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Report: Contributions of the Division of Special Problems to the Manhattan Project (HRE1000)

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10 pages
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manta, dasfgred for pla at ant tar lag,md ma-portable inatg radioactlto olomoats. This work includor trrcor rtudirr with polonium, reeium, plutonium, and urrnhm on huran bad aniplsl subJectr; and a180 lethL1 doso studios on s n i m l 8

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are taken and forwbrdod to .%chortar for de tem ln nti on of ndon conteat to htc r tine vhethar o r not Itngerous conccntrztlons are prosent. If on mothods of rumrln& this kmmrd. ?lmt8 vhero this typo o f m n i - t;,riq hare been rm ti no ly carried out incluCo1 hdoa determinations are aarriod oat -do? tho diroution of and purlflcrf there vas pot on t bl lya r.17 great h - r d due to this hid7 toxic alpha-active substmao. fa coll s bor8 tion ulth their cheeirts, methodr vera vorkod out for as~&yl.ngu pnua of thoir nium by a xI or iron hl rturlles on aninl8, datermizratlon of u cro tory atos by studies on aalnalr and er?crlaonbl hmaa rabJects, a s woll .a the dwelopment of cho mic ~ land eloctricsll Isolation techniques. This vork wa8 tmrrlod out uahr the direation o f 3r. Ibbort ?Ink. This lnrolrad the ret ting of tolor ~ a c o1 0 ~ 0 1 8for poloTrotoction amlast td lo active *hst8. In ast of tho boa cbrrlad out oi th cr by b chert cr or local pl&nt prmnnol on tar concurtration of radio sot ivo dust prosa at in wot kl q areas. electrostatic p tecl = i t & tor h&s bem cn#monly urbd for durt aam2lo taking sod th. proc ipl tro a tubor fahrardod to Bochmstor for8emsur ~ Also equip ent so thet th oy my carry out their ovn surreys & S boon pmvidod by Bochester to several X at rlc t Arwr lncludiag

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(3) Tho Ji8lrrb.w Chai-1 Cow pla at at Clrroland uhoro a PO- (4) Apl rat to mx ttl at umaiu fror h w grad. or., sow under construction at St. 5ouls to ba ogotated by the Yallinckmdt Coqmay, where proto et ion from rrdlurr md mdon won Thio con i ul th g vork nec e irl th tod trl j m ta other similar plants to rurroy working cond ltl on rth s roatan ale in 2lannLag aeu constmetion md proporod orem ting ptoceduros. Largely, alt hugh not or clar l rc ly for this s * .U30SOr hro turrryr wero csnduetod atthe Eldorado Ibdium niques dr rla ul priurlly for health amitoring twnod out to bo usofkl 3r. EMS o f tho Qbcnsster r-mJcct suponiaod tho eonstnactloa la tha krodt plat ks since the& co nrt ruc ted add ft lon ul duplicates of thio Flagg of the > iris ion of Pbsrpucolog col ~ a borat dwith 8 gmup r t Tal0 Unlvorslty ia devrlaplng new p l r n t procedurar for unrnium isohtlon and = diu concsatrntfon from h khan do oror. For a period of almost one yoar 3r. A 1 1 i n g ouperrlsed tho carrp ine; out of s a oral radium deter nlm tion rd ally on ro lu t lons forward& from the Llnde plant a th ff alo as .p ald In their ore refining opontianr. unlta, derlgnod for plant w f ow monltotbg, rad noa-partablo lnrtnosnts,

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Smerrrl ~ etbor rof the Division of Spock l Pmblomm collabor&tod In tho dorlgn and constructlam 3 f thore laetnt-ents. tlon, riuplicatoe hot0 born construetad at other &rear. cig trot to a, to In rs rt is tten - di ation intensities et the aceno of atomic bomb o r ~ ln al on r. Several rr riot lor of this inrtrunaat for aoaruring

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nad-isprored demign. AB Is gored lmut c irt dt baa been dovelogod, In sea el tire to noim, thr.t can be wed in room8 not ao*ml-pmofed $rete decade counting ry rte as for tkie first the,zmkh them much sore coavenimt an? lese eubjoct to rase- orr or s thbn the rtanrhrrl mare dopendablo ops rst ion urd higher bcaa iateasitler. 3r. Oarhard

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-The fiatabollam of Poloniuri la Anlruls. A 8 aotod in Art f Is one of the l q or ten tr sdl a act iv t hazards of the project. Po tho ~~VISIOAof Special Pro’blrus vas g1r.n the p to blu of dotorrlnlng Tt. %bcrt Flfik h rEc bar p of the biological and chrtzlul In rewrtr to the - irt ric t. eTcr*tec! dally In the feces, and a bat me fiftieth of that amut in bruits of anhl vork aro covered fibal;t 1%of th ic polo rim in the body is

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Abaut Ovo psrcont of plo niu m odmln1rtsr.d or8117 to tbo rst lrab rorbpd thmugb tho gn s tro - in test bl tmct. Carlourly tho wlonlum concontration in rod blood uollr Isro l atl vel ~row hlpi after oral

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In plmta, and. for d e ~ l ~ htne film contain l q bake used for t. Theoretical ihlculattons. A t the requert o f the 3lrt rlc 3.3ersaur bar devoted cansi4emblo tbo to aelculatianp o f ion1 ration pmducod in the body from various 8 y y e of nmtron mr! b o b radiation. Si. be$ alao tronsla%.d variour G o r u n technical pegera