Hanford Works Monthly Report for August 1950 (Deleted)

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Operated for the Atomic Energy Comnission General Flectric Conpany 1 ' HIS DOCUMENT IS PUBLICLY CLASSIFICATION REVIEW FOR

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Ynolls Atomic Power Laboratory Knolls Atomic Fower Laboratcry Hafiford Operations Office Hanford Gperations Office

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Separations Technology Division ................. 122 Technical Services Division .................. 141 Health Instrument Division ..................... 172 General Accounting Dicision .................... 196 Plant Security and Services Divisions ................. 217 Purchasing and Stores Divisions ................. 248 Employee and Community Relations Division .............. 265 Project and Related Personnel ............,.. 375

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Production Div ls ions k total of 8Ctccs of lcetal was discharged at the goal ccncentr3tion. 57.8 ?ercent as a result cf the nozzle replezerent progran a t tht Tile. The pile operating levels at month end were 335 MW atB pile, 320 M',! a t centratior. i n the pile circulating gas a t month end was 100 percezt, with zn equilibrium amount of CO being present. month end. The nozzle replecement programs 83 percent complete atD pile at nonth em?. Two tubes atF pile, 2194 ar,d 3592, could not be dischzrged by normcl ne?.ns and extraordinery methods were reqyired to apt g the tubes. ktot21 of 60 tors of ecceptcble slugs w-s camed a tR yield of 91.6 per18 tops of billets at a new record yield of 85.6 percent. The mchining y i e l d wes 79.2 percent, The melt plnnt produced cessed through the Concentration Sui ldi ws, cnd 12L tAh.rough the Is ole tion the cooling time toa ninimum of 67 dnys. 811 these represent new records. It w e s necosswy t o reduce The avenge purity of cnr?leted Pleat UtiLities and Maintorznce Divisions The title of the Mechaniczl Divisions was ckcnged to Plm t Util it ios end 1-k.iEtcnmce Divisions, effectivo August 1, 1950, Power Divlsion was transferred from the Proauction Divisions tothe Plant Utilities And ;hintennnce Divisions, The 1OO-D pile wns shut down on ,?.ugust 21 for the nozzle replacment progran end inspection of w.n stone flcnges. i b rGdSLd procedure for the 700-300 hen Motor Pools ms put into effect. Vehiclas r?r6 designated for division by totcl nmber rather than specific Coats will be distributed on the basis of hours The inspection of ? k ntr nil ros d tr2ckng.e usirz !KLwmkee R & i l Detector

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inspector in s coq lc ted. Ta effect inprovement i n workirg t ff ici c czy, 127 rez wcre tr msf erred fror! Fro ject Enginosrirg to t taP hrh Utilities n-nd Iki c tax n co Givisiors, h in ten m ce Giv i sion 61 Pile Tccfinoloey Diviston The 600 tube H-10 lon6irg ir! the ti pile was coq lets d during them nth. RGsulting equsliz2tion of tmpcr-ture d is tri but i or,per a it tcd n ret i into Fropar?.tions forms amex ents in spherical geoc;etry were sterted. criticr.1 mss dst emi nations wme mde during the nonth. Tho progrm of exponentirl p i l e mer.mments hrts been resurted. end the first eq one nt is l pile hzd becn erected but cl min uc tubes hnd not becn in s kl led. Mensuremer?ts in the A test hole of Dpile wers rcpc%ted for the first tine inthe centrr.1 zone have contracted but process tube blocks ir, the fringe zones hcve continued t o expand.. Conparison of results indic n tes tkt process tube blocks Dak were obtcixed from filler block grip hits srznples cut from the D pi16. k =adzxm crystnl cxpncsion (Co-spccing) of 5 perccnt ms eccountered i n a rcgion where t h c neutron flux wrrs only 20 percent of the centrn.l flax. fringe zones and ..bout 12in the cent ril zone of th s pile. and installation of thc. px s sur o tube was schcduled for the first week in InvcstLgF.ticn of possible cnusos for the siLpC'ic?-nt decline in rcs ct iv it y of cam-ed ur"-nium slugs is i n progress. slug lmd becn mtoclavcd but that the autoclaving failed tc detect hole i r _ the weld bocd i n an men whsrc there wc s poor brazing betwex the cnn and the end cap.

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?-lo till et ct1stir.g; sluz zacfiining, ard sx tract i or operzticzs coctinued ten shifts per week. Y?ndator;- showering of per cox el leaving the exslusicz area was inau,nursted during De velo sent of rev is ioc s to the glass production Lines continued er,d test iq of.are c ect ly fabriceted Famace for the metal extraction 1ir.e 'AS ccmcenced. Ix tall ation of a inass spectroineter kzis com?letod and conProduction testii3g of ncthods of snortcnirii tims cycles i n t h e Se7,sration cycle tothe desired niEe hours with or iy8 0.1 percent increaso i n ;r?.ste loss.-.s. "he lenthzllum fluoride by-product step has also becn reduced t o lsss thrtn nine haus by production testing, but possible cdvcrse effects 03 docontazznztion ere still being Fr,vesti.gatcd. ton = d total olinirxition of plutonium solution eva2oration between Iso ln tian of t h e plutonium mctr-1 Casting operction 2pw;ars t o be performing satisf - ctor ilyin test, Proccss testing directed X tvo-fold roauction i n outgnssing the with good results during the month, pcr citt ing the issuance of firm s pcc if icc ti cns for pulse colunn design fort ke TbP Plant. rc-ported anomalies of TEP c o > m bchavtcr were coq leto ly elimimted by rcpl-.ci?g the solvent m d metal fcca sold,ions used f o r mmy mocths with wnsts emporators for the Rcdox m d TEP Production Pl s ct s is continuing s ct is factor i ly. Laborctorj scele s quipe nt for studying continuous conIn the ros x r ch lcborctory, m-r_gmeso dioxide scrvengirz of zirconium and niobium for Rcdox hccd-ind trcr.txr ? t , excludirg cle rif i cation, has becn not now needcd for TEP P1ar.t design, c sh ple m3thod of ciicnicslly remcving of mocobutjl pi-.osphnte i n t h e TEP process k:3s been measures BS hcs been the tcmer?.ture co eff l ch nt of TEP sxtrnctioc. plutoniun netcl has procuced fzvornblc appoarirg coatings which fail, Radiation Lc-boretoqr k s bcsn worked out. solution by cir sp2qingk : s shorn prornisizg but err z tic results inthe The rzte of fiydrol;-sis A nethod of rec0vcri.q xcro (111) oxd3te to fluoride hcs been successfully c?-rried Out, paving the w q for proc'uction testing of eli - i crt i cn of the oxidntion step in the possible eliztirstion of the i:c t Chorr,istry r duct ion step. of pot on ti zl mthocls of re cove v of plutociun fron skulls, slsg, mad crucible Plutonium (111) cxclato prc c ip it at lons with high :eelds cnd god

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t0-porx.y group t o expaditc this work. An analyticr.1 cheriist i s spending cocsidernbie t h e in Schcnectedy ir, com x tion with the KAPL investigation of an cnicsion spectrcI2etri.c P-10 s3sq procedure. The rout ice deterninntioll of ht;droger, ir. P-10 alloy shgs also wns u;rdcrtskcn by t h e Amslytical Section. Adcptction cf the x-rey photonetcr t o the dater-xinction of ur anim iz oxide sxq1c.s m s cmLpleted by the Am ly tic zl Section. pFoce2ure can cozplete i n l+ hours t h e work which nornally requires 8 hours by wct chmicalnietkods. tion of this technique t o big-Uy rcdioactive s mp les. On August 1 tho Ergimering Sic tic n assurr.2d rcs po csi bil it y for all glass blowkg scrvicos inthe Technical Givisions, rmd the glcss blowers c ql oye d bj t!m Pile Technology Division i n P-10 work werc trznsferred to this r-Fr?e, including four trcbces. Fcw gless blowcrs (in addition tothc The Rass sptctrorxti-r IILS reccivud This rapid in strum nhl Research is conti mir g on the applicaThese tr zns fer s brought the Gless Skcp force to a to t11 of Liboratory and associctzd wzste dispos:bl f nci li ties, was npproved by the A.E.C. for expenditures up t o $4,926,000. f300,OCO additional cost shown in this pro7oscl was withheld pending G. E. submission of o cost-to-conplete est in at a let or in the fall. k revised plot plan for the aqueous waste dispose1 fac il it i as at this now laboratory was adopted which offers subst m tiel savings t.'TToUgh shortened stainless steel lices and utilizes n crib site hcving superior soil percolaThe pre l kim ry plens cd specific et ions for the kd.iochexistry Building were received fron the Architect--mineer on August 29 and arein process of intensive roviqw. struct ion work on gradirg, fences, rozdwqs, burid ground renomtl, etc., for the Hcnford llorks Laborator;- site, nnd this proposzl was forwarded sun bid on the design of the hdi one L ? llur ~ yB ui ld bg were not successful and cons ib ration cow i s being given t o another engineering fm. other projects in Dd Ck s nccessitatcd their suspension of vork on tihe P i l e Technologj Building, nnd they Ere negotiating fcr the subcoctmcting of t h e engineering design wo f o r the Works Laborztory Arc The k end B Comittce ipprcved the Plot P1E.n nzd the Plot Plc n and Utilities

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The Statistics Group i m s?ecial cox il ern tion to the ap$icztioc of theEN automatic cm qu ti we < ui petl t xhicfi ,has been ordered for now Trocessed caz be adaFted, in part or cmpleteljr, t o machine cocputatfon, with t h e elimination of much desk calcuiation of a routine nature. Ir, a de it ion, techniques for the solution of non-routine problem, which have been hp rsc t ical because of the extended comptations inyrolved, rill now It appears that m ny of the rout ice repor+,s The total number of smnloyees on the roll ren,air.ed the saxe as last month. Fve Chss I Special. 3azard Incidents were reported. Smeys by the Operatiocal Givision, with minor exce?tions, showed satisfactory control of radiation hazcrds inthe operating areas. s it ion detsctod in routines ~ mcy sby the control groups of the Deveiopment I)!-vizion. In tio logic d monitorkg ca incr5ase inthe 1131 activity in the thyroid glzcd of donestic and wild fowl *,.AS otserved. There wero EO lost time injuries dining t h nozth. r rte for the year t o date has been further rcduced t o 0.20. The ccc i sent frequency awarded the Iucleonics Safety Council hvird forth s outstanding safety perforntcce of having worked 134 cocsecutive deys, o r 5,519,086 m::n hours, without F. lost tine or disab1ir.g injury. There were ten fire elms in the industrial aree-s with a total loss of (28.61. Volune of work i n both t h e 70C and 200-&est Are2 Lmndrics incrcssed noticeably, The 2CO-klicst iccrcese w.s Cue pr her i ly to an extecced shutdown inthe 100-D Volume of work inall of the C lz rice l ServicGs sections ircrezscd dur iri the r-2 TWO new posts were eek b liche d in the 200-Xest Area on Allguet 23. m posts will control ccnstructicn por some l enterbig o r lerrvirg the operetion t-2 One sioiilar Fost w.s es-kblished in the 234-5 baa on The nmber of applicnnts intorvicwed dccrcassd from 1,287 during July t o enploymcnt with tk-e CORDCII~- fcrtfie first tho. tions were received tlhrcugh the mail. tions incroascd fron 154 c t the begiming o f the ncr.th toa7Et tho rronth Of these qp lice rts 295 w,re in ii vid ucl s who appliod for Total plant roll incrcisec! fron 7,813 t o 7,839. k n - over rst e irxreaseC

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from 1.455 durirg J c l y t o 1.5% during -Upst. During r~ugust,63 new requests for tr zns fer s to other type o f wclrk wcre roceivsd i n tkc Eq lo y mw t Officc. Contb.Qed shortzges ir. the following job classifications : imt ment mechanics tnd tr c in ces, stenogrcphcrs, d!csigners, drnftsmen, he d thin stra en the po ctor s and glass blowers--resultad i n continued newspper az vert ising cnd recruittrips being plmned t o Spokane, Glashirgton for stenographers, and Denver, Colorado f o r Stenographers, designers, ecd drzftsrren on ;.u&ust 31, mnd thnt the regular ratings of thcse em2loyees could be coq de ted in Scptscber. The fiml tsbulntion of the questionnciro f omr ded to alle ql oye es on the h plo yee Services Fund was =-de during Ihgust, with the majority of the employees indiceting tkt they did not wish such c fund at this tins. em?loyoes retiro d during August, and one ql oye e death occurred. fouii visits were made by e representative of the Plployee Services Group t o employees conf he d either at home or at k dlc cE ospital during the month. In addition 67 sclsry checks were delivered t o employees coriined either at the E ospital or Et hone because of illr - oss. enplcyees cre merzbers of the milit try reserve and 9U. ezlployees are registered under the Selective Service A c t of 1948 with 134 being clP.ssified as 14. These suggestions resulted in an estiw.ted szvings of $3,355.66. Eightytwo conpensation claims were reported t o the Depzrtolent of Labor and Ip dust ries, ar.d six property d-go and one bodily injury claim wore reported tothe Trevelcrs Insurnnce Conpany dur iri the nocth. ktthe end of :bugust, 605 The secopd four groups of supervisors began llPrinciples and Wethods of Sunervision" on :ugust 21 with e total of 80 supervisors enrolled. second group of supervisors sttendod two meetings during the month, while t h e first group attended five meetings. were distributed during August. The secor.d'meetings, in a seria s of four, were held for the MedicrJ. Division presenting the spec id prograa they had requested. 1* t o t a l of 26 supervisors and 180 non-exempt employees attended prog rm on hbor Relaticns covering the contract ' s spirit and intont, and the supervisor's responsibility, were coniucted with 2'7 supervisors part ici - rcnebal of thc 40Aour S ux rvis or ' s Trninirz Progran; i n September. Two issues of the Hnnford Works SAGE Durirg hgust, a notice w x sent to all Divisions out li nir x the The Eighth SeniJbr?nwl Report of thei3C contained nany pictures of Hcnford Works, nr,d zost of the pictures were thosc td,cen by the Ikrford k'orks Photo Houso enrlier this year. acconpanier2 by nany of the s-ae photcgrqhs which t h e Hanford Works Photo The General Maragcr cddresset! t h e Pcsco Chanber o f Cornerce on &ZUst 7 on coverage of this talk was givcn by both nswsixpcrs i n tk6 Tri-Citjr h e & . Subsequent crt i cles in var i otrs newspzpers i n the

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The Assistant General Manager accepted an invitation from the local Kiwanis Club t o speak when that club visited the Pasco organization's regular luncheon meeting cn Thcrsday, kgust 31. Geclassified items of plant equipment bere …