H Division Progress Report (April 21 - May 20, 1963) (Redacted)

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u rio un.but thay do indicate the ned for co nrt ant checking. 1. Ki rtl aodAi r l0rc.a pormmel brought pluto niu ad gold foilm t o the tXR. On arrival,thy worm found t o ba alpha cont.ntnatod. th hc on twi nation ma aamily cleanod up. it appaarm th8tt hoco ntu in atl on origin a to dat K lrt lud, ¶ hCO it Was latar found that th.1 had contamination in thoir work room. Whih wa 8 R not pomitive, 2. h cqrmule containing SrgO boadad mourcaa W.8 brolua at VT dta. Tha matorial wa8 cleaned up without difficulty r and no ON 1. During nuintonancm work a t thm vrmte diopomal plurt (TA-4s-2) 8 p w p from 0 ) Wamt wmm umod to drain a t8nk. The hom and pump cant8inad a>pha-actfeo mludgm, mom of which wam aprard around tha tank room. '?he 8raa warn clawe3 and wam back into Opr m tion tha next 4. A -11 eqloyoe recoived a Lacoration of tho right thumb rhilm working i n a plutonium-contaminated glovo box. ?ha incidont ocmrrad while tu uam in m tall inga thermoeoupla in8quartz tub. which broke whon premmuro W.8 applied. The wound YO. monitorad and no activity wae dotoctod. m pill hg 8pproxbately 100 litmrs of cont u in a to dw8ter on to th a floor. The waLAxw18 cleanad up il(lp.diataly. 240 OM waa ccntaminrted, and tho airborne activity in the rooa vub.1 ~ 1tt.e UC.

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401 hot -11 aroa aro pmriodioally counted i n tho H - 4 whola body countor. ?he lamt count warn on wril 221 countm rocordm5 w a r m inrigA drop to8tata Kiwi mock-up warn nata nt II alto. aq n rim nt th a rock-up was dropped Stwomn il collimated g.ara sourcm (1COO c of RaLa) and ada to ctor 3rx.y. The highoat oxpomura recordod buriod waato dlmpoaal pit. and tank8 have hen roamed urd tho armam org~omivomand radio act i vada bri a. Ruch mtorial warn pi abdU pI but nothing with a significant radiation h vel warn found. ?no mmponsr of a film badgo using a 20 nil tant al ur filter W.8 mamurod mor an enargy range of 4 3 t o 1250 kov, wing Went 508 and $55 fib # both films gave a mimilar ramponma. If the rmsponw i 8 tokrrn to bm 1at 1250 kov, tho rsmponmo docroanm t o about 0.6 a t 200 kov, thon incrmaaem t o about 0.8 a t 120 kov, and thon doc ra aw ~again (IS th. K-odge onsrgy uf tontalum is approrchod. Tha K-odge of tantalum, which occurm 8t about 68 k.7, praduco6 adl sco ntl nuit yin tho curve, and t h romponre jwm from about 0.35 t o 1.1. m lw tho X-adgm, t b rO.pon # e d@creala8t a a val w of &bout 0.4 a t 43 kov. A w r of thu group attendod an information oxchangm mbOttng on B.alth lhymicm Inmtnmontatfon a t Savannah Uvor. Tho zmoting conmfmted of repr * unt at Iv sm from ton of the major iam ~ r ll atl ono. We fa01 that tho mot lng -4s u or thu hilo, mnd hope i t caa bo contlnuod. d,liv*rod and thry hmvo had two auccmmmful runm. I-1 hoalth phymidirt u 8 m prewnt during tha firmt run. Our Lnmtnlmantitfon worked, bat WJI marginal kaaumo of the high baakground in t h e target aroa. Whon wu & a t 10 m t / hrc but it appear. that it l a brtrccrn 10 r/hr ond 100 r/?!r.

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l'lm v ddl tion of an Lon pnc ip it at or and mover81 inch.. of had to th altu riot d group hevo hen carried at, and w feel that X prautn- at Stanford i n not nmcaamry a t thim tir. A at de rd operating p road uro for t b El-4 high lorel CO irn win operetion. Tho f8C ili ty T h r m ham bean mom aporation of the ?Lhrrp.x prototyp. MchiM toa mufficlont dogram t o be 8 problem. ccmaidmrablr operation with R? field. only, clamber reading8 haw boon taken around the css it y, outmidm tha iglw, uplifirr roan and rmctitler. excopt etound the c8vLty. during ape ration, axCopt at lor Lhldm. k dl ation 1s dmtmctod by film do sima try in the IYY machina has had ? ilmb ~ d g ourd thimblm fer, than axadingm rhw no r8dio tion Parr on ~ lam not all and in tha igloo ?ha hducob activity in the aamplem WJ'S i dont if io d and quant iii od to anabk Euppply and Property to make or:anqmrunts fortran8port ation and Th. nau lt n of the mtack monitoring data at tho 0-9. mtrck aking pnp8rmd for a roport. COIMitt.0, fn which tho rocomrandation whm made that thm d a h y of tho geaem t o th. reactor stack bo increessd to mduco tho output o f the .tack Camma t o a nore reaaonable hv.1. acc=pted and plan aera being 13.8. to modlfy tho cystmm by replacing part of t h e stack : a by a much largar plpo. A moefing warn he18 with t?m SWO kactol: Tbe re com nd atl on was wall Three ma ql a a were taken from th. stack llne a t '?an eita durinq the ralcaw or tho s t a t e d cwer gao for tha Larppro reaccor. 3%. rm mult s are given in an office memo unt it lod %em EazpLoa Taken Prom

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nudbrt of Di8rt ling 1n:urias 2 12 On April 3, 1963,,- SD-1, nuffmrod 8 tack ~n ~ s y9, 1963,-5-17. warn working on a reactor teat cart locatad a t Ta8t Cell 'A', Ana 400, -8. A. he oteppad down imr the cmrt outrigger t o tho support rmil (in turn t o tho rail pier urd than t o th. floor) ho clipped Lz tho top o f the rmil and rtruck h i 8 left leg, balw tho knoo, on tho odgo of tho r a i l . V.8 taken t o tho Ibrcury Di8ponoary where an X-ray oh and a fr6ctUtr of th. fibular ha was 8da ltte d to tho Southern Iboorial Bo8pit81. rh8ttaring 8ix battmrira and caunfng battery acid to drip upon ehc tronic Number of k cid on tc8 16 -I There were no Laboratory mot-: vehiclo accidents i n iQril.

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1. Io doc trim tion tour. for ? ire Dapartunt and Security 2. 8-3 rep nwo tat iv em attendad rating # and inrp.ction8 at fen - lit. to . 8 # h t in p h ~ min pt o mturdardiae electrical n Nia8 3. mandard Opmratlng Procedun for locating and re wing mciap orploaivem and rad iwc ti ve contaminated acrap from Bay0 Canyon w8m publlmbd, urb thia work i e pracrsding. A 9s-p of 25 Zfa rad -immion tw- u w d to pick up debrir under H-DiVi8iOn mupenridon. mpaaial report on thim vork will j. prrbllmhed. 18 eat tl nui ag. 5. A t the raquamt of the SI8tional Safety Cl nur c ll,amp tar 43 of tho Accident ?rovontf'on k-mal warn r e v i m d by H - 1 and 8 - 3 . and Chr if i88tiw8 of ima ? i reb pr rt nun t ramponro to fort call and 8 . Prapored maam of experimental demtruction of Rover fuel o lou nt a by electrical dfrCh8tpO wam dir cum nd by Boy Balder and 9, tr*lfPlnary safety requirarnntm for addition# to the 10, Propomad 8-6 uxp.r:imant at MU DO on dfrtributfon and depomition of iodin0 was reoieued by Rcy &idor.

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1idt.ddi8tri but ian to pao~L.handling that sutarlal a t LILQI. A m th kt on a11 uw tour r 05 our ruppliar ot nitric oxidr had boon rlefi.6 OD an acofdont with that lutorirl. 12. A prooodrpro tot handling plutaaitrr fir- w.8 prepared for 13. In gim ring - 4 I8 coqillnq a 1F.t of mnrrgancy ohouars a t 14. timex ~ n gri sho rtart. for plutonium-corium-cobalt 8110 ~ If. Work Ya8 kqun by €I-I, 3-3 and 3 - 5 oil compi1ir.g and e d i t i n g 17. 1Dir iai ou grocadoro For 2O.OQO p i axpmrfwnt w rt ravi wd. During shim poriod, S5airs a qh8 urd 12 #lpo oulplaa for kryl liu a WOK. collactad i n tho Beryllfum Shop, ? hpic8 Bui26iog and oparrtims a t 9rjrrLto bit.for tho av dur tion of tbe concantratfa? candderably la oxcaio oL pad8aiblo lmvala 8nd t h aparatorm wore ra.pl.rrtory protactivo a quip rn t uhilo carrying out this work. h k sup138 takon for trichloromthylane during cleszing of 8dmq ~ aaw ttank mhowmd that oolvent connntratioqr wero oxtremoly high i n tho a n a in which tha cporator carriod out hi. job.

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braeorat nfth Pkyaics Building. clean-up WPLI found t o bo mil blow t!n perrirsible lmvrl. 2- various Toxic m te rials for kn une in th air zhu ting aperations and tho one qhllon of b.ntene which was on hand vam removed from the area. Advie. va8 given tc Group After tnvemtigation, approval vas given for X8kin3 a small ?our of a mnnt m d vvntilation were pxovidmo Tnn tru ct iona were given to two 818 uupplied r i t h marks and gogglsm prior to the applicatlan of epoxf oparatiov vasa inverttgate.:, k1eedir.g a high presaure nanifc l d aystes! and the uae of an a i r vixch. MoLae l a v e l a of 118 db and 108 Ql, =re found on thaso operatio~rrerpact * mly. The in si all st ioa of mntflarm u u recommnded and uem of gar muffs vi; bu required cntil tho mufflers ara tn stalled. Tho pariadl of exposure mre ohat beit the ievei ~aze routine mnt.hlp inspacticnn. mine rarpixrtors -re fitted and Lasued. van til ation waze made tn ths ttagnailux Inapaction uoom of Ss-1 urd tn

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to oat iain c to xy ow rating conditions. lltr flow wu uro ~ onc mw rordo 1. hrrthor ptogrssm ham boon mads on tho ian axchnp. robificatima of the plutonium procoduro. It is mt ici pat md thr tthia pobification willk put into routine u uv l thin the naxt Few month.. 2. An Son oxchurg. tmthod for r86ioa w tri corr ni ulm nav 4. Fiald .valuation of t h Casolla tap1 U8mplet is continuing. 5. Th. rtujy on aca pui mon of particle aiaing techniqums USoomc oxhnb.6 to savrral wr a lab oratorios and additional olectron zha rcrap diapooal uoas of T A - ~ )-so inmpactad i n cooparation for toxic contain ation k for a di8pO8.1 by the AIC. T h o L8boratory Section Lmader i m sorvfng a8 Chairmar. of tho ria ammbra of tho Oroup attonbad tha rotin g of tho uJ1u OF tho kmociat ion. lua -5 ma 18 from o p - 14.Atalk en tho toxicity of molvontm warn u>rk on a propornod IYW building for Oroup8 8.5 and 11-0,

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could bo attribut.6 to 9 8 0 8 trw# Qwya Itack. th. neighborhood of an atomic enmrn plant. Rr n xi mum air p atl cu latm alpha mmrmurmwnt for tho ihim value i mau th rica our thremhold 3. d.ta-9aa-a act iv it las in air and pracipitation for the and -4lyt.d during tho month. Acid Canyon dog -11 #3 had muciaum oblue8 am follotni 5. Dt f nk iq -tar WIB apot rcuplsd a! DO Wort. lo pl v toni w radioactivity warn notrnl. X t war nocm88uy to pitrap out on0 oy tho hoppsrm i n the south

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Ln orrrtiw urd d4ition.l overti- v u requirad for treatment of at T b - 45, war0 found to k contdnatmd. Itwar rwceaarry to &contadout. th fl w x md rquipamnt i n tho uma to prmvent sprorb of thm alpha activity. Tlw bump and horn used, which bad boon l1.t Iligma Bailding, ?A-1, 8kWl.8 rovealod the Following -1- (11) liter r of calor roriilur contrining a kotal of chlorinmtion in a bhtch procosa thio poriod and dlachmrqod. No 7% polyvinyl chlo rid. valva and brain linm on t h neutralirmtion two ia tho baao=nt o f Uinq 9 , QQt Bailding, WOE. aJ*rr#ely 8ffOCt.d hy aolvents i n the vasts watmr. Th. valva norral thi. poriod. ’Lh. ~ ~ ncret ovalve pita for the final holding tanka havo baa aompletsd urd tha Son and 8lumhm coverm inmtallad. Arrrngaunto h8- kan rud m to break into UU piping i n th. pit. to install i r baing done. 1.0 it ir h o p 6 that by by.-praaing tin night flov t a the

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Wi~.rgoli~-lbrup~llr ep ren nt at iwa have begun calibration .ad dmckinq work on t’h in aw nt ation for tranmuisoion of tank by tho AIC on N8y 8 , 1963. of t?m flo c cula + o r - clu if i ~ r.r the orhaust blowrm, the tunno1 kiln toom urd the vehicle docontrninmtlon r m . The olmctrical subcontractor Zinishod reviring one of the control p8nels. painting subcontractor fi nimh d sopminting the interior rod LICI YPX ~ on building deficfencism and ad if i cation r i 8 very IYU coa ph tion. Llltor rooa hoist, tho ow xi low warn install ad kt wen tin final room, the muli no from fil tor mifluent to pump muction w.8 colapleted and counter wiring and gas li mawr a corrected. uork ham k enea ple tad.