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doe iw ty myetetu and the firat pr0pa.d CalibC8tiOnD hwo ken ordbr to 08t.bffoh L-aChniq'UeD and find out tha idioayncrlroioa of the ayetern. on krch 2. &I1 unite fonctionod proporly. hen upgraded to an ctnrpy of obaut 20 Kov and m tar gmt currant mo ohms a t nP ~ o o tusre tasted by o f U8-7 a m power cmpmbilities of thr final Pharwx uehl ~ ~hava A t OD. utor tho dao por puluL8 .bout tho $9100 at t h t8m.t end. 9 c wtnn praa and for fivo oinutoa i n Kodak dovolopai. An 81ph8 counter f OK rw ti no ly counting Nipo ~and mir ro qh8
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Th. w n rt8ck unit or f8il.d but Yam rocurned to a or vice tha follwing day. &fter t h shut d m thw punp h8d t b be f1unh.d COnt8m%amt.d washers, dryers, end extractors from tho DP L8undX-y So&'lding wra diaconnretcd and disp oae d of inthw cont.rin8t.d dump. Thrae dryers won 8ent to decontamination. Tha rdi ation innpaction of P Dirrision i e 75 p r cant -letad, with rsdfmtian conditione eatiaf8ctory. i n thim vicinity for lema th8n 6 minute8 Since the visitor:. w e n the hiqheet axpcaute p . Ipgy8tri a l Accidant tmcri once a disabling injury vhm the Lid ofa box foS1 on hia right foot 8nd drwa nails into instap cruninq puncture wound.. work for 5 deym.
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worm no Laboratory tire. during thir -port pti ad. iurkr OF Accidmntr 3 18 Thorn vore thrao motor vohiclo accidonte during ?obruary Two worr okiddrng accidontr and tho other Rat. (Acc~dontr/1.000.000 Xilo.) 10 IO o m occurtad d o n LASL's drivbr mtruck anothor vohicl. which was nmkinq aloft turn. 1. Tho Pirm Departabnt ha8 kon @.ked to hava thdr tbun mako inopactions of art a in LASL freilitfos i a ~ a ao curit y 8toam during nomrorkinq hour.. Supply Company, and H-3 cUt to dhcuo8 tho ESL b ty probhnm o f procadure for filling tho tube bank. wa8 worked out. being dom by 5-16 a t Anchor Ranch Wbrt to detamin8 nquit.prnt8 d h k h should bo intorporrtod in tho dbriqn for a nev building which 4 . Jnrtructions wore vrittsn for tho Enginoaring Mpartwnt te ai-rr the pr-r uoo of sign0 on perirter fonces.
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war8 colloctod for kryl ll um during thia pori& i n tho bezylllum Air onaplms collectad €or benraru during tho &in9 of boruena v i t h grrphitm and pitch indicated no dotmct8blo bOIbS0-
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WI inveetigmted an6 -de rocaawnbmtiosm for vontilatlon with non-radioactive p.tari.1, (4) Vantilatian and hooding for pard.r 1 i M i n Building 31, t A - 4 6 and ( 5 ) L1QI8U.t syator fox ialt8LletiOn of canopy hood for kerosonr fimd B t r m j.My 8 t TA-50 8nd (3) check 8ir flow on opn fmce glow box am at TA-35. The portnbla tooter for in-place testing of hiqb t o a t 0 6 urb repaired and .retestad 7 times. The tinal temt 98ve filter tasting equipmrnt. myateam warn mad. in order to pl8n in-plaC0 t eating of a11 high ' off iei on cy filterm in et all ed.We havo ah0r0Vimd pL8M Urd A survay of tha UWSPSX vantilation udo prrparrtlonm for teati.nq high a ff ici an cy fil tar in str lh tio no i n tho M Building at NTS during the rmxt raport priod. A total of 202 r n vora fit tad with RmLf and fUL1 f8CO t nim d in tho use o f tha SCCt Air ? ah.
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1. W b b 8 ~complotod our mtudy to dmtorrino tho a i - 2 . Tho rrcaory ot plutonium by 01mCtrod.poaition troo A thorium i ooh tion proaduro i m being invo ~ tiga tod both arlo riot ric and r8diawtric m81y008. 4 . Zha holm tion of amoridurn from urino xm bminq anticipated that thor bocow routine for nvormL difforont types indicator t o ftvo inort 9 ~ m ra ftor rmcrivlng rmport from tho r8riour combuatibbl. ga8 indicotoro indicated axplodvm condition. vith amon and at tm in inrrt g8.a.. Ya found that mr9on. keyptrxr, Helium and -,on producod armoci8t.d with th a umo >f LASERS wro mede. Among other itou tho in vast lg ation indicator thot othmr la bota to riaa roquirm aya mx ad lu tio a a for 811 porm ~ m 1working with Lxmns.
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Smra ?rap., Roller coa e tar control Wrmniun (Grav iut rie), water $3 and 28110 ~ tp rob lau for tha now SW!W rita. on hourly t.rp.rmturar and vat-bulb tap a mtu ram for P-11. data are to bund in coaling t mr dasign rtudy. )r pro lim in my 2. man c tion b.9.n p rapa ration of fivm par. of data Boontod Lor 8lphr activity rxeerdad our cut-off point of 4 x 10 2. Mom of tho 8aqle8 callactad during thie pori& 8nd 3. The continuous 8 t r i p bir 8-1.r recorda6 no Ca8dings 4.kta - 9 8 ~ ma act i viti a a in air and precipitation for
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5.Rim 0-10s of our faa ud wll uatmr WON collected dlprisq this poriod. 7 . aroma bot. activity in onw rangod from 6.4 x 10 por minute par inch of wist uro por squaro foot of lard BUK f8co ' . mimtura cantmnt of mauplea per inch of inow variod widoly. wmrirrgly dapanding upon tha age of the mw. Waoto volumse from the TA-1 arb8 h8vm b a n roducad and rdf o activity of tha waste ham boon conoidorably brlw noaal. Sin- ad off nf ted or d lino of July 1, 1964, ha. baon to w nt in u o to tro at the radioactive w8at.s a t TA-45 rather than Oludgo filtration ha@ continued on a four day por wok Quantity and a**crago alph r activity ott ho rmw waateo crnttatioa warn rbovo averago.
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worm .d&d to tho in t lu on tfl w and tho carbinod rr a to a wr a t-0- by ion uch8ng Of ol laing chomiebl proc ip it8tion. mirty-foor litor. of color rod duo c attaining 340 mq Kia an lpo lirE on yu oll a a mocvicorur mltormd tbo fil tor uom addd to tho rmu vaoto a t tho plant. contml yo tom to pravido a dirmct unual costrol ot thor u faod 8nd Co pat maparato in i lu on t mnd off lw n topo ratio ru. Tho churg.0 8iq li fi.d tbo system and rill greatly reduo tin coquirrd for adj u at rat and mmintonanco. .nd flow volumm warn noraal. Tho quality of ph nt of flu on tu mr tro at thin warnto i n conjunction ritb th. B? *oat wamtoa. Duo to .tho lid tod capo city of tho mristLng t8C ili ty. mction Y.. in it lm tod to provibo a plant capablo of handling tho combhod Load with .dy roam for growth. Tho voluw of aw ric i um vastom tr08t.d this pori& avoragod kt to t than 112 9allons por work day. Th. comnt milo woo colrplatod .ad a 1.60 barrol load of bulk -nt waa ordorod. Worh Bytor vacuum pug obtainod from LASL ralvaga and oxcoma vu8 no rul ly HNOI tho vacuum fi1tt.z qu ration. to inot.11 a pzwfiltar ahoad of tho obaoluta fil tor in tho ar ric it m vacuum tra nmt or 8ymt.m i n 8n attempt t o oxtand tha life of tho A wrk orbor w up had
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an oldor typ of rod u ad preomun prlnciplo back t lw provontor with 8 m unit w?tich can be tort md and mommod without rolrov8l from tho wator main. A wpy of the USPRL film strip on b8ckmiphoMga 8nd cromrconnoctionm ham boon obtained for t h e 8-7 Branch Lbbtaw. Ume of tho film in group m8fety moot in qm will b o prorotod. Pwblo Iffl uont 0.00 to 0.26 0.0 t o 1.9 no 8Iphr or bot. radioactivity. Albuquotp\u will cont ln w in order t o obtrin b ba.0 lina for tho Colloetion of rmlp1o.r Froa 'k.a pradond from tho into mitt ant tro at ~ n tof 8eCUmUhted -11 that plant -ration hmr o tabi li red and plant of fl runt i8 now
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rb. Dwor 1 x 10 oxeh8npo main wad for tho rrcavmry b d n g C8taC)r.d by eluting 8nd rocwmry of the morbd U23s: 8 Continued monthly anrly8m8 of radioh plants which -21 OF diff an nti al de po8ition of SrV0 vith age of plant. Obnnrod d.crOaBos 8pply t o tho vhole plant ratbor thbn t o leaf atructoro am provioumly re part ad. mch of tho 8CtiVity vas Somt froll plant. g r a m in tho S8hd plot.. It imof intmrmmt to nota that themo plants morbmd the higher Eoncmntxmtions of SrgO in thr initial two Ponth growth period. ?arther 8n.ly8eO arb planned t o datamino the fat. of tho l0.t SZg0. I....whothor it h8m been raturned t o thm m 8 n d v i 8 tha root in tho Corn of 8trwborri.m. me a0.t marked docroan in dy in qo quip rn t h8m bean received. Tho follariap pBr8mdOZO haw bon &torrinod: (1) eff oct of rphare B ~ Z Oan dryinq Kate, (2) ofhct of air0tn.r.velocity on drying rat.. nnd (3)of fact of p - o r inpot on drying rmta. Optimum operating condition. for the .oak and dcy
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