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Site ``W`` description

Description: This site description of the Hanford Reservation from February 1943 gives size, topography, geology, population, water supply, railroad, highway, power, meteorological, and valuation information. Maps are included.
Date: February 15, 1943
Creator: Grady, J. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Weekly progress report -- Technical Section for period ending June 12, 1943

Description: Progress was reported from the 300, 100, and 200 Areas. It covered the X pile, aluminium corrosion, graphite purity, fuel element fabrication, bismuth phosphate extraction and decontamination processes, waste disposal from bismuth phosphate processing, control rod systems for Site W, shielding problems at the Site W separation plant, fuel element failure detection, power distribution in the Clinton pile, reactor instrumentation for Site W.
Date: June 15, 1943
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Project 9536 HEW Building 105: Conference on welding design and technique

Description: On February 4 at a conference in T.C. Gary`s office attended by Messrs. Wood, Gary, H.T. Daniels, Burns and C.R. Johnson, the design of the strap plates on the front and rear shields of the pile was discussed from the standpoint of welding technique in the field. Discussion of the design centered about the plug welding of the plates to the Laminated blocks and the ability of the field to perform this work properly. It was decided that welding specialists should be consulted prior to the beginni… more
Date: February 15, 1944
Creator: Daniels, H.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim report No. 2 on Production Test No. 105-17-P, Laboratory evaluation of proposed lubricants

Description: The lubricant (Calel A-60) used to reduce pushing forces when discharging slugs from pile tubes forms a cloudy emulsion with water. During the initial period of operation at 100 B and D areas, spillage of lubricant during discharge produced so much cloudiness in the basin water that it interfered with sorting operations. An investigation was started to see if a lubricant could be found that would effectively lubricate tubes during discharge and which would form optically clear systems when mixe… more
Date: May 15, 1945
Creator: Bankoff, S. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production of Finished Metal

Description: No Description Available.
Date: August 15, 1945
Creator: Thompson, Dr. J. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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100 Areas, February 5--February 11

Description: This report gives the weekly status for the B, D, and F piles. Also given is the reactivity status at the end of the week for each pile. Process water control and pressure drop studies are discussed. Finally a brief discussion is given of the graphite expansion problem.
Date: February 15, 1946
Creator: Jordan, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Theorem and Its Application to Finite Tampers

Description: A theorem is derived which is useful in the analysis of neutron problems in which all neutrons have the same velocity. It is applied to determine extrapolated end-points, the asymptotic amplitude from a point source, and the neutron density at the surface of a medium. Formulas for the effect of finite tampers are derived by its aid, and their accuracy is discussed.
Date: August 15, 1946
Creator: Feynman, R. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Waste disposal: Failure of T Plant underground metal waste line from Section 9

Description: On June 23, 1947, a hole was discovered in the earthen fill near the T Plant R-19 stairwell directly above the path followed by the underground waste lines from the canyon. Jetting of all canyon wastes to the 241 Buildings was stopped and the canyon process shut down. This report discusses repair and characterization procedures for the soils and waste line pipe.
Date: July 15, 1947
Creator: Chapman, V. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Founding of the Brookhaven National Laboratory - Associated Universities, Inc.

Description: At the end of the war it became apparent that the teamwork of government and scientific institutions, which had been so effective in wartime work, must somehow be perpetuated in order to insure the continued progress of nuclear science in peace time. The enormous expense of the tools needed to pursue the next steps in this research -- nuclear reactors and high energy accelerators -- and the shortage of scientifically trained personnel pointed towards the establishment of a cooperative laborator… more
Date: January 15, 1948
Creator: LABORATORY, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Metabolism of Curium in the RAT

Description: The heaviest of the known elements is curium, which was recently discovered by Seaborg and his associates. This new element can be produced by the alpha particle transmutation of plutonium by the following reaction: {sub 94}Pu{sup 239} + {sub 2}He{sup 4} {yields} {sub 96}Cm{sup 242} + {sub 0}N{sup 1} This isotope of curium is radioactive and decays by the emission of an alpha particle to form plutonium 238 which, in turn, is also radioactive. Curium 242 has a half-life of 150 days, and its radi… more
Date: January 15, 1948
Creator: Hamilton, J.; Scott, K. & Axelrod, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Review of stuck slugs

Description: Records show that difficulty has been encountered with the discharge of two tubes in B Pile, twelve in the D Pile, and fifteen in the F Pile during the period from initial start-up until March 15, 1948. In sixteen cases the tubes have been replaced, six of the tubes which were in the fringe have been made air tubes, four did not warrant replacement, and three are to be replaced in the future. General statistics for these twenty-nine tubes are presented with additional details in this report.
Date: March 15, 1948
Creator: Alexander, W. K. & Woods, W. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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