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Report on Contract No. W-7405-Eng-48 at the University of California, Radiation Laboratory

Dated
Nov 15, 1946
Document type
Report
Length
8 pages
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firateof the moa& tu a k.n ruooorrfully operatad a t 1w'inknrlPg. pcnrding to about 200 million oloatnrq/roltr. b. Linaar Aooolemtort 1Io.t of t h o anrterlal nooerrar;r f o oorplot. tho &ty-?oot tart reotion of t kali nw roo01U8tWh ~ ru f i ~ o daad i o no awd hi ag rrreably. B e LO' rooonant ohambar ladw Ln a few wwkr. B o Van de Orad gonorator l a uador oonatruotien and it i r mhodulod for o ap lotion rbcut 1 3.oanb.r. The &( vaouum trak hrr boon tort & and a irr &nor lcakr have been found. Prerent indioatiana -e t h a t the roa ole r util y potential of the inrtr~mentw ill be .bout o m million volt 8r *- ora110 for lifting tho = pot yoh has boon put Approxi.loPtely 251 of the red+zer for the vaculan c h b o r hamin plaoo. boen hbrioatmd. the Fnportmt problar of fob ria ting tho phr tio #I&- walls of tho n o m ahrrb.r 8- t o hrrs bean rolv'ed by the annufrotutor. boon tr t ~ dio rof th. .biol & q roquirummtr of the 0. 1. Betatron indloate that .hielding tb. rynohrotron rill bo r diff lou lt out rid0 of the build iw ?rap the gamm ny be&~ -oh rill bo p m 01.1 prea ~ utlm rrust alro b* taken to ?roteat proomre1 and an irl o A 8 nurh am ton t o flMh o t af oon6nbry be rrqu1r-d. 8 p - d. Carban-lh lorki Conridanblm reroarah i r kiag uadorWan on psfho& of synth.ri8 of tar i our b lolo g lo ~ l l yinpartPnt orgmio oarpound8 don prsprrmd, wl11 bo und to rtudy the net r boli e of -1 an$

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Balignant tirr,iea in order to bettar xqderrtand and to tro at per ron # orporod toda q or our uaoimts of radiation. ido mati on 80 obtained ‘PLY be of conaiderablt ~ 4 1 ~ 3rhon applied to Iti9 also hoped that t ! o b. War Dr. John k.meaaet Thir prvjoot ir pri muil y eoaoomed rit ~hxiy1n.g the offeotr of nr i our ty pr of roi i it ion upon rpo if io 1to prop an raf lauro o qo und r OoatAiniaC; rs dior o tire mhrirlr (md dmn& th(WL t o animlr i n which the ao tire aaterirl i r conoentra+Aa i n oertaln rpo i floor gmr, tkereby resulting in the irradiation of thoor gmr or ol uri rely without appreciable eff eot upon rurrow&Ung tirrurr.

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b. In offfce and hboratory amex vhich coatsine tb drafting, ongineerfng and patsat off leer aa well a6 8eWrd p48lcdll ~ borat or ler. C.A leb or s to q and shop build iq which borer the rrlding ator development program. b. Shops for pattern and esreably mrk, foant3.q and a b e t Tor r building to base the sync-hrotron vbich fscilitj- is t o be conplete and la operetlon 1 lbrch 1947. '?he anticibated cart ai the hailding a. Conatmetion of mv went m and paint shops in th4 Uilron Tract so as t o free the present crr-entry rho? for USI an the s l t e o f the XC lrsgnct vhich i r now being raved. Tine ortirated cost of mving, and re-erectlag ttre Nagnet I8

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b. B e mnatrnction o f flrr prefsbrieated vnrohoolrs malts in go Et an ertimfted cost ofhl, ~ ,i nc lud iq the rd ne of the units. Two o f the wsrehoues h=re been coq ~ lsttd. C. The alterstim of ePte house facilitier t o permit tha momBent of of rice r ma telephone svitchboard out o f the 18ba cydotron bui~tih g et r seat l rats d cost of $2,030. air ror'c is es ron t fal ' j aouplek. tbr Bav Ded--rtment, and their alto ration to office buildlnga at m estfmsted co et of $63,000. In addition. the tonatructian of (LCWJ~I ramla m d a parking lot to s rrr ice th6.m bull dim at an ertl a a ted mrt o f $6,OOO. e. Tbo aanrtructlon o f the rynchmtmn proyr, at a mat e f Contitraction Directfres, Oorarnwnt martrnction rt tNr location em be ouamarired as foollava: