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Site status reviews and tours of Hanford facilities are discussed.
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THIS is COPY 7 0 LC SERIES, exb rbtit un Laboratory ot L.otoaa Advisory ineru attended the Hanford LahOmmtary emetimg of the Isotope* Advisory Board Qs Deceibirr 7 6 6, 1964. Others lin Henry, ORM, D. Davie, A:eCtUAD, 6. Auehle, Hamlet List day of the two day session was devoted to thc various site statue reimwj dwsecond day to a tour oi a number of Hanford acilities. the MOM was dieeuseed. uthor top * reviewed to some detail were the ;Jest source tabiicm tLu od quality assurance program mow being uaed by Mound Laboratoey. There was a great deal of interest Shown to the MAU capsule fabrication procedure as well 4i3 our quality control intsitttechtetil sctsso is pfs'oisi. to tas. ems,
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irogrma has esstereel xivar y c4 4forts to separate kromathium-447 from ray gems active a14 vow ites.444. Thin is done Ly e the in a reactor of high neutron flux. is afinal purification through an ion tzemings coluagi. The degree of separation is determined by ti-btaincidenet k ma tee bee been in6LS erious sealtd and becomes ts pximary ottather for an encapsulate-4 SOUXVC. It was reported that sphericalLy shaped heat sources oen be Dab itateci by this technique. of fission products to dr*ii th it app iimbiUty as heat up to six masseur/es of *trout 10 at the quveanna Plan as either the fluoride or the Ut4nat4s. The facility is strop *O. After Checkout of the ci ity with non,- losecti c isotopes, t schedule is to use strontt Th 244O2 fuel. he Lech mix with Th02 to improve be addition o Th02 - a raise tt tti, point of
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that theoretical density pails by pressing at 400 psi and 1200'L. duces the hygroscopic net= a ID areparations mad ikeb of is repor s to he invest mil Lista . The more stable than ti utur efforts at (mid. ) has been successful hot press also 2 art camdidate cerium fuel oxidizes CO above 200 atmosphere has a melting poinE of 2150'C. reported that t;e10 is compatible with the metals to the malt point of the oxide. Mu: status of promethimm a rariia Liity *D4 mcgm y woo presented in detail by Mr. Sam be ki s Haacford. promethium inventory is eight megacuries. This material ranges in age from 200 to 720 days. with two 2.2 mega batches 200 and 270 dayt old respectively. After 720 days, romethium-14J cannot be detected, according to Mx. beerg resent plans inclvdit oyatinuation of the romat to L47 ins and monitoring pro sses. product materials axe the rage earth* separation of tht rare varth au strum out to a two step process utilizing the kures and 1 0 pLams. The fission products are 9eparated from the fuel rods the Pure* building. The V plant facilities separate the strontium from the product mixture. Lxcept tor one batch of rare earth crutie s the entire :fight mc;seuriee of promethium (sad other raft earths) is in storage. This OUP batch vas removed from storage to deratmatrate the reasibility sad efficiency of the purification -rocceis. This ba t o was
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run through thy, present ia.ou vrocess Nati terminates with the ton ezchae proceurt. The promethium froctitut was contaminated with small amounts of neodymium. The )fad personnel were quite pleased process eve1ovseat and Umemmoitreit The la-reactor at Hanford was rourto el:Lei:mom of December $0 1464. The unit is th th ecaout stage at this tine and is nest full operating capacity. I t was postulated by a Mg. Leverett of Hanford that in two to three yesrs time a i2U) roduction capacity of OO to 700 grams per•year awl he reached, using only the 68 spare reactor thausacLs. its ou4 range proportions would be & necessmcy prerequisitt,, however. The costs and reduction rates are predicsted on tL4 Original Signed, by