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we Seine made t c incorporate neutron measuring techniques developed by t h e xer?f;sbcing undertzken by the Naval Researck, . The program Kill.be of benefit to 50th groups an I , I'he Cak Ridge re seq ch group h& made use of neptunium, uranium and . plutonium fission detectors in studies t o deternine tot23 nextron flux. i kw tron mezsuremefits mde durine previous field tests havc not covered the dzta dcrjved f r m these fission detector mezs.rlrerr.entc would be of considerable importaxe i n interpreting ' the total neutrm cioze.
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. .. squeezed out, f r e e of cell all and celz sap, Laboratory,' it hzs been found that t h i s preparation when placed i n 2n A t Oak Ridge National atmosphere of. .Carbon 2.b synthesized czrbohydrate: Thus essentially a c e l l Effect of .Themi ifeutrons on Seeds, (UNCLASSIFIEn) The numberi has been compared with the Laboratcry, \it was foiii tinat give great pronise GS ri tool for genetic s t ~ dy. from v5.ct-G of t h i s disease both a s - a1 .means of increasing an understa?&ni
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red blood.cell menibrane are at a slower rate i n sickle cells than i n normal 'cells. The alkaline phosphatase i n siclCle' cell- anemia plasma i s significantly.higher than that in normal plasma, Initial studies on . phosphate transfer using metabolic inhibitors indicate the - .absence of a certzin enzyme from the sickle cell anemia blood. 'One' of" t h e most significant observations of this group on the problem is that one of the . . prctein components of the plasma has a different mobhity as det rk ned by electrophoresis. This finding is being investigated further with ~ This work iomplements other investigations i n which the globin part. of: hemoglobin i n sickle ce13.s iq found tj be different from t h a t of norShielding Studies. (UNCLf-SSIFl3D) The problem of provi% adequate shielding for personnel protection in eqxipnent .designed for radiation sources must be'coupled with that of eccnomies i n operation. energy ranges, shielding is not an expensive factcr. of higher intensity radiations, t h e problem of personnel'prdection involves high expenditures. design factors of v&rio\is t y p s of equipmeni; in which sayings right, be reaiizad, and zt the same theto detemdrie with greater acccrzcy the ; However in the use This problem is being investigated under a
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. validity of former as sump tio ~so that more reliable calculations may be, made in shi elm g design, The present work is concerned Kith the attenuation characteristics .of.a shield when the rays from the source enter the shield obliquely. To a first apfmxination, t h e effective thickness of the shield has been assumed t o be the length of path of . .t h e ra.3- in the shield - that ' is, the more oblique the 6irection of incidence, the lo.nger of shieldillg. -In tu9 it has been shown that .' while oblique ess of t h e barrier may be utilized the primary ray?, the contribution the shi eli may become .appredabl ..as the obiiquity of the incident:ray increases, tion increases sign if ic because of the shorter I Datz obtxined fron these investigations will be applicable t o &e / design of protective shielding f o r personnel operating cyclotmr.s, Van de * Graaff generators, o r hzndling Cobalt -60 and radiurn sources which are used i n research and therapy, , Recent work u der the cooperative ccntract with the National Bureau of . Stad ads for studies i n the radiation instrument field inriydes: ticnaof the seieral types of film dosineters i n use st the vari.auk Comission install.at.ions. The vcrk ccnsisted of two parts:
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a.. Study of the semitiyity, quality dependencey and maximcLm range of t h e film badge; and Sone 1s different AEC installations pzrticipated, and the findings. sho ~t hzt most of these in st flat ions are &le to get a fair.degree of mera Wide range of energies p&,ant in pointing out areas where impkvements m y be initiated i n order &to reciuce inaccuracies in film do she t tr 5msurements. 2. Testing of Radioactive Electric Cells. Tests by the Radiation Research Co&oration of W e s t Palm liminary results indicate that the load characteristics are b .,.those claimed by the manufac6urer. notiever, the voltage of the cells .vl?cn 270 load is applied sI'c~+J~.I?some dependence on humidity ccnditions. It i s expected tht electric ce il s cf the radioactive scurce type wC2.
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Nev York Stzte Itateworks Cods sion, and the American Vaterworks AssociaThe meeting included discussions of the Interim Progress %port sub-. dtted ’L;’-%e Oak Ridge research pup, and the follo%rjnf=subje covered:. , %search on the decontamination of raciioactive waters, the problem of radioactivity i n water courses, reconcentration of radioactivity’ by natural agents, water decontamination, and instxvncEt,ztion. report w i l l be revised to include further studies a(’later Is.med official docwent for distrj-bution by the Oak gidge IJationk Laboratcry.. It ccrtains conprehegsive data on decoritanination studies md w i l l be of considerable value toall waterworks eniineers i n the country, in’addi-