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Awhat uncxyccted proflam in the Bloocdlcal Research Croup Gf thc Health Divi sloot an LovolveJ the development and desicpl of L:uUatioa crrasurlag o f the wiGu ionization chaaberc, and sc tnt ill at i ou countern at Loa Alamcis tu3 been done lo collaboration w i t h Demkers 01' 1-1. 'Ria follavinc: tnble sucmrirea the riden which there instruzlents have already medc. Balloon Flight n Summer To 1~2,0GOft Dam kine analyze&; daec rstes activity c xtra ely quierceat .C ode rays vorrld produce about 11/g/ho 1'200 kro Very succesiful flight; LASL Serial delayed aad not a ~ lyted. shortly dtcr apoeec. Tcm pen tur r ahorr constant at +;?O'C. series to probe both Van Allen belts; data not availsble yet. m s the firat of a long series of rc6e-h and developinert 4Aotr. rcbcduled by tile rat,, but thc follwiag Is vhat i s known at the 9rasc::t urith.:.
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chamber %rid No. 2) tdlemetered back successfully. Nuaericd data b ve nut yet been pr acr iud ud received at ''Artlad Air Force boc. 3400 ka .posse l a eipccLrily Lntoreatlcc, 0 6 this w i l l peaetrctte into the hottcat part of the LMer h>lr.. ' I ' h ridc thut would be post ldornurtlvc! d w l d L e on 11 so far hvc Zunctlaned pr fec tir. As cuch dne carries it6om battery pwtr mpply it is Ln&pen&nt of hoy yarer f'rua the vclilcic excop; for the ~clmt4riDg. ksse inrtnmentr opptrr to be providing the ::.os; dcfinltiva information abaut the lover Vaa AUen bela o f rqy in use todhy. I t is expcctrd thr? the :Jc hope tslc vill be porrible to As ncerly as cn? be cfrtxrzrred, the Lnstmaenra v h k h b v e been 1 ' 1 ~ ~ t o rend n team headed by u potholot-Jst ta Idtho Fdl s for the purpose of ding Gore or leer nom1wwsr. The tr.;uc was ir. the rrlrplaric en mute t o Idaho Fd1 ~ approxiaratcly 3-l/2 hourc oi'ter tlic !'lrst rcqucst YYI recclvcd here. In view of t!? c'xzrese d e g c e of cor:%uaicutloriOt' these bodies fin re were certain 1. The y kat cst put of the conkuiruLtlon s r ~ a c dto oc Ln the
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tha thme men purittd vht ir: felt to br aru som ble occur ab location oi the actlvntloo in the 4. It i r bopd tlrt mtudier of the 1/13 BLRU, Wuy Rlto 8-Do property On Deceaber 23, 1960, plutonium coa?adnation yo3 fwnd a t one of the sites. The 8-Dlvinicm emergency monitorlny team VM sent UJ Idaho F a l l s on Jynrary 8 to p&& rooitoting aervicc for the 11-4 autopay team. An 8-1 umitar ucc npd ed +.wo N-2 Ben to Rurlington, Iowa, OY Juruary 3-13. The l o c a l AEC office requested 'ht the Los .Uwr Yire Depurtaeat be supplied with film -6 snd be trained i n radiation aunitoriag. ls8ued adtkn tminfog course otartcd. rtarm for u u un sil D8Y inrtruments cau be procured. Tbc datim dossse or the de Lve le oed the Fire De pad cnt surfey
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wtw i n t o m a n.A muting vas held Jwunry 19th vitb tln U.S.C.S. and frm 11-1 to obrem tbic operation which is n w scbetiuled for Fob wry LL:?. wem lw. Y e are nov vorking v,th Uri(riiL-?attarran tying to determine the cuwe Croup b-3 WLI given u locture on civil defence radbl ~ lca lprobl-s vhicb Muded tbe ubc of Rnvin we8tb.r data ana ita use i n predicting fAll-mt. Tb. decontamination of three drybox c h i n s (15 boxes) v-8 cmple*ed The cost of dacontPuination y I a nbart $2,jOO 15 carpared t o whoa an eibctronicm ruck fell a d inJured hle left kcme und an adc.
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Accidont Coot per 100,OOO Milos drlverr. Two occurred vhan the vehlc2es cklddod on i c e , iind tho other vhen a doot chw qmn while tho vehicle u u being backet. the cootcuinatlon of tube trailers with foreign 6 ~ 00. a liquid hydroipn experhelit a t TA-46. dlrtribukd durlng December. ELSCTRICAL SAFEXT GUIDE haas baon dirtributod. A supplement to t h i s An inaulatlon tester for testing insulation on portable electric to als has boen ordered. Several ilupoctiorrs v e n mads of 1’-Divlsion, J-Division, and N-Division rcrioty program a t remote sites. A propullant rafaty fllm, prop rod by Thiokol Chumlctd, v.w 6novn LO
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A. Bahmtioc a d comtrd work A totil af 3uirbW8u for berylliu Vem coll.cted dsullrq the bmtiw of kxyUiu, and u t the B Site law Wing InndZing of bey lli um - lovrlr, Lndicatirig ah gunk car.trol by the ve.ntilotion e Gui pat provldnd. Svip. oumpler on tb6 floor in the lnuadry lndicsted that surfucr coatcuinotlon UPS AU of tjlo concentrntlons found v u e well belar p.nnisrible Curing a routine mnly-tical extraction atTA - a cooductad 00 a beach outride the c h a i c a l f\ac bood, MC perron VU. expored for sorernl day8 to conducted onLy i n a cbCpicJ fume hood. invmstigatlarp, a ncaccndathn vur made tb.t this procerr m o t be W o uir mapler were nlso callected for carbon tetrachloride during it. UH lo at ultrrmnic olr cleaner by Group Cnx-j. below the pmiseible concentration. A t the request of N Divlnion, an :~~vertLgatiocVIIS mude to daterprine the cause of illness experienced by two men operatlw u flaw-spruytnc unit. Air concentntlons of carbon maflaxid0 i n the breathing zone vera found t o high ar 1,OOO p p . Th. uperation WUB dlccontinucd and the men donned mah a d wgerlmented wtth tho flnme in M ntt up t to impr0vu ita I t vas found that 00 dJurtJmnt wli yosstbfe vbich cdd reduce Its
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alr -entr8tiorp belw the petmirrible level of 100 pp. b.8 dir conti r rvd thi a operation aad turned th work over to Cruup Cb3 - 6 vhere adaqurte vent lh tiu a ccotrd uistr. evalurtc the t tx icl ty of MTB. 8okullt.d VOW IY) ill of fec tr could be detected. Thee experiments i dic a ted that even vlth A reywst vu6 received Lo investigate unusual odors cmLw irm Air teats were =de for curboa monoxide, carbon dfaxidr? and oxygen and all were found t o be vl thin tnfe ll m its. revcacd that the ventilation had been Lmproved since th2 time the odors ware noted. No odors were found a t the the of there wst3 and, hence, they are probably relakd to insufficient ventilation at the bottom of the test hole. This unit which Lonizrs goser to produce exceptiowlly high t.mp8mturea :or metal spraying also is capsblc of produciag dtqerous quantities of nltrogen oxidts and ozone, hence, I t 1s being opcrutcd i n LI chemical fume hood, and is routinely used with argon or nitrogen gas. them is conalderable exposure t o ultra violet rsdiution. cf0-6, an in veit l got lon wua nude of the UUSd mount of llgbt produced when hydrogen gas i s used. that there vas I atrlars eye hazard involved, u d the men vere 1nr;tructed to use $14 or 116 goggler with colored lens a tull t-6 when working with the pl.uun~~trocl. &en under such condltlonc. Atthe request of Ventilation requirements and rec-ndntlob uere dlscusocd with Group GW-2 on ten n e w instrillutiono during the past -.lth. These lnvolvtd a
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vi& vu lot y ai ~ n roprrtiocu ;rrrd equip at. rtu tho hla apurrtiarr at %n Site. arpoord to 10 r uinco i t a inatrllcrtfoa in October 1960. It vas noted tbat the pl u tic ~ pr ra to rhad t d black cnd b.d be car uc opt lo rYU y brittle ad had dia in tey ted on allat pmrrw. Hovovor, them MS no evidence of dekriorution in tho filtor quality of th unit. Ikring tblu period, :. systemntic fitting progrrm, ..s started Por S p c i d nodlficationu have clco been ma& of full face masks t o be used for l., A total of U5 tl aru a rurploa fra 21, autoprioa bvomn callacted duriag tho pert pu. Uranium nnalyses hove h 8 n prforrud on thar8 but b.ckgr0u.d 1c.fe le in poraonr not regularly exposed to these materids us vel: no mrronr vho have a known expoewe. 2. York is coatinuing on the develop cat of analytical aatbodr for use vith flaaion product putlcle6 produced during Kiwi experlaents i n NlVQdu. 3 . A tritium gas mixture of lrnavn concontration baa been prepured which VUbe und to cali brato the chamber davdoped tor tritium moaltorio(~&vices. Such crlibratioa vork will be cont:nued during the next report priod. h . Work on the developtent of :IW ,nd lmproved methods ror the ralorlmtrlc dotaxmirution of thorium and tbe ird.iition of thorium is continuing. size raaaurrwnta hare b n n mula 011 6 s:mylsr of uraniu~oxidt collected i n the &at chuber a t the Uaiverrity of Rochester. of 22 mpleu collected in the uranium oillo : A t Crtints, If. I-1. ‘Wen cowplrtrd,
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I. A calculation is baing doru which ertimates the --ray ap.ctw tht vi11 be recorded by a CaI scintillotiocr detector i n tha luanr radiation tiold. bdta th. ca kuh tion be given to th. ~ a vhvd Counting 2. A program for the stripyim of moMwnargetic apec tn troll a neat the ap.ciflc requiremento of the 11-4 Lou Level Counting Saction. A considerable amount If change is involved. ,I mear-ntm of red blood c n U volume8 18 baing analyzed by attsoptfng to fit a hopefully ol gni fic ~ tcorrelation betveen the paremeters of the fitted 4. A progrer wms vrittcn for the ieteorology Section. l'he progrm
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8. Sprcid Aphl.n= Soction (5. Sblur) 1. Yark in P to g rrr baction is bel- r mitten. b. Furtber in vo rtl gti or lna my6 of meawing pdsed rudiltlon ir muetlrrq of H-6, 11-1 U I ~ .Cm-U pcrsionml claririedrrcm P h r r u is cattinuiry. acso or tha opcratlng 3uuuAds of such nooauring eciuipent. it nppeuo that rclntlllatlon btectcrs M Y bo the best Lo UIC. rrlativa to the SC-1 reactor accldaat at Lbho Falls. UyWura fatuity, which vere rubrltkd t o EUG-2 for ertirrrtion l n 6 t month, rad tcd In a0 ost lms tt of $65,000.00. Xwwor, i ~ caw oof a IUV developmnt, i n that E-4 -1 wvDt to oprnte n Godiva l a this facilfty, it M 1w-r is porrible For this reafion two For the H-6 w d 11-1 facflivj, om t ler building 30' x 5@' a d be required, to be located ;unt east of the present H-Division source vault. Building 96 in TA-1, 32' x 12' will do if I t is cheaper t o move it thm t o purchase a nev om. buFLdlng, dug i n t o the locnl soil with a mlnimun 10' -011 thichcss d ::round, bar been dasignd. 11-b has written its specl2lcationii u d zubmitted Umn to SIC - P .
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Tha locrtioo of H-b'8 rOcUlty is urrbcded n t tbo pm8Jlrt -re placed in there htiges. Twenty rail8 Or copper MI) placed between the til. the ye.llaw and red bodgel. aror-msprru i n the low enarm rag$=.mter 21 pvaa About the uae n r ~ ~ n s owac obtained wltb Pilkr 21 as that obtained vith As expected, Fl lter 20, becuuoe of the gadolinlun, WRG more senritive to the& neutroaa. The cirnoity dlfference bctuwn Filter ry) and 21 vas about tbt s w as that obtained bczveen E'tlter 20 and 7 l l t . r 21 cwercd by a Li F cup. Tb. response of there badger to continuous spectnm x-ray6 Contirruous cpe ctw r wtih ~ r hand to mixed monochraratlc x-rays vas mcnuucd. energlea of 100, 233, and 2?tbkev vl th liar filtration gave u film response wlthln Filar oryosad to mlxedof tbat obtained u l t h 1 b J kev rndtatlon. 12% b)p ve afl b rosponse within 3% o f that ottainad vith 125d ' b y rcruiation. 'l'he reuponst of tbere haws t o rrdlatlon f?am plutonium v u -8wt.d. Th. response va5 later by n factor o f 3 than G h U t ebtuincd with 1250
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d. An abrttact or e propmad prper tu be delirorad before tibe Wtb Phyrlcr wotiw n~submittad to Hury Schulte. The titlr of the pmr l a a. w o r t corrtimur on tbo local Cllmatalogiccrl mtue. b. P l M O have boon drawn for a vinch Lo ~ l r owd lwor the kytooa An csttPuta of th. Coat for thesnd tanperaturn tiansing dlc w nt for the wins on de. d. Tln baric code for dfitwion emputation war m ~ p l 0 t . d In aUtlLne form. H. Israel carplatod the code aad checked it art. checking a&mt earlier hand colaputrationu have been coaplctcd. d e bc' Jpn p ucd to :est the effoct of vsrying the p.mmotarr of stability Md mhtiOu t o nLLk studier. Plnna hve been dlscuosod t o correlate the h tavi th a nnaiRureof the z0nn.l flw of the ulnd m d tu, tktn has been requested fran the b. Talc ty p. circuit 0033 replaced clrcc.it on Juiurrry 16. Copko or thiu study were dent to ,cr~omcrlLn I! stdY
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county war* klau 0.500 r m for the yew. lau wing the month. d. The cantinuour uir LcuPpler a d the cmm it y gamm rate meLCrr sbovtd only $light fluctlratlonc during the month. e. S m e sem?lee of 111 Pant 555 fila e r e Iut at for D lurrg tern rtudy of the reuribility oi using thi of ila tor carrrnity moo it orl ~ . Very heavy flow were received during the early parc of the pertoci. OvemtLu oprrtion vaa reaquircd on the long vnkends of Decuober 2% Fnd 3. Most .:' tbr lacmasod flw came from the Sima Building i n 'CA-1 AL) the result al' an attempt to reduce air counts i n the buUrLng. Effluent quality w1.6 satisfctutuy.
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nquirad OQ b # k r 26, 1g60 aad Janurly 2, 1961. mrul urd &fluant q w lit yut lr factory. Raw WIUU radioactivity VUE bate prductlon -B nbnmy hi& but m dio act l vlt y mu Unnwy chai cay tmatrd varte procar& through tb columna. Rege,rrratiaa of the rerin c'oltmru vas completed ond about 21,ooO gdlolu or had d it id 6,000 gullone B. Ramouch rad b velo p nt Mkra recent stoppage In th rludge line t o the vacuum fllter, t... YW placod at all rhup bead. ln the line to facllltata future cle.PLa(. noat of the excess flar t o th. TA-45 plant chuiw th¶ period nairculatiocr ai lix water to reduce diackugm wre ruggeBt.6 t o ElsG-C. The cwer on the rw …
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