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Genepai Zlec tric Company of West Lynn, Massachusetts, had ruilf'ication or facilities for the riospl tal and the 310-nedical Reso arm Labodtory In tho new !lealtn Center, and on tne proposed plan ofab : n is ter fn ct ne new ltealtn Center. 3eoause of the depwtrrro o f Lt, Col. Busce~lf. the arrival of four new medical cff ice rs, and polio ? cnanees lnitl - of 2to a As pst were held betwee.? the Realm Division Leader General, attendsd tne conferences and apolh ? res a&reed upon mereby all medical m:l:tary 7ersonnel riil b e under the authQriFrescnz began arot2ti.x scnedule t o take care o f routine
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wvrk on cSar,dstone rilns. One three day conference i n RomesL;ar, h , i. regarding 3 1 s proposed transfer. One five day trip to biochemistry researcn and begur t o prepare for departure. Lt. 'nogness returned froma ten day trip to r?rooknaven Laboratory cn eml cal re seam a in md ical laborntory. Starkey - ~ repm ~ tio no f tralnlnc alcla for uso at BAtX. %.e new ::-IGroJp 3 8 s not caased an? ctaqTe I n tne program
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o r the alophysiss Section. time to come the work o f tne 3iopn;csics Soctlon rill cont:nue t o be mrlnly researon and development work for the Xonitorln6 Seczion, and consultation on special monitoring problems. Dr. Snlaer nas conticued 50 elve considerable tFm to tAe ;lm.l% of the new A-Suildf-% loc a tian for the monitoring sect13n. X t is anticipated tn at for soam a. Two of the80 tests r e m made on account Of dl s crop am les noted batreen calibration curves obtained w i t h aourc9s Z-441 and No. 210. %I41 f a known tc contain 100rzm. Ra, and No. 210 i a ll r ted as containing the ~.IWmount. ' he tests Indicate zh at No. 2'10 contains ozly about 8 0 WT. Ik, inaofar asits ?notogrnpnic effectiveness i s concerried. As tine permits, it IS ph n ned to . since other l:ke discrepancies may exist.
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largo uourooa for gama m d neutron talermoor and tongs ured. and packod for rhlpping. ij io COnt.lr%MtOd rountir. 9 d e amaa on South Mema pointed out to Found mor. oontuufmted ltem8 down a creek Lead at foundry was nonitored. A l l mmovod to dump, for meters transported to Bayo Canyon. Vehicle decontamination rack five dajr. hrued rrlrt badges a t Pajarlto Cmyon, boxes f o r Filter Queena. nas been lownfng t o read densities. wero planted on tnree mesa topa surrounding the Eayo Chot area for recordin6 activity from the C . Cnmnor in farronnelr Larmnce Lujan and Rober Ye',ss plrn on attending sohool in September. enlisted trainee8 a m leaving August 26. 1. seta and 5 a m a survey instruments and Geiger counter
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a) Circuit for ~ o r t a 3 l efas neutron fiarion counter Zn order to obtaln hleh sonritivlty, a lam0 nmner of fission foils were built into the ionfz8tlon end i t was found that the flrrion pulaea were barely fission pulses well above the noise were obtained. ment shrdld be uabls by placfng l t on 6. stable support sucn as a table on the floor. A sample of revised G!odol 100, witn no external ionization chamber, has been constructed in m efCor to sake the Instrument more con.pact and l e r s subsleet t o directional effects.Adl f re rent type of elect w tube was ured 1x1 the sample, and i t I s now bel% sub j ec ted to battery and tube life - tests. c ) fm'3rovemnt o f tne ANL Yortable Alpha Counter Cortain design faul ts, leeding t o frequent failure of the f l c r t mpllfier tube, have baen traced in this Instrument, and plans have been made for clr - cult modlflcatlons t o ellninats the trouble. August 2 Victor Allen replrobd Charles Lockrood, wh! transferred to Sandia Labarathry. 1 neutron survep fnstrumnt repa red: 1 alpna c3UT:t.d
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Ai to the constancy ol the results obtalnahle rltn the standard technique, md tne relative merit8 o f D-76 developer, notking can be said. aome of the films, i n order t o check on certain Dr. Brace, it 1.a round lxnposrfble t o obtain 8 check becauro of a mix-up of some fllma,ad otner filar were misr . It rppearr that a mmjor Forc ) 3.0 thin-walled socket criambers, constructed by Flr. Paul Kellogg, wero Qaed to calibrate rZlm under wrist-badge expoaure conditlona of the radlochemlstr operatine a t the Water-Eoiler. 'fentativs conclunion is that the operation of reloadinc of' probes can account for or.ly rougnly 2Cs of tbe exposure o f the wrist-bedqes. It rill be nec ess aq t o seek some other 90urce t o account for the ma'or portion of the exposurer tion of the experY ment will have t o be repeated. 3. aork for other Groups: a ) Furtker work rlth Kcwar ionization chambers for trltium revealed certain shorteocings ir? thelr design which r orul ted in sluggish attainment o f equilibrium, Some improvemmnt was achieved by ce ref il cleurinE of these chambers. Kovar parts for m irr.pr.oved chamber wore made and turned oi'er to the Glass shop for completlon. c f blood count recorda for Dr. Norman .%owlton o f :roup ::-4, to determine mettzer Were is a sign ifl - cant difference between tho trend observed In tne E,ayo criemistr and any tmnd that may be found I n other groups that have received conairtentlp lower ra diet ion exposures , c ) In proparatlor, for future, reaearck work a t ing about 50f of )lis time in studying the tecknlque:
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With the arrival of iaajoc Jmam T. BnnnapAt. Uilllmr the near future. , The tet.nur ?roRram i s still in p pog ces ~ , tetanus rhotr now being given to any V nl vers l ty of Califomla employee rsquertIhe Group Loader ha8 met w i t h varlour staff mernborrr of the hboratory in an effort to ~ f r ~ c tuniforrm flrrt - aid pragrua. The Group Leader u u on vacation front August 9 through An Occupational riealth Clinic ua8 held July 22; car011 wore prorentad and Xr. Harm F. Schulte, occupational nyglone onginaer, spoke on a i r valuor. A meeting on the handlinr and treatment o f contaminated wounds wag held on Augurt 6.
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1. Cnurger In pommel : Julia Ylikefiold, reeordr clepk, ru hired JulT SO t o replace Kay Florin who will terminr Afie vr ntl lrt ion of trio poll r ning wnesl used Yor beryllium in Siq ~Building was invcatigated and alr samples were collected during operation. Tnese sampler wore smt to Roccaster A study was made ct n it roger. oxides and carbon monoxide in the turael near 0eOep;a Site. Whlls work on this parti ou hr liminary test of the sampllr,(: nethod. On AUF;U8t 11 arrd 12 a study waa aado of healtn natards ln undtrqround operat1or.s a t i'he first retof air samples for barlum nitrate were taken a t %Site. kir sampler for Th'T and urlne samples for '.%T metabolltos were taken atl nter vel r during the montn. This date isnor brine studied mid a report will be pmpared soon on these r IndLzgs. TRO ventilation system atthe ice-113use waa roatudled following Improvernests 1nairprv';ed af t a r our ialrt study. tloni wom found to 5e satisfactory ,Car yens ral ope-st:ons.
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of operations sere observed uklc; will raquirs cletniled quanr,itat ive stuay in t:.a near ?ut:are.
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Year Eo da$t, January 1 to August 1, 1948: Accident Pmyuencj, 3-57, Sever l ty, 0.05,
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strontium, and anerlelun is being studied in b r %e effect of cooling on mito tir : act i vlt ? ir. aouse tissues i a being studied. C . A study on tne refractile granules ln human lyxphocptes I: being conpletsd. d, A statistical analgs',s o f blood counts of people exgosed to ? a n n rays 1 s being eade. various mouae tissuer. Subnitted for de class l -
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John Sahulrrn h8vo joinod the Group to pate in joint researon with the X.1.T. hptr of Fooa Tecnnology. Edgar Leifor at tw dod the biological conference week of July 26 t o 31. On h i 8 return he Rave a Eealth Division r p ~ poslu mon arne aspects of radloactlve iodine ln clinical work asdls - cusaed a t the conference. Institute of Technology visited the laboratory and a program of cooperative research was organ I. A study of the gross matahollarn of C1' tagged urea in nice 1 8 3 begun m d compisted. A study on the eff sc tr of beta and gurnnr irraiilation on human erythrocytes and thoir uptake o f C14 tagged nicotinic acid waa carried out a t of this work Is be lng p-spared a t the prbsent
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acid urd mtnranilio acid uslng filter papor in mice WBI begun and i a in progress a t the Studies on the effects of rRdfatlon on n?lcleo- ~n or tiel ? on the uptaks of cl* tagged nicotinic rill be pu5liahod thla month i n the z . of &.%OF..