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planned and or p nir ?ed, Donft bo1,ieve our offorts on point (5) =re adequately
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Johnson: Cans' shoxld then b e lsft In the pile indsfinlthy, Ii04lth Dltvision pofnt:: out that radlaactive rncitsrlals have been msponsibilfty In this connsctZoao publio &enerlllly and hence is definitely a ronpunsLb9lZtg of the IIsalth Division. Tfovenont wiehin areas under our control and by tL-aLinod personnel should not raquira the s m e sort bf covorqe. Uould like their position ?Totes that movements of such materials may affectAllison: Hope to avoid 'coo much rigidity and red tape. by Eealth maup follmdnf: ufnfch it would bocone 8 routlno prooedure. spealfy personnel t o bo oovered by special fnsurtmce. Pardus i s now ali7ays notified. tlmn 100 nf3l curies or mdi-rn equivalent without spoclal arrangements. IIeal%h Group has to know whore sources w e in order to l\?evment of sources now in satisfactory shape eZnce Hotas it Is apdnst Exp?oss Company rules to ship more Allison: Appreciates comonts. i'iill have to come to s o m conclusion
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expanded as our wo ~ kinvolves greater radziation hazards2 and will be Ctropp3.d. A t Clinton SS$ of Clinfcnl Group (about 20) occupfed i n l?sdical care for Laborntory personnel. ,For Doce??'iber, Group will bo InrCei* and cl in i ml work should drop to say 50$, Bot necsssarfly sop Doponds largely upon early findSono mark v~'iI.7, undoxb",sdl-y turn o u t to be of low interest Tect to expand L o provide adequately for Cal. of apparatus IZadhtion stud les on animals, ots. Adks whether effort being piiZ; on recovery of pure Have had to t a k a it on becauso Cheaists too buw an fission products is properly a function of tho IIoalth Croup. present approach tmst ccr,tfnue for some time, Df s tri but lon Of Calculations on P:'Llcs 2 m a n months Calc uht iom on ITuclezu, Zhysics 4 man mnths
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Hake ow om in stm ents, service equipment, develop :Jilllose SOFIO eiF$t nen t o IIanford. Plan to bring nwber back up to presen5 Iovel. 1, Design equipment to mcasurs 3. Resistance and high impedmoe 4. Development of current measuring 6. Design of portable netern, A-2 Electronic noveldpnsnzt Group ' 1, Tne deaolopmsnt of a failure-free 2. 3, pulso Generator and scaler 3. Tho improvomont and dewloprzen't; ion currents to A.c, f o r h2pll2rLcado posit hg thin borcn fflma cm
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tub with the flrst stage sansftrve 6. Ilre application (f‘ thermocouples and rosistance thorncnsters f o r high 7. :alculations on the c3tfect of a neutron bem on the K-ectroii velocity erations of the L5t6.x:ction of electromagnetic vmvcs with a neutron amplifiers for ionization charnbers B-2 0 I 10, Calculations on neutron velocity 11, Calculations on f’requoncy modulation 2. Study of special tube characteristics A-2 Electronic service Group 4, Construction of new oqapment A-3. & 4* 1. Tasting scaling circuits 3. Construction of test equipment I. Cloud ohambcr work 3, Gamma ray spectrograph 6. Theorstical physics Snclttdfng Hanfard 7 , Activities of Section Chief, roports, supervfsion and research 3. Beta ray spectroraetry 48 origin of dclayecl noutrons
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Eoat transf or 4. Deteoting bad welds A - 1 6. Signalhe leaks in coats in pile A-3. 5, Dotectinl; leaks i n coats A-2 .
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Comptor,: Question of conkhued use of cyclotrons by Project. Possible produotion p ~ ogr min near futtrro. Last two dopond upon ~uoces3of ahd cr al plene operation. Beyond 'Ch3.s p0in.t; much w i l l depend upon increaslrq pile rate. This depends lareely upon abtninfne deponaabLo Jackeke, up to porllaps 300' should be possible. for next two or 'Chae months, of product in naterial g o h ~to extraction. Beliovct Ckfnbn will need m o m mota1 in order bo ddvelop tho haximun production. 20 tons Ilm. I, should cover necds %bough actual dellvery requlreinenkg have no* been i e t up. no11 boned out and actual opemtion on chemical procesalng is WLth adequate jaokets, temperatures (withcmt hydro en t e s t ) can bo used tnlth reasonable Plan to conkfnue bptjretion mith present Zoadhg (35 tans) - Parhaps 20 tons Jan, 2, 20 ton8 Feb. 1, m-cl Ssparzltiona plant ''bup" prettyru VI about to start, form of ltpmblezn assipmentsft which a r o rxrfttm by re8eaPCh people and psrssod on by steering Corrnnfttee aoting fa an advisoq capncfty before authorilzation. mil revision m c incorpomted, on the work now in ?ro&ross but also on future proposed work. Camnento and suggestions will bo vrelconed,
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IW tak orr Operatine under pro- utilizhlg about 1P3 of the p i l e time for research md 213 f o r productton may bo used. :'jhitakers t'Jhoolor ootimatas that with a 35 ton pile proceoslng 1/3 ton p ~ r - d ~ y1% t r i l l talce about three months to approaoh 61osdy eo the oondition vhero the daily output of separations plmb equals tho daily malm h the pile. especially in vIm 02 production 17hlch will Cake place durlag the Doan: Summrizes Physic3s researches The 113 - 2/3 distrfbuMon uounda very Peasmrkble Caxptont next t md Pol iq meeting8 on llondag morn iqp. Dee, 20th it requires at least thseo vteoks t o ship mterials &om here t o shipping and of some other servico functims t7hioh involved administratitm and the Kcmy needed Smprovmont. comented that ssrvfco seemed t o be organized with @ad records as the prLmrg end u rather ?2mi speeding of t h o remarch. Points o u t that present afrip~fnll;procedwea b'b subh that Showed general apaonent that prosent handling of Rospect fully oubmitt ed,