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H-Division Progress Report August 20, 1949 to September 20, 1949 (Redacted)

Dated
Oct 10, 1949
Document type
Report
Length
23 pages
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Machine-read from the scan, so expect some errors. Lines that couldn’t be read are left out.

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ln considering artters budge- it Is felt that H-Divlsiaa can cerfainly 8-31 Alm Le SlPith Amst. Preparty Suporrisor H-0 ir. 3. Tranrfersr Prap To

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owrlaoking B.70, Y- coup1et.d w i t h the ldditian of 8 control panel.**M9 f. A t the requart of the llEc ptoduc:: m (7oordinationOfllm, Ed Bedr ICCdcd representatives of AEC Supply and UC 3g.Fneering t o Bnmr Iforpltdl, chao IN f table location for storage of tha ,hipnmnt, sbcut 140 instnmnta, i a expected early b October. Disaster stockpile of do logic safety Her to tht Group. & 3 using a denser bluo lFltcr t o more campietelp abab the fluorescent Tho background photo=mrmut har boon raduced by bbckon- :ana to gather the emitted Ught f m a tho ramplo.

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sular visits have ban made to Anchor Ranch and RSits.A visit toSu dia 3sse uaa also mado by Dr. Crier a d DT. Carter f o r the ptrporo of mking d a l checkup, of which there voro appraxhmtoly thirty. Dr. Haw Whipplo h a moved t o Q-euilding and ell assirt tho Grarp Isador In H-2 act id t les. Re is occupying the n-17 carpplotsd mic i ln la came span ad by the Univemity of California in San Rancirco an mMedid

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,pctions for GM( Cfriaian Safetv Cananittee members. I. ?e See t la Leader has d e trcckly trips to Snndia Esae dUri!w the past month t o conduet periodic physical exudnationa on certain eroupo a t that sarcarma am dotoradnod by their rerpcmso to vuiw energlea ud d- mter 2) Dua tho part manth firthor nn(al. han been expood todmr 1) Botr m y bpnu of tho sLln of rrts am studid bY tho Of

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Soh0 o f TNT are in progrtsr. 1) Handbook for biological experlmontcrn at the forthcoming Eniurtok

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b) Chromatogfams of crines. Attempts to identify wtabalites of flvo sprcies of & One lnort nmtaboiik faund for rat and mmro injrctd c) In tho moure, ne w d l as in t h o rat, tho wwdmm nunbr o? mtabolitsr in the urine appean soon aftor lnjcctlon of NM, uallko similar In the rmmkr of nmt.boUtea In the urfno of tho and rrt Vith tine. ~l filter paper chamtogram using butyl alcohol satuxatd with vater a8 solvent, b. Invertigatitm of tha relatianship ktsoon cholino8krasc and kcme activity cattinuam titmtion of tho acotia acid foxmod by m-c bdralfrir

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cf the pried carered this report. b. ijr, Fmde+ick Hlrnriques risitd the laboratow an Septa 16. C. U e vem askod try T dlr irl on to flnd a eoad solvmt for the removal of L9e graph grids on tracing cloth. remove the rlzing o r affect the cloth in any way. t o be excellent for this prpoao. A solvent vaa dealred wUch udd not d e Us uere rqueated to run trfpUcato uul ys or for nitrogen m M Exparlaantsc xp lorin mixturn containing organic a d inorgnnic cxploslnr. 0* Tho labmtorg van can ail toda mrrnkr of tiam by thlr Class Blaring Department concerning the remoral of chur rd mriduer fzm ghr dlffisim pumpr, the characteristics and suitrtdlity of ruiaur, c-tr for metal to glass seals, etc. g, The carpamd 2, 6- d his hy dm - toluono, not arrilablo h. The can pad tolmo (diM-1 rcmwlmo) hu bm fdto bo tho k atsc in til ht la camtec to 6ate, surprriag e mr til ho.Vo vora askd

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to be lsklrd w i t h tritium frtm this ?abomtov. ub. The syntheairr of df-(t-oxp caumarenpl) acetic acid labaled vithC teen undertaken. Since this synthesis has beon given hlqhert prlority all Ltocstigatians ham tman temporutfly discontimad. This compautd I s a t ,rpsant the best available snti-con&mt for blood. a. The syntherir of uraa labeled with C' and NI5 has bean caaplatcrd md is tho subject of Report 636. md I s the subjoct of Report 537. C. k ppor entitled "RIo Spthesls of d l et~l-(ktclod#thpl) andno 1. Atrip -8 nrdo t o the Grand Junction, Cold0 8- the GWp

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a. Tho S A Camtustlble Cas Indicator vaa calibfatd for 1180uith 2. Dovelopmmt vork ar the f o l l a mathodm Im em-: