety measure.
T. Definition of dangerous and
nondangerous ctivities-although a
reasonable dividing line can be
drawn between dangerous and nom
dangerous activities, it is not hard
and fast. Provision should, there
fore, be made to assure constant
denomination of the questions,
and to permit revision of the divid-
ing line as changing conditions and
new discoveries may require.
Rigid Inspection of Plants.
8, Operations of dangerous activ-
ities-any plant dealing with uran-
ium of thorium after it once
reaches the potential of dangerous
use must be not only subject to the
most rigorous and competent in
spection by the authority, but its
actual operation shall be under the
management. supervision and con-
troll of the authority.
9. InSpection-By assigning in
dangerous activities ex-
clusively to the authority, the diff
culties of inspection are reduced. II
the authority is the only agency
which may lawfully conduct danger
GUS activities, then visible operation
by others than the authority will
constitute an unambiguous danger
signal. Inspection will also occur
in connection with the licensing
of the authority.
10, Freedom Of access-Adeuuate
ingress and egress for all qualified
representatives of the authority must
be assured. Many OF the inspection
activities of the authority should
grow out OF. and be incidental to, its
other functions.
Important measures of inspection
will be associated with the tight con-
troll OF raw materials, for this is a
keystone of the plan. The continu-
ing activities of prospecting, survey
and research in relation to raw ma
terials will be designed not only to
serve the affirmative development
functions of the authority. but also
to assure that no surreptitious op-
erations are conducted in the raw
materials field by nations or their
citizens.
IL. Personnel-The personnel of
the authority should be recruited on
a basis of proven competence. but
also so far as possible on an inter-
national basis.
Setup to Require Time.
IL. Progress by stages-A primary
step in the creation of the system
of control is the setting forth, in
comprehensive terms of the func-
tons, responsibilities. powers and
limitations of the authority.
Once a charter for the authority
has been adopted, the authority and
the system of control for which it
will be responsible will require time
to become fully organized and effec-
tive. The plan of control will, there
fore, have to come into effect in
successive stages.
These should be specifically fixed
in the Charter or means should be
otherwise set forth in the Charter
for transitions from one stage to
another, as contemplated in the
resolution of the United Nations
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