Hanford Works Monthly Report for August 1951 (Deleted)

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BOX No. p 19 Departaent for the At&c Anergy Commission I I --.-- THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN SCANNED IS STORED ON THE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE

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Tech ical Semices Unit.................... 107 Design and Construction Section .................. 123 Wmufacturing kcotulting Section .................. 205 Ccnmnrnity Accounting Section .................... 210 Utilities and General iervices D q cpa en t.P lat je cx rit yad services Section .............. 21-4 Electrical Distribution m d Telephone Section .....e.... 272

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Prodcct ion Operat ions Failures of slugs were reduced slightly to: The resulting loss of production time was reduced from 4.52 t o 294 hours. ca?ning 945; p i l e discharge 102.7%; separations 19:. 37;; concentrstion Certain transportaticn and utilities functions were transferred from zhe Maaufacturing Department. Within Manufacturing sections xere esta3lished @ e ratio m. Within the latter two, Sadiation Monitoring i s now a fwc%ior, of these sections. Control of radfosc2ive icdine emission from the separations plants was In a controlled ca-bon-dioxide atnos+ere, bulvollt of graphita samples i n th2 Fpile was greatly decrecssed by a small addition of csrbon monoxide. Since 5 02 11 recem slug failure sox ur red in the end caps, a stEdg Is 1.1 prog ~ d s sucilizing lot.ger (3") s l ~ swith thicker end caps, a6 well as Addition of mercuric nitrate to tke mica n it rst e solution on a production tsst basis has eff Jct iv aly reduced the evo kt i or, of radio-iodine subsequent A rapid, convenient spectrogr%?hic method for determination of silicon iL aluminum-silicon dip-baths ( f o r uranium slugs) was developed, and found t o be precise and accurate enough f o r routine applichtion. Design of Redox f's-aalfiical line" equipment is rir tu ally cnrzplete; design i s undezway on multi-curie cell equipment for solvent process research. Eq an sion and Corstruction Facilities is essentially corplete, and c cns tr - xtion on schedule a t 45% The 241-4 t ~ n l ifarm was essentially completed.

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Personnel and Services The plant turnover r ! t e dropped from 2.485 i n .July t o 2.054 in August. emloyment rose from 8,805 t o 8,909. Total Total housing applications increased from 659 t o 714. Hanford Guards' Union ratified its cont mc t with the Couipmy. A proposed contract was presented t o the Firemen's Union. returned t o work August 14. The electrical linemen 'Rx supply of ironworkers and 3lii be rs has been One u j o r (no sub-major) Injury occurred during August. Medicd De?artmeat costs dropped 17$ from June t o July, th2 July costs being A new high electric el demand for process work resched 70,650 EIW. bus system carried 150,858 pcssengers, a new record. Economies accounted for loqb, delayed billing for65. Anew agreement with Rorthern Pacific Xsilwzy provides free pickup and deliver3 of L.C.L. freight t o 2nd from Richland. Fi-cial reaoA-ts for Gul jr operctions of the Nuclaonics Division reflect changes in cost accounting which beczae effect tv ? Julg 1.

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Assistant General Nanager ,..........,.,... GI. 5 . Johnson hager, Community Red Est c to and Services ..,,,..., L, F, Puck

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PLSnt Util it i ee & hint. Ma Int ennnc e +Totals f o r 7-31-51 shown with Corn.

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Elcct Dist. & Tslephone Sectfon 0 Plant Sec. & Sem. Section COW. RE?L EST lil2 & SEEV. DEPT. 207

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Lffective August 1, 1951 the Ilanufacturing Deyrtxent was orgariized, conti i ui rg transportation and utilities r"unctlons. as the responsibility or' a Section %mater for: the Metal Preparation .Section, the Reactor Section, and the Separations Section. Each sec tim was subdivided into agpropriate units en5raci.q the orz a niza tio ml components o f Werations; of iladiaticn H3ii'itcrinZ Unics *witfin the Reactor and Sey rations. Sections, with similar work being done as a staff function i n t h e ?Ictal Ireparatior! Section. A Xanufacturkg T-lanager's Staff was created. Concurrently, %!!e orzanization nonenclature was revised i n com?liance uith cion nonenclature t o the Ceneral Electric Conpny, The ? letal Preparation Section prodtlctlon 03 class zi e dsl up was 94 per cent cf fcrecasb due t o lass t : a n eqecteci yield during training OZ new 7ersomel. The significant yields were: melt plant, 9C.2 per cent; a r ~ dsclid metal, 9 3 . 3 ner cent. h-oductisn of the Reactor Section was aclversellr a;'fi-.ctied by .dr~cf a i l u r e 3f nine discharged was 102.7 aer cent. The area activities were established Separations Section grodwtion i n the .cmya bilild2,;s was 7.3per cent above X ver qe cool in - tine

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Concurrent wits the reorganization o f the Manufacturing Department, the Yet& Prepswation Section was established. The interrial organization of this Section consists of Lie Operations Unit, a cmt in u ation of the forner 300 Area P Division; Plant Zngineeriq, consisting of t h e former fm ct ions were combined under one head and Instrument, Electrical and l!echanical Mvelopment Shap flz?ct-.ons were cmbined under anczhcr head. Operatiny We rien ce Qxide Burned (Weight Out Tons) Accegtable Pieces Canned (Tans) Melc Plant Solid Yield (9) The decrease inthe Melt PlantS ille c yield was largely the result of the continued xse of a :nigh proportion of S rique ties in the rnaterial processed. The solid Tie id was made possible by a complete absence of broken stopper rods. accumulated during the outage of the chip recavery Srique-ctiaq press in July was processed during August. 81;month end Chi? Recovery and t h e Yelt Plant were operating on a current Sasis. The backlog of turn ii gs which was

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The urmiun mchined durlq the nonth w&s p-ehalnzntly Utpo Defects consisted of i meg ukr lmae nmbcr of new oy rr torn. gonem.lly fmnd t o be due tote q ex ture c mtr ol Llfflculties In tho None of tho slugs tested for ?cqetr?,tion i ! url x q tho nonth were found t o 38 pnetratod t o within .OlT of tho cater dcce of th czn wzll. ~ lna lye i sof the throe autoclzve fziluree which occurrcd durirq tho nonth rovozled tht two were tho result of c dofoct i n the closure ?nd the Wri wc13 cawed by c defect nom the bzso of tho c=n. for non scatiq, znd 8$ for niscellrneous 'rezsons. TIE increcae routine a d 100 sTecizl tests were run. During the nonth, 1956 rpieon Tiecoo were crned. m n hours were devoted t o tha fsbricztlon 'Jf specl?.l requost nzterlals. The c m n i q production wcs 8% 3,010~the fmecp.st, caused. zlzinlv by Due t o a7prmnt increased ?oroslty of the cruci3los used i n tho bronzo furrcces, the life of th6 hecting elements in t mee furm,coe &.a decrezsefi funes which ?enetr"-ts tho cruclblee zre ?mine: lnvcatlptcld. Several mthd8 of diluting m d ronovlxq the corroelvo chloride

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Curront shop work lm&a consist of: I, group af 100 clunimm 61% c w s wcrc No l e d r-tes mectcr 1o-O cc. Tor second were found.

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:'.broken Tost indicztor vcltro m the Fire zcl Sanikry 1007 w-s r c - for winter servlco. The -;Jsocees q c l c clock ES faun& t o be Incorrect whcn checke2. on in z rovcrso dircctim. 30esl bil it y of o. rocurroncc. A cm?lcto ov or kul of no. 2 Boiler wcs slxrtcc ."A mrn rstcket m3 r q sired ton in i aiz c the Plat Dcvcloment gad Eqc.nsion tiozcl. boilers w-s XXAC, Power Ewlnecr. ccrnents were f mwxrdcd t o the PL=st

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tzdy Consultiag Iaborctory Ius boen requostd on the &oei@ a?f z b r i - cztim cf tha Mercury Jot Switch. me assistrace of the Schencc- &?art No. W-21748 hati boon p r e p r e d on tho G. E. Biah Toqorzturc Ionfzz-

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the Manufacturing Department and the app li cn tim 3f the new mganizat ian nanenclature, the Reactar Sectian was established and asLOO Areas. In dischargiag this resp msi bil it y, the Section xgrrnizatim is subdivided in ta the fall mia g three units: ~pezatesthe LOO Area react xs and directly nsmciated fnci,l ities. Plant Engineering Unit : cmp rise d of the operating and service facilities and perszmael in the LOO Areas formerly assigned t . 3 the Electrical, Instrument, Maintenance, Pmer, and TranspDx%ati3n Divisi ms,with the exceptim Df' the electric utility fun c tim s and persmnel in Electric D is tri but im ; 3perates the LOO Area water and mer pkn t facilities ; prmides mechanical, electrical, instrument, trans p3rta tim and geneml win tem n ce serrices f m a l l LOO Area facilities. czmprised D f the pr3ductim facilities and t 3 iI3SUre adherence t3'standa-d pr xe dure s and specifications; makes imprmements by a ppl icc t ix Df available in fx ma tim and Operating me rien ce wer the fmeccrst. quired ca t3ts1 Qutcge time Df' 294.4 ha urs far cx rec tim. Dperating levels i n the react x arecs WDS achieved HDwever, failure 3f nine uranium a d

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Reactm Outqe Time (Hsurs Reactar Unscheduled Outage A @in 3f 134 IJW i n maximum reactsr levels ~8 achieved durfng the mnth despite seasmal high inlet water temperatures. The mn:m portion 3f a pngram t 3 increcse water flms and reduce outlet water temperatures by ins'allfng x if ices in the central Reactms resulted in increased all mable delta temperatures f3r a l l tubes 3 f these Reactars. This pressure iacrease was accmplished by increasing the Building 190 purcp discharge pressures. necessary ta attain these increases. Steam Ilms 2f u? t 2 30,000 pounds per h w r per area were Increased flatteaing was achieved th rxg h impr3ved pDisDn d is tri but im. F'urther recmery zif graphite t h e m 1 cmductivity damage xcurred. Improved techniques in react x 2peratim reduced cyclic temperature d is tri but im 3scillctizms which had fxmerly resulted in minx pwer Water treatment and chemical feeds f3llmed an x mal pattern in all LOO Areas during August v i t h the exceptim of LOO-B Area where construction activity near the River Pump HDuse caused per hdi c water turbidity increases requiring the use of extra coagulant. Special request material (including Chemical 68-56 but excluding K-10) charged inta 30 tubes and discharged frml L2 tubes during the mmth.

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The general mechanical cm di tim Df the react x cmponents and equipscheduled reactor mtage time resulted frm equipment failures as a. Faulty panel lit gauge ca libra tim resulted in an 3u-e b. A partially plugged m if ice screen resulted in an ~utage af 22.5 h w rsa tH Reactx 3n August 12. was #376 which wos being supplied w i t h dicfiramate-free water, in accordance with Pr-105-453-P (Sadium Dichrmate El imina tim Tests). The tube invalved Repairs t 3 eliminate emtic BGST temperature readings experienced a t DR Reactm during July were initiated. that all Iran wires i n the irm - cm stanton tn erm cmp les were badly Invest iga tim revealed and Na. 12 a t Building 190-0 which failed during J u l y and May respectively, were cmp let ed during tie mmth. basin were cmp let ed during Autut using mkum npe, asphclt and Increases i n the Reactm pmer Levels and pr x ess water pressures have necessitated cmsiderable wark i n the rec n libra tim 3f pressure manitaring gauges. In Building 105-B, new Bmrdon tubes were installed in 160 gauges t 3 cmvert them frm 50 t 3 LOO p s i span. Pmr Level calc ul atx s in all LOO Xrens have retched the limit af their present design racge and wxk is pr xe ed in gt3 redesign them An annual inspectian a f me Df the baile run its in each LOO Area was made by a certified inspectar 38 August 2 and 3. i n very gmd cm di tim. All were re pr ted As e mice engineer af the U Dr thing t3n pusp C3IIIpany inspected the Buildizg 190-DR pr x ess pump turbines a d directed cx rect ive measures necessary ta make the gmernar mechanfsms fun c tim pr qe rly.

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Wark 3 f dismantling three bar metric cmdensers Lxated a t Building 185-D and preparing them for shipment t a awther pn j ect was i n The w3rk 3f installing temperature devintian recmdere inthe recmder indicates hm the center Df activity in the unit chtrnges Sectian during August. Plant Devel37ment and Expansim The status 3f currently active Recrctar Sectian pn j ect s is summarized with the exceptim ~f shipping casks. chzrge n3tice was issued August 11, s usp nd in gw x k as it was estimted that the p nje c tcm ld n3t be cmp let ed ple tim date. 3f this act im. The design Df the react x and its as s xia ted equipment is app mx imt ely 85s cmp let e and 7 6 npprwed.

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Plant Develrpnent and Expansim (Cmtinued) Plans 13r step plug and upper -11 hopper cnsting- were sent ta prcmpective bidders during the nanth. sign for the M U recavery system and related equipment is pragresehg. The Read-Standard Car pra tim has cmtmcted t 3 supply the five MCUUP praducers necessary. A decisim has been made t3 use plant fmces f x install o tim ww k during exteaded wtages sf apprDximtely fDur weeks per pile. pmp ~ s n li a near cmp le tim. The praject was appnved by the Atmic Energy Cm n is sim 3n August 17 and the au thx iz a tim far mrk t a pmceed was issued m August 29. The i n f x - m l request was npprmed by the Atmic Energy Concecd MS iseued August 27. A free fall test was =de 3n the revised test rdat Build1323ml request approved by Atmic Enargy Csnnissim an July 30 and the au th miz et ix far wark t 3 prxeed was (105-D wd Dii Safety Circuit I ater l x k) A study was made af the pile cmt ral pmblen and 3f pwer level