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100 Areas: April 16--April 22

Description: Reported are: physics (B pile, D pile, F pile, general physics); and water, corrosion and engineering (process water control and pressure drop studies, purging studies, removal of process tube B-3671).
Date: April 26, 1946
Creator: Jordan, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of life of manufacturing piles

Description: This memorandum provides an estimate of the life of manufacturing piles.
Date: October 22, 1946
Creator: Milton, W. H. Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Columbia River temperature study at 100-F Area

Description: In August 1946 it was discovered that two effluent lines near the Columbia River at Hanford were damaged. The upstream effluent line has broken off 37 fact from the shoreline and the downstream effluent line had been bent and partly broken seventeen feet from shoreline and has swung downstream to a point about 50 feet from shorelines. This study was made to determine how fast and in what fashion the temperature of the effluent water is dissipated in the Columbia River under the present conditio… more
Date: October 22, 1946
Creator: Lewis, W. R. & Rohrbacher, R. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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100 Areas: (For technical progress letter No. 95), April 23--29

Description: Reported are: physics (B Pile, D Pile, F Pile, general physics); and water, corrosion and engineering (process water control and pressure drop studies, corrosion, graphite expansion).
Date: May 3, 1946
Creator: Jordan, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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100 Areas, January 1 through January 7, 1946

Description: During this period the B Pile operated at its assigned power level of 25 MW below rated level, except for 10 hours on January 5. The operating level of the D Pile remained at 25 MW below rating. The rate gain in excess reactivity during equilibrium operation has been about 1.8 inhours/day. On January 1, the power level of the F Pile was dropped to 25 MW below rating from its previous rated level. Rod A was in a favorable position to make a determination of the reactivity coefficients at the tim… more
Date: January 11, 1946
Creator: Jordan, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Columbia River temperature survey at Hanford Engineer Works. Final report

Description: It was agreed during a meeting on July 10, 1945, investigation should be made to determine how fast and in what fashion the temperature of the effluent water from the 100 Areas is dissipated in the Columbia River. A preliminary report on these investigation was issued March 1, 1946: it discussed the testing techniques developed and the results of a survey made at the 100-B Area. Following a review of the data and tentative conclusions resented therein, it was agreed to extend the survey using s… more
Date: August 14, 1946
Creator: Osterloh, R. H. & Lewis, W. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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300 Area, January 22--January 28

Description: Progress is reported on the topics of extrusion and canning. The information on canning is broken down into: Production test 313-74-M, studies of aluminium cans, selection of surface rejection standards, thorium, and the effect of high and low tin in bronze on tin carry-over to canning bath.
Date: February 1, 1946
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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300 Area, January 15--January 21

Description: This report from the reactor fuel manufacturing facilities at Hanford highlights extrusion, canning, and welding operations. Processing of thorium and bismuth is discussed. Radiography of fuels revealed voids that conformed underweight reject measurements.
Date: January 25, 1946
Creator: Kidder, C. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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100 Areas, July 23 through July 29. For technical progress letter number 108

Description: The weekly progress for D and F piles is given. Status of the test to determine the cause of white deposits on the horizontal control rods of the F pile is given. Also discussed are studies of process water control and pressure drop, corrosion, and graphite expansion. Test results indicate that graphite expansion has not seriously limited discharge of process tubes.
Date: August 2, 1946
Creator: Jordan, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production test-105-55-P -- Reactivity of the B Pile under shutdown conditions. Interim report

Description: At the shutdown of the B Pile, 269 active tubes were discharged and ten poison columns were charged. As a result, the pile was let considerably below critical. The present test described in this report was set up to develop methods of detecting possible changes in reactivity by periodic measurements of neutron flux in the shutdown pile. The irradiation of indium foils in an empty process tube was found to provide a satisfactory method of monitoring the shutdown pile, and was sensitive than the … more
Date: July 26, 1946
Creator: Menegus, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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100 Areas technical activities report -- Physics, October 1946

Description: The D Pile was down five times for scheduled shutdowns. The fifth shutdown was of short duration for the purpose of discharging temporary ``P`` columns. Details of the shutdowns are given. Three new bismuth columns were established, Special Requests were charged into seven tubes and three Special Requests were discharged. Three tubes were charged with four-inch slugs. The power level of the F Pile has been corrected for the discrepancy noted last month. Material for irradiation under the Specia… more
Date: November 6, 1946
Creator: Gast, P. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Supplemental and Summary Report on Western Carrizo Uplift and Chuska Mountains Areas of Northern Navajo Indian Reservation Northeastern Arizona

Description: General purpose of survey: During the period 1943 and 1944, the primary purpose was to locate, describe, sample, and generally evaluate the SOM-vanadium mineralization in the western Carrizo Uplift and Chuska Mountains Areas. To this end, the areal geology of the areas, with emphasis on the Salt Wash member of the Morrison formation, was mapped. The triangulation and the laying out of leased plots were supplemental parts of this work. The field work in 1945 was for the purpose of collecting add… more
Date: April 1946
Creator: Harshbarger, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report on SOM Investigations in Arizona (Except the Plateau Province Area)

Description: From summary: Union Mines' examination of Arizona's pegmatites, lode deposits of the central and southeastern parts of the state, and heavy mineral concentrates from few placer deposits indicates that SOM is practically non-existent in the first two and that minor amounts of monazite and possibly other S-37 minerals are present in the last.
Date: March 26, 1946
Creator: Hill, J. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geology and Ore Resources of the Uranium-Vanadium Depositional Province of the Colorado Plateau Region

Description: From introduction and acknowledgements: This report is written to supplement and complete the record contained in some fifty district and special reports already submitted, and duplication of material in district reports has been studiously avoided. The data herein contained are largely of a regional type, inclusion of which was not wholly appropriate to the district reports.
Date: 1946
Creator: Webber, Benjamin N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Multi-Channel Pulse Analyser

Description: This report discusses the multi-channel pulse analyser including its components and operation.
Date: June 14, 1946
Creator: Ghiorse, Albert; Weissbourd, B. & Robinson, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Bragg Reflection of Neutrons by a Single Crystal

Description: From cover page: This document has been assigned the above MDDC (Manhattan District Declassification) number, as given in the List of Declassified Documents issued semi-monthly by the Research Division, Manhattan District. In the case of Los Alapnos reports, LADC (Los Alamos Declassification) numbers are listed on the title page if known. This declassified document may differ materially from the original classified document by reason of deletions necessary to accomplish declassification. Hence,… more
Date: June 14, 1946
Creator: Zinn, Walter H.
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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