Hanford Engineer Works Monthly Report February 1945 (Deleted)

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THIS DOCUMENT IS PUBLICLY THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN SCANNED AND IS STORED ON THE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE

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A LrSdp.1 win of re&lrity of the mnlt wna exnsrlenced all d n r f l y the Emth a$ honrs t o 57 on hbmw 22 when the unit was shut CtOM for dischnrglnip 10 tonn, welo reloaded with 35 active slulys, ha8 been obtained f ! o r the poinonlng. the direbarge of hbr yr ry 22 yIs very maccos~lfbl. 25 hours, which lnaln&d 8 hour9 allotted t o aaiatenaaco. This i s an orerill rnte o f diachArge o f b.6 tubes p r hour for 78 tubas, but t% rate of 7 tubes r)br hour waa anintdned fma tho timo thm two rpedal sluqr mr'. piaked m * uatiX rll were actual'q pmmhod oat o f the unit, which 18 ofimctir81~u1 extenrlon of the nozzle to got tho ol wp dear of the treu@ & a hato a sD.dal bador which tabs the oil to the cushion chamber. %I-sr+t.rrwaq v a ~efia&lvo in nmorfnq the oil and m u easi17 used b 7 tho fl&a n d ckpositinr It, mfrom artmrlal rera#d from tho slugm. The rrattmqs plotma wm lonqthaned ISa and no rlngi a m known t o hare flrllaa wand bhn and rlugs into hpckets, snd all alws wrr) wcounted for, Tho total downtks was oaly Ib, t i p o f f has an of1 aatcbr eorblned with It, which drain8 A now sortfqq and canntlag Ciatan wam lamd for coll acting thn Samn tr1w wm ernerlencsd durtna the month, all hmt ona b o l l y cursed durlw nhlrp(c. in lwsl from 223 MY t o 250 MY.

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All ep nt ions in this h tl ding wro mtlnm and satisfactory. Tour Jccidantal shutdown8 accnmd with Ismediato rec nev ; two warn caased by def-ctlvr, Puno ll it g-8. On. by M oasratlnq omr, and the cause for tho fourth @no was not d e t e c t 4 by p ~ vof the lnatrmontm And remaina uxmlglalnod, On February 15, one of tho 1 3 Bldq, mbqtatlon switchem van scotdentally t r i n e d , ahnttinq down four pmsm water ourmps at Bldg. 190, stored befors tho ?oleen had oxcaoded t h o excess reactivity, did, in trim, mused a loas of yrodnctlm of 13 hour. and 45 s imt a a, Advantage of the 60-

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Because of the mcerhfnttes merGin(3 the b e l u d o r of the aowaamr snd high pressure sewr tothe retention baain, t h orlbdnel schedule for start-up WAS revifled t o allow ateyt an the dovncoaer be5orcr loading a men ad. 'fhe tent * wro =do vith flow. varyiw fro= aero m to more than 30,OCO an. both befaloadiq and aftrr loading, with quite satisfactar.7 re snl ta, There m a still a tendency to en train dr,bat the wont waa lee. than li$ of that entrained at snd cause DO- flow lastsbllity and lam at the entr an b to thrr ratentfm b tent fm %sin vlthont effwt other thnn t o cnuqe considetable tarbolsneo 8t the rmtentlon barnin entrsncm, which threatened ta lift away tha pat-hmsa over A 8 r e v law flows Shtn Afr fended to collnct in large bubbles dos sly. The dry ar lt ical mint we3 thncbed dter Ih.5 Iaprs (of 22 tubes each) or 359 &annola. (Psr ti al 1-r- ammi at ad aacoxklnq t o thalr coatrlbutlon t o pile balor ctftiral in the dry state and I C vertical rods with water in the 7ile. r a aowamd ta 2J and Q under slatlra conditlona 3t 1 0 0 A m , t o ba .pbroximntn4 73 aom *inhamre* of renativity thua in tho p i l e st On tho basis of the abow mmltr, 7 aenl-?ennaaont poiaon tabes vera mt Into tho unit aoaristimg of 1 admfum='le& dumr rvrd 3 lmnd dam les altomatalp plivred for t h a lm@b of th. active metal zona. Xn addition, 3 tomporaq poison ahnmrelr of 9 lead du ule a worn rqtltrad t o holR t-rr bile below critic rl v if hall :?ut one horiaontil shirr rad In tlw pilo. f t rwmlnd 3 vertical * ~ l l p t yrods to hold the 3203 tube

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Extrusion. Qutgssolne, md Naehfnlng attributed t o the lqmlumnt la mqulpwnt and technique. The major irprotements 8sdmto mqa:prPent wow to Increase the overall speed-an of the mees which tsduced the tins from billet to rod. This allor. the blll ~ t s t o be pushed nearer to tho obtinum temmr?turo. of rklll on tho part of the uperrtlryt urn - "he mjor d if ii d ty snconntez..d vas the rnm stickinq tn the Eontdner d m to a buildcup of metal i n the centriaor. ttaer was lnmtallsd OB the control panel t o lndicato tha tima the billet ham been oat of the f'nrnacm. Tlu pmsm YIS sot for a ~ xlau nof 300 tons load, which f r bolou the required pnsmm to pash a cold billet, war of blocks aad cantalasr wro aat UD. Ph.sm s t m e -re mt into of?sct Them worn no major ch m ups in pha mdn faatot in Improvement here VIS tho ds re lmn t ?ha r j o r ckanqs in outigsasinq m s t5a UCH of larger oontrinen which hold tvim the nwabrr of rod. A S thoao iornorly used, boen w a d exaluaivmly ainco tima. ?ha panoir hem w s to inere8oe A dmclrloo was reached that only b l l l 9 t s aontalni4 10s. thmn 300 3rrts/nillion Iron wuld be considered accrptabls for nom1 prodnctlon una. iaclading billrL,s o f other unusual chemical coma4tlona, roald be held and rmn only 8s uuer1mentn.l mtmrial unbr tho instrnctlon and guldnnca o f the To ch nic J All other bill stm, ?hem r r a a f2rm In one lathe due t o tho aoolaat boiaq tnrnsd off vlth ohfpr 10i n tha mrrrhim. A procednr t o prrront rem men a is In offoct,

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leb, To Dmte 195 Start lag on 7ebnury 19. all zb u j o r problem during fhe month contlntmd to be nou-scatiw and wrinkled CMSr Of the noparous emnriments tried to correct o r nlnirPits th8 rr in as d cans. the mort sacco sd ul to date hrro been auro accurate control o f %ha iilicon aoatoat of tho canning aot and gooti t.?tac*r.-tumcontrol of all potn. msulted In 3 rednetion of urfnkled caa reject9 from 5.& t o 3.9 durfng thm last weak o f the aonth. ~ ns is to a tignrmnment, dthonqh for tho laat waek of the month they d-ed The number of no-seatinq rejects diu wd little oxidation of Inside of cum, for one wsk'a trfal starting on Qabm : 24. ?o data, the front $ of Total Cumad

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*%e t o mncrmmlahfon of u urc lai 01ug.r that worn clsmed Xiforts war8 coacantrat8d on redaclng the backlog of uaad a c i d t o bo neutralized, m d on was w flux free from used bmse metal,

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Ave-m for the Month 95 5.5 97 P.92 7-6 169 All Charpr t o Dqto ?I 5 - 5 86.1 7.5 10.0 36.1

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Caaatfa rktb.mir, vithout the us imt an a of 7otrasiar crrhonatm an iotrerly, mda rr+iw of 5 6 hmra in the qalm tinw in Call Iin tho Concmtratlon B'ldrp, The four small tanks, ,*fie* 201-.mh, are emty. The:r haw cabaeity f o r tho metal vaate aolntlm from 55 ytandard ChiircJss,'

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Pre lis in a xy data indicate tbnt rmpreciable amount6 of pro a act go w the re atl lo. tion e3caxusr eta & (Slag, 29121. 'The exzeat of this ?robleu l a not horn, but plena are under ray to fil to tao m SCPIX Cns d urf q th nort sones o f production IMS and arallnte the extent of this hal ard, ?br- defective a n t rlfwp brivm head baarlws ( 2 08 D-2, 1 on B-2) hat. b a n dldrtvm hod shaft. ThisM & I ~olro had 8 mictascor~icleak in the oil circulation morlous causms of fat- brerkdown. basic fault on the PI2 machine uas I n an orarilied sad poorly fl nish sd

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period uas Tdmtsd, vi:& no 111 effects. 1-5-32-3-1 In the wcond qrcle, the instead o f tu0 unshoa 0’ the 9mal3ltat8 w m adorltori ?or rn rit y masoan. rt rt keb o cow 0.9 t o 1.3 B rather than LO4 0.1 9, In tho flrut cycle. q ett linx was lmroved 57 *in,- the mother In both qdes. the rd di tim of hydrogen der adde in 20 to 30 %ne changaw were llnitsd t o this run, t 5 - o 2-3-1 Xn the secnnd cyde,the amount of flltsr aid warn reduced toom gran par liter of so ht fon.

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'phs work o f thp Meteomfoqica1 Group during tho rrast math h a boon concerned chiefly with rontlno -ather obsrrvitiona. and ?or-casti?x wind direct ton and stacltt-qround dilution factors fir the gnlbnsm of .maenision in schsdaing dia8olrsr opemtions, S o a r attention han been given to fomcastinR general weather conditions, 8hce It was thought ?osrfble thnt n f n of s n w ni*t ahsorb activity from tho stack gnn and caw it t o tho ground. hawerar, that gronad contamlnntlon dova8tmam f r o m the stocx is found on17 in lfrinq nlaats, and not in the soil or in dad ?lax13 umttur. mld indimto that ataomhctfa prrdDitation is not an imortant factor I n the ached all n q of

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C:rpaoity teats on all squipwsnt were oomplated, and the data isrdicats ratirSlevsral elactrio ?mar failurea nor0 sirnilated, under normal operation oonthe coil burzed o u t o s the easrzency turbins-generator fleld suitah, Erect perrormrcce on all sublioquexit toeta m18 high l jac rti ~ faa tory ~ On t!-a sscoud test, x11 eonstrueion w r k aeused in this area on Fobruvy 12. ment in iL1 procaar buildings is in gexzeral f bot ian i zig aatisfautarilyAL rtudy of tha Bbhhmd -to+ mupplg irrdioatad that peak requiraasnt8 during ILL sumimr mDnths aodd probably bo mat d th existing iaaiflties U portions of the lsll fleld were floodod, IYOM is nor Fn progress. A progrrrr far oerrying out floodlng opora-

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art work u of a routbe nature. &intallration of a aonaratm 1imiLni; glatforn at t!u~c a n t e r aaut!! door of

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fhrrbor of Imntigmtbn (Buranad) auea rmeirmd. (toartmation puwnnel fllea rsrisrvd fat t rrna f sr

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DE CLASS IF IEI Area Monthly Rechecks .............................. Jsnaqxy h b ran= To bat. Con a t ructf on Labomtory Bmralnrtl on.

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Tha dmaignod shlsldfarp of tho Pile units has wmcrd to ha mti-17 *stfafactory for protection wainst the considered rndiatlons; naarlz, (Camma ray- and nautronb[essarewnts vith chanq And zag meter also nmve that the total fon fm tion in Precioitron aanrg1.s h a r m been obtained on tm oi :he Pile at the tiae of safety I t is assumed that thm activlty art-. from dust dtrtnrbed by tho rods. Aativtties m, t o 350 beta mnta 7er ninute have Seen obasrrsd. duo to activated a r m warn local to the tnstrawnt, ?he hazard Activity m a found in the water in a tzasifer tesrel nnod t o take slugs t o tho t e s t tha =tar la tho Tfla atorage brain after each dinchrgo.

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I n prariorra mort # tlm gamma a at lr it y of the uater ham bean rfemd to a f u l l ap&.n of .atire #tor, sad the beta aatirlty t o 8 henisnbre only, ? him mp nmt a the vdenr bard to any objeat of linear dimenstons mater t h J/S*, A critical rmvisv of tho river conditions 1ndI ~ t . athat llring abjeatm of croms neatton 1/16a or l m a a m t o be expected in tha rsl.rsnt portion. of the rimsr, fn rPttxm, .I1 m o t t a dl1 nfer to full spherical e m o m for both beta and rap, %e b a a aetlrfty Is so lor that no The art- of the low r li wd colnanento o f tho ??mtenblonh u h affluent watsr in still unmown, Them i s eridsnca of a half-life of the order of 2 Aatirtty In tha Ban Rouos (201-3 h a been aham t o be ci,tap t o mixed fission of product rrnd fls do nwo duct a is t o bo neamr*d dnrfq tha next cycle of opa rat Ions. The aersurad actlrftl+cr given o f f wr t o n of metal in the recent diauolring by this amount. Itia auqected that the t q ling procetint. g lms re malt I low of 1gO a t t e a ob th. bnaa actlrity i n Q cuhe of alr of stde 600 feet is enough t o =dam tho hazard to tolernbla limits. Srrbaoquent aoncmtrstlon aould probab- on33 oaour by abrorntlon In oils or fats, which l a ?rot a forsibla cicarstmem, In tho r f d n i t y of tha stack, tho vanor drscm!utr to th, grouad and becomen selestlvely *beorb& oa living plants. in; the n@on la *hi& the llring sage b*corc,m quite mtlva, on the modo of olmt mbao-tion zra bin < do. The ermhual fate of tha iodine i m mors questlonnble, Bai:hcr tke r o i l nor dead agobm.h it actltcrted Condltioae ia the fso2atlon Bulldfng (m>hare been anifordlg good. oo tent id hurrd due to the use o f .urp .harp painted trserers aontm1nat.d b 7 ptodpot warn trwd by nuia of ths hand aonntq urd YL.olldnafod,

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frrtegonr v.m installed a t ths hnnswidt honm (100 m a St.) on ?o date all t sad in $ s at the oatblnq monitor stat lons ?:eta boon nogll@blo, Tb. approrimate nunbar of poncils mad m e am followat is rem rb bly low, ?ho fmqoruq of double wonts is r q wmi ably higher in tha 2ohY and 300 Aream. It im belie - d that the difforcrnce Is not due to Contrihting factors ay be the mom vtgolroas nrtum of tho Bo ornosarm atfributablo t o radiation has boen found,

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?his branch har m let ed the s tue of the r-qJfrmd Kmalth Inatmmentation, hrther work has been done an the behavloiv of :ha Dnrlroa Water Hanltorimg eo qt lon and scattering thaory, '*ea the dowup-ratcr L at the centar aia large qhsm o f actfrs watmr. and des-rate 9 nt the center of PL andl aahsrc, filled with tho s ~ s dwater, a m manured at different energlea, the ratio LIS should aroqmssirsly increrlio a@ the snerqy incrmasea. tha basin ob the Sv ize a ertranolxtlon to a large talums of watmr.It …