Hanford Engineer Works Monthly Report October 1946

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THIS DOCUMENT H A S BEEN SCANNED AND IS STORED O N THE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE

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Arrivals and Departures o f Exempt Persome1 e e S De pat ment,.....

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The p mer levels of the Pilss a t 100 D and 1ClO Fvare mpintained zt 250 IlV and 200 respectively. The oper-zting time Officiency ~ 3 s T5irty-nine batches aers started through the Can;ror. l3.j lcilng m d There was one major injury in October. had ac cum ll ted sixteen injuq- free days. A Design a d Construction Dep.art,aent has initiated opera tim frm of this Department ard ? fill be responsibla for the de sip and construction of all major dsv elope nts at the Ha ford Engineer .Jm!s. It is expected that his personnel will im.ediateiy ex pad to fit the number of projects that are under way. As of October 31, thepl - n t

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a.arles Po cab eli Xormn C. Kitten bro De pa rtm en thrr ival Oriqin 10-11-Lib ~ ompl et ionof Ass ipent

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D o e s not include 1;809 unbomled pieces at 7 units, Does not include 3,932 unbmded pieces at A6 units, . .

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The 300 k e a production rate continued on a 60 Tor, per moi:tl. Sasis t o met t h e 100 Area rsquiremetlts. The program of isotope irradiation oontinued to eq aid,pr tic da rly with respect t o th3 Soe cia l Sequest ?{l? series, (lit hi un fluoride). A total of 316 of the Special Seq=lest =,-15slugs mrs charzed into the opera tir s piles during October. Phis con?ares with 121 sl.igs of this series charged during EsFtexnker. One shifts up rvis or, C. 3. Bockq ~ r ,t ern hated on October lS, 19!&, month, reduces by t!!yree tke t o t a l cumber of suFervisors. This move, cosbiiled :vit!! those = ported last Inhours gained (this month) c * Nonth end figures ** Eigh losses incident to pyrge of pile following extended shut dawn The D and F Piles were operated a t & nominal power lem8 of 250 IdW and 200 m, respectively, except for scheduled outages for metal discharge and maintenanae and one unscheduled shutdown in each area.. The t a b l e lists these outages:

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Date of htaae Letal Discharp iiaintenance Unscheduled O\rtap(Jolz-s) $132 Vertical Sar"ety Fad on a rontine test. The ca;;la looped uzdsr the ring st the upper end of the rod e:ld Mzntk9 rod was rsissa alcig -.dt?? th s otter rods it was Wllsd above tne cpper liait szl to h. The rod TLS tied out and %\e c l u t c h cleararce adjusted on tha next schodulad failure of +& ?rvcsss hter Pressure re,dstor in hil ding 190. The fourth scheduled shutdmrr. at =€le vas extenc'ed to allow the A mkr of Spacial Raoucst pieces m n procassod during tho mflth. Details may be found intho Technicd Section of this m?ort. In accord z co with Froduction Tost il0+7-, Tubas :,:?$+D. 357W and 35714 ench mre cbrgcd with 2&k" pieces cmt amd inn & n r i n g expanclod grsdually to met replccsd witn bismuth ir, 'j'ubo 19714

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on October 1, 1956, and Tubas #I.&- an? 3 3 8 5 0 on October 8 , 19Lt. h ch re plac ~ m m ts tri ner coztained 40 slugs. On Octobor I, 1946, "3" tubos $09dO-D and 38804 mro disc hared asd rochrrgod aith 60 bismuth pieces ectoh. In accordam; with Production Tast #10*99, m a t o r i 3 1 whish was 3crcly within specification limits was char pd on October 2. 10w and lO76-F ocroh reoeived 27 pieces of = talk ving low 305 tsst #w,3 67W and 36794, (27 per stringer). string or was completed with fim slugs of m gul or mtn l. Presauro drop tubos #2&6;65D, 24.694, '2475M and rem rechsrgsd staggering the discharge of two groups of 4 tubes each in every opara ting pila to all ov th oem lua5cnof film form tic n prcssuro drop High con cont n tim stringers in Tubs $l77&) and 24873 were mon d and reseatod on Octobsr 1, 8 and a. On Octobor 23 t h e s e strixprs were mpl s ced Kith m,dsr = tal and were sota side for inspection. ?-tal ha.ring high dons it yas chzrgod into Tubas In each instance, thc The disFlrtced mtal was slightly ovar tha z z o m l disThc third safety flood tanks and 'w wem tested on Ootobr 4, by means of the control room tripping levor. The oquipment performed satisfactorily. The pile headers were blanked during the test and +he fluid was discharged tothe drain. The flood tanks were m filled followiag the test. A column of cast metal slugs was dischergad frm Tube #208@ on Octobor 23, and held for inspection by the Technical k partment. tuba was rc w stab li shod as a corr os ioc tube etfiregular matal. Tub0 #228t+' was discharged with difficulty on bctobsr 25. stringer wcs corrposcd or' mgulcr met & bsing discharged aftar noma1 irrrrdicatioc. BoroscoDing revealed th; tube to be gougcd sad it w i l l be replaced early in Xo vem hr. On2 of the discharged pieces 7.vr-s badly The monthly foil cxposuro rt Wih ?P.S x dc Oct G ber 39 %J t b xTcchnical Dop ne oct. On Octobor 2, the 20" oxport mt orl in afr m the 5' Area nscrwir which contninod tho e lcc t ric cablos running from thc arm sub - station toth3 mf rigor nti cn units. bc n usc of this, tho refrigeration units tho uccoolod mter tempemturc m8 sufficiently larp t o iak6 rofrigolcthimblos w2s cormoncod a t F Ama during Octobor. found with about on&hird of tho tests comploted. Tho semi-yoarly prcssuro to sting of verticrl rod Bo le&s have beon

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All s tom @bines, blowcrs m d tho stovn rrir comprossor i n tho Purification k il ding of tho F Arcn =e= overhaulod, co ditions morn good, Driur turb-hz was found t o bc out of dig mn to requirod on this unit. wem found badly scored from in suf fic ion t 1ubrior.tioa. woro installed to corm ct this condition, Tho shroud on t h e rotatixig 51zdcs 03 tb #2 3=1 tho cir compmssor, tha governor sWts The chiof it om for D-Pilc during actober was tb oxtccdod shutdom. fram October 21 through a,plannod mid y tori lov r for izspcction and overfiaul of brerlccrs at subst z tion $15lAa the major repair and installs tion it cms covorsd were : removd of damaged thc thimble; instzlfetiorr of thci ncoprc-no sad in the top jo iz t of tho mar biological sirield;,rcmoval of cork rad brick over tho near sido of ths ucit roof t o allow upward sxpansion; rs poir s to the dis - charge chute lbizp,matt ross plztcs and oxtensicns, These arc In s tells ti or, raimrs ia c en rad fcr sigh TYllc Exes; by radioactivity as found i z ~each cas3 wher:: equip mat is rcmovod Horizoztal Rod removal (Ref: Doc, 7-4712) allowed for decay of short poriod r odio act im chp on mts, during which t k the front shield plug and col0 end of the thimblo were removed* On tho socond day the c3rrtxal portion m s clcmped t o e pull cablc and dra minton sheet metal slesve from a romota position. Tho vicinity around thcr nith dma route was cleared md the thimblo and show wore pulled ton romotc comer of the Pila Restricted A ~ O Q where they aero stored in a lead shield for furt!!cr docay. m s uscd t o avoid contaninetion of gmucd and aquipmont. months ooolizlg pcriod, thc thim3lo will be in s pct cdu d the gr-phitc The Elliot Twin Strain or in st dlr.tion project is apart of thc dcpzrtrust from tho tarks znd lines got ting iz tc th z unit scresns. stagc of this pro j oct ms s tz rts d in 1004 kea October 15, whcs tho strain crs were installed i n tho DArm in October during tho oxtcndcd Tho nooprcne seal at the top ncar sidc of thu Wile w.s roplaccd in rrccoxdmce with standard practice sinco the original scd had bocn s trot chod taut. This work, and th9 hs tzi lzt ion of cr a opr cm strip over the spaco ozct: occupied by the cork lher znd on2 courso of bricks, was complotod on Octcbcr & Ropnirs t o tho D-i'ilo Disc kr go chutos on Octobor 23 includ3d ro plac iq of sownl patches 00 th och uk lining propor.

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The Octobor 21 shut dc mat Wile coq let cd ci pb so of o?urhmaii?g vortical safety rod magnetic cl utc kes to omrcome tkt pirt or' the vorticcl rod diff icc lt ios xh ich is duo to clutch slip rg c. cl utc nes per shutdown were chnngod Octobor 1 2rd 8, end th s bol ace of those clutch os ;vhich shomd sips of a xc as sim lub ric c tion rmrc charged on October 23. gauge which icdicrrted tho rcmicing clutches w cr2 fr3c of Zx-ectse. lcting cartcics in 5Arm was coq la tod in Qctobsr, closing these The recr Tan Stone flzn;.: on Tuba &&I4w-?s inspectcd oc 0ctoLs.r 15, and R ~ Sfound i n good condition. only minor etching. During October, all 4'' cross hocdor screexx inE riser rt the Hilo ging could not be detoctcd Lttho lox rzts of procoss Et Jr flow ir, noc tion with th3stu & j of pile eq zns ion : Or, Octobcr 1, tubes 23in thc! cnptiod tubo zcd mrc also to stad for frcedom of longitudinal mom m nt through pushing zzd pulling dofloctio?*, Thc iz it i al base s th odin SoptcmbDr and complctod Ootobor 8, in accordancc 7pith d of loc ti or as w-s oxpzctcd,

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On9 carload of heliom was unloadod to tho Fha storzgs tzdis dur izz t h o poriod Octobor 5 to 7. Following tho Fhoc.scn mos Octobor 22, the top of tho pi lom s found t o be COxlt-airatGd by rust, prc sw bly dr inn out ofthc thimbles when the vor t ical rods are scn-xad. &ximum readings, occurring on .%hQ siCo nwxrcsii the re to nti on besin, m e of about tho same order of ncgnituclr: ?.s tho so of river mtsr nezr the effluent semr liso. Thorn k m : becn no hdic - ticns of "r Is& is the procass mtar sc:*rer line. The re tez tion bn s iz s ?t the 3 Area aro throughout OctoSor, IC zd d it ion to the pump i n +h~dischzrge cfiutos which in s installed in Sept&n'cer for loc zl izod rm or mi of contmLmtion from chutzs to tno burin lp it Sast ofthe pi12 buillingt c doe:, well pump was in st nll ad for punging generril wash rmt3r from =il tx as fer pit to this scme burin l trench. Localized clew Jp in the chxtes plus general cle-p of sludge in the b a s h 'nss reduced. cont2rnination n?zriy Instrumnt group so that futilrs action m y 50 dotzrmined. Extrusion, Outgzss ing nad NzichininR Extrusion, BBhch;siing m dail lot Yiolds wem as follows:

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Extrusfon opomtod fortr dzys durizg this period. billets from August aad SoFtonbor shipmonts worc ox+,rJdzd 02 dcto's2:- weight of rods shippod m s 5262.75 lbs. Tho ronaindor of theso group& billets The rods producod for producticr: tast &L!.d1.22 arc to be mchir,cd, c?-msd amto bo oxtmdod later. n to t nl of 707 ?iocos, som rkc, have been sat cessing, Thsse pimes are believed 50 Su rollo d mtorizl. On Octobor 14, 1946, tha processing of th3 mmindar of thor5ocd ed caned slugs below A dim ns i or s centarless groucd C,o 1% dimmslons. Or, October 23, rontly cocsists of stripping in caustic Sath, straightani-S, m.chir,izg radius on ends of slugs, sogregati3g slugs isto t!ia thrx aforemrr tic ned classifications, and cmninG. bonded piccos h9-m boon sortod and tho factor mig ~ tkcs bc m set UF The cr ming of ths slugs in t h Tho machining of 45 %X rods oxtrudcd i n Sc?t=r;bcr f4r.s complctcd A total of 2.30 S is m th slugs roceived d13hg this pzriod w.s Zcchincd Chin Rocovary a d Oxids 3urn-i~: The Chip Recovcry yicld -:as ZLS follcws: Soptsrbcr Octobor To Date 19%

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The Chip Eleoovery process was operated three days during this period. This operation was shut dawn from gotober 15, I?&, t o Octcber 25, i%&, for revisions on the conveyor between the pulverizer and washer, whereby the discharge end was lowered to reduce the angle o f ths bsl t trs vel. Operations following this revision indicate thst the diff icu it y Ti th chips rolling back on the belt into the pulverize r tank has besn eliThe Oxide Burner has bsen opsrated daily during L\is period. The material burned is as follows: chip Recovery ~ ~ o o rS ve qing s ii4 o 420 420 October- To Date 2946 actober To Date 1916 New khin ad - iCrs 88.3 76.3 91.2 87.2 One hundred pieces of Requast 30. 14-7, nfmty-nine 2ieces of Bequest No. l-, one hundrsd nina tvi gh tpi a css of Requsst ;io. 154, and two hundred eighty Bismuth slugs ntem cawmd duriq this period. of Request No. lw and two piecos of Request No. 15-3 fail ad to pass tha bubble test bs fore canning and will bc returned t o the vesdorslugs of the Spacial Roquost Ha, 14 ssrias are lithium fluoride. d sizing die having a hianoter ofL & O inches was fabricatad in order t o use a stock of ,035'' wall, .thic bottom cans held in stora go for t€x bat is factor i ly and Faquest No. 19, I'd aad tho 3ismuth slugs cannod * :>: is month wem can nd in ,035" wall cans. s canned in -045" wall, thin bottom oans, of which the supply on Previously, this matarial I . -hand is 500 cads. - Theso will be hdd for any special processing in

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tho futuro which might roquiro this typo o f can. tory ' o f .O3';" wall, thin bottom cans i s 47,604. on .035" wall cans used this poriod. Canning rejects, by cause, wero : 5 of Total Canned (Rogulnr) Sept ombe r October To data 19L6 &-Si on Outside of Can 0.2 0.3 0.2 Frost Test ile jects 0.9 1.2 1.4 On October 3 J 1916, the recovery afGm3tal Iron bronze flux by malting process was startad. To date, 12,000 lbs. of bronze, 6,Loo have been rocovered. z c 6 recovered is 12.7% T metal, which is above the nininum specification required for shipment t o the fabric at or.. and 1,000 Ibs. of top flux The …