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100 Areas technical activities report, Engineering December 1949

Description: Pile Engineering reports on: metal deformation studies, status of group I metal, flow laboratory activities, boroscope inspection details, pile control details, elimination of silica feed, controlled exposure temperature for graphite samples, naval fuel test channel, strength of masonite at elevated temperatures, carbon dioxide pile temperature, H pile graphite temperature, sampling of pile graphite, special pile motion measurements, pile expansion, far side restraining clamps, vortical thimble… more
Date: January 18, 1950
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100 Areas technical activities report -- Engineering, February, 1950

Description: This report covers work done by the Physical Chemistry Group and the Pile Engineering Groups. Subjects covered are as follows: metal exposure details; slug corrosion details; pile control -- thimble removal study; Van Stone flange corrosion details; process tube corrosion details; carbon dioxide experiment; graphite sampling; special pile measurements; routine pile measurements; 105 technical laboratories; P-10; boiling studies; pile annealing studies; gas tube experiment; thermal conductivity … more
Date: March 29, 1950
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100 Areas technical activities report -- Engineering, May, 1950

Description: This report discusses progress made by the Physical Chemistry Group and Pile Engineering Groups. Topics covered are as follows: x-ray studies--tube bore mining; physical expansion of capsule exposures; special capsule exposures; pile annealing; thermal conductivity and pile annealing; total stored energy; Sykes stored energy method; slug corrosion rate; effect of pressure drop on slug corrosion; exposure of P-10 fuel slugs; slug corrosion weight loss variables; vertical safety rod thimble corro… more
Date: June 28, 1950
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234-5 Development Group - summary report, use of {open_quotes}AT{close_quotes} solution without evaporation

Description: A summary of work is presented from the 234-5 Development Group, September 1, 1950, with regard to the feasibility of transferring the plutonium processing solution, without evaporation, to the Purification Building. Critical factors identified were the concentration of the nitric acid and temperature.
Date: September 1, 1950
Creator: Lyon, W.L. & Facer, J.F.
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The 1A Hybrid Flowsheet

Description: A preliminary hybrid 1A flowsheet in which the extraction section operates substantially acid while the scrub section is acid deficient is presented. The effects of added nitric acid on the performance of the acid deficient 1A flowsheet are considered, and the need for control of the entering stream acidities in such flowsheets is evaluated. Data on batch-countercurrent decontamination and plutonium recovery are included. (J.R.D.)
Date: January 1, 1950
Creator: Coplan, B. V.; Davidson, J. K.; Hass, W. O. & Zebroski, E. L.
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The absorption, distribution, and excretion of tritium in men and animals

Description: A series of experiments on exposure of man and rats to tritium gas (HT) or tritiated water (HTO) are reported. In one human experiment 3 millicuries of HTO was administered in 200 milliliters of water by ingestion. Absorption into the blood stream was linear with time and complete in about 45 minutes. Body water turnover was measured over a period of six days by weighing all food and fluid intake and all excretory output. For four days water turnover was kept near normal (2.7 liters per day). D… more
Date: November 24, 1950
Creator: Pinson, E.A. & Anderson, E.C.
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Activity of fission products as a function of decay time, and relationship to the TBP process

Description: Fission product distribution, fission product activities, and decontamination factors are terms of general usage in the Chemical Development Section. Specific values for some of these terms have been based upon data procured several years ago. In many cases more accurate basic numbers are now available. This report sets forth in tabular form detailed information on fission product activities as a function of decay time for certain conditions. It attempts to quality the use of the theoretical cu… more
Date: February 27, 1950
Creator: Schwennesen, J. L.
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Activity of pile gas. Rough draft

Description: This memorandum concerns the relative activities of Argon 41 and Nitrogen 16 in the pile gas composed of 95 percent carbon dioxide and 5 percent air. The memorandum is dated November 16, 1950. (JL)
Date: November 15, 1950
Creator: Roesch, W. C.
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The acute radiation syndrome: A study of ten cases and a review of the problem

Description: In this report ten cases of acute radiation syndrome are described resulting from two accidents occurring at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of unique nature involving fissionable material. These cases are described in considerable detail. The report comprises ten sections. This volume, part II of the report, is comprised of sections entitled: (1) the Biological Basis for the Clinical Response seen in the Acute radiation Syndrome, (2) Clinical Signs and Symptoms, (3) Discussion of Hematolo… more
Date: March 17, 1950
Creator: Hempelmann, L.H. & Lisco, H.
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Amplifier Design for Proportional Ionization Chambers

Description: This paper presents the requirements of a nuclear amplifier of short resolving time, designed to accept pulses of widely varying amplitudes. Data are given which show that a proportional ionization chamber loaded with a 1,000-ohm resistor develops pulses of 0.5 microsecond duration and several volts amplitude. Results indicate that seven basic requirements are imposed on the amplifier when counting soft beta and gamma radiation in the presence of alpha particles, without absorbers. It should, (… more
Date: August 24, 1950
Creator: Baker, W. H.
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Analysis of a standard Pu solution by the control laboratories in 231 and 234-5 Buildings

Description: A solution of Pu was prepared for use in a re-investigation of the present 49 titration method. Three 500 microliter portions of the sample were dried and ignited to PuO{sub 2}. From the weight of the residue and the impurity analysis, the concentration, in g/l, of the solution was found to be 222.2, 221.5, and 222.5; average of 222.0. The six samples submitted to the control laboratory in Bldg. 231 were reported as: 219.3, 223.6, 221.5, 220.9, 222.3, and 228.2 (re-run 229.3); average of 222.6 … more
Date: July 14, 1950
Creator: Barton, G.B.
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Atomization Method of Making Uranium Powder

Description: Atomized U powder was produced by forming an electric arc between two U electrodes in an inert atmosphere and sending a high velocity stream of inert gas through the arc. Uranium particles obtained by this method were of spherical shape; smaller particles contained mostly small grains, and larger particles wore characterizcd by larger grains. The particles were ductile and could be hotpressed to a compact of high density. The temporary equipment used for those preliminary tests on atomization w… more
Date: August 1, 1950
Creator: Hausner, H. H. & Mansfield, H.
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Californium Isotopes From Bombardment of Uranium With Carbonions

Description: The recent production and identification of isotopes of elements with atomic numbers up to six higher than the target element through bombardment with hexapositive 120-Mev carbon ions made it seem worthwhile to apply this technique to the transuranium region. Accordingly, small pieces of natural uranium metal (about 0.5 mil thick and 205 cm by 0.6 cm area) were irradiated in the internal carbon ion beam in the Berkeley 60-inch cyclotron. Following the irradiations, the uranium was dissolved in … more
Date: September 6, 1950
Creator: Ghiorso, A.; Thompson, S. G.; Street, Jr., K. & Seaborg, G. T.
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Carbon Dioxide Fixation by Green Plants

Description: Since the end of the war when the long-lived isotope of carbon, C{sup 14} became available a new tool has been applied in the study of photosynthesis. Because of the interest evoked by the tracer method, research in all areas of photosynthesis has expanded. There have been reviews on various aspects of photosynthesis such as the primary photochemical reaction, quantum efficiency products, and comparative biochemistry, many discussions of which were included in the monograph of The American Soci… more
Date: January 3, 1950
Creator: Benson, A. A. & Calvin, M.
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Chemical and physical properties vs degree of concentration of uranyl nitrate-nitric acid process streams of metal conversion plant

Description: Uranium is recovered as an aqueous solution of uranyl nitrate and nitric acid in both the tributyl phosphate metal recovery process and the Redox separation process. The streams are designated as RCU and IIIEU in the respective processes. For metal recovery these streams are combined. The purpose of the nitric removal operation is to minimize equipment corrosion and to restrict contamination of the final uranium oxide with corrosion products which might be formed in the elevated temperature rea… more
Date: July 24, 1950
Creator: Clagett, F.
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