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Hanford Engineer Works Monthly Report May 1945 (Deleted)

Dated
Jun 16, 1945
Document type
Report
Length
107 pages
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BZFORE READING THIS DOCUIXJT. s r m AIDDAT3 3ELow : IS STORED O N THE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN SCANNED THIS DOCUMENT IS PUBLICLY

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Iastraaant I) 12 Cornletton of Arsigruacsnt. Robert 3, Thornton Servico * 3 Ulloy P. stalmrk N Cornletion of Assignment.

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DEC LASS IF IED ryospt for a rohsdulod d is oh up shutdm of 1s hours' duration ap iky 3. shutdcrar of 17 hours' duration on ;kp 20, produation uas mrintrfmd at t h i 8 operated at tho 250 J W lsvbl during the poriod April 23 t o 31.y 8 , Ten tom of mow ware d is a hug d OB each

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and variable resiotmos installed on the "A" t e s t hole chamber.

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Produotion 2srfol-3aaca Data (5/1 - 5/20, Xnol.) InolUdin gi hol u ding 30 LMluding BeaFle Beoyole Reayole Rsoyale

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Operating aonditionm m w a normal thru-t tho month, An int;erail inspaation of Bo. f boiler in the Heating I'lan-t (Building 384) revealed the prereneo of a fairly bard rode from l / lSnto 1/8" thick. Othsr oonditfcmlq equipmant po1 in rer9ico should prevent future r o d e fomation.

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The faatorprebuilt rotor for PO. J Coqtesaor w u installed IA the Refrigeration Plant (286). 2 h i a man &ne under the direatIan of Tort repreoantatlves. An A c e hame, fornerly located in the Banford "malar C q , ?mu been Installed fn 100-7 &rea to proride ice atorage for d ring in e fouataina.

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acd iraued. T.eos are m w being oorrelated into ie-artmmtal 3rocedutes for all areas, h e Yaintenance & mar bent is nsriatia,.; with staLiard1zntion of t ! e work 3rd ers rot tm. DE CLASS IF J EL)

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ManIn ~ tai h tion sof hand coun*dng scuipment in ul udi ag faur-fold beta tund aaunters ancl alpha hand counters >.awe Seen msde in all 1\30 keas at ilodical Dsprrkmmfi request, Brfstol pR recordera i n the Seaarrtim Plarit i n 100-3 Area have rill been

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Eapdr work on 3aalcrun model ZIX pat tm sls rurprsy meters has incl ~ aie dd u e to tho hoary and mors extensive rsl.1-ice muir eda i ttam. Lnrtrxment Sw tian is af nhl t f ng carelera .?mmilkd, but a certain amant rulLt5.m help or to keep 80 c ft bse icstr-=sr.ts La sen ice. It now requires one part - the nwc!mnfo mda DE CLASS IF IE.1

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*?arsons assisted'' iadndoe: "urcerto from cae hio t offtcos and. ration officer 65 D EC LASSI FI ED

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for t h diwmUauancm of Muation of men wer 39 pars of waeO It i r urtidptmd that in tbo very mar futurs rs&ationm relative to deferment of zmn under 30 w i l l beom0 much mrr) restriatiPr in saturn. y.g 9 -trined first .nd saoond degree bums 2 0 tho hmds, arms, and right ahoak of the fume a gasolinr notur. Eo was adjusting C,hm oarburator on tA% gasoline motor rrhszn flash occurred f r o m the >paning in tho top of the tar Injured was operating IC tar 1aSttl.e equi;lpd w i t h

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and contu ~ o naf left third 8nd fourth toes. rsrt foot to operau the puah button rir wlvs uhiah controls tho operation of th. feeder dock for r hydraulio slevrtor, foot m s caught by bolt OIL the elevator rhich e ~ & r g e sth. air relarso rrlro and trips thm ahoak. trined fracture of left index finr,oro+slers to oarry a steel plats, migbrnr, a;prormatoly 290 pounds, up a staimmy. ?he injumd and a fellow employee mf'o irz front of plate l if ' ting na the otker four employees at the rear worn puahing, men tirs step .ilzd the steel alatet *.ined Lacerrtion, punoture wound, and frncmre of left index fjS,.mr. trutsk when h i s left hand 2aught betrsen t w o of cfis blocks, A total of 656 Safety % d i n g s worn held, ui2h aa attendance of 9,20&. A specinl check a& ror spotting hazards raa issued to all. Areas for use by supemision in helping them stop safety h zard s, A rafe ty play -8 arraagd a t eaab .Uchland school. pr tio ip ted and the play as prs s sn ted -fare the entire rtudent body. A sahool-uide safety pster aontozt =a also canduated for seventh and eighth grads studmnts; 3& students prticfprt_ed and the winners mc:eivsd Bdea5bers of each gads Firsa dunr TO

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ocmducted sight msetings on Campany p l a n s and policies in the varf.ous Areas, and. as P whole, ham found %e =en most receptive ami interested in this type of nesting. meetings i n the Arsas, pprtioularly in 100-3 arid 100-D. TD. Counselors ham attended seved staff States Ya vy,8 spmial exhibit of captured Japaneso war equipment and a a pai al war picture were shorn in 3ichland. thid of the residents of Richland sa1thia pograa, I t is estimated that oneSix 8-teea sof'tbrll lsrguas are narr in operation, with appr u xima t ely nine boon efsoted to handle the fund8 derived fraa team entry fees. DECLASS I F IE l )

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Two btdl teanu a m functioning in Flichland, playing scheduled gams with tomu in thm surrounding ana. Seasions Fenmr E m Yours The following mlme of clothing m a launderedo

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up erat i ons Sausss occupied ,Panily amups acd ins-Alation of furniture bmmmsrst; houass without leases in du 'ont possession exelusive af authorized rent-free houses Uaocuupied peading installation of offoots and I%usrs in procoo. of assignnset Gmenment hausam without leaso in du Pant

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contraators, Construction, Operations and be sold a d rsmbpad, o r boarded up, rhen Sales of h l k ice creez~showed deeranso of 1 Z under tha ?revious nonth and d e of -+aka& ice omam an hc rens e of xi!. faailfty oprators for the purpose of rerisr-hg tsqumsted mqe and salary

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na Slchland Yar ?rice and li rtl on sard es tabl iy he da local ?rice -1 activities were noma1 s n d them -re TQ imtonerd 3 ~ ~ n t 3 r

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Off-the-pLurt trig. (Company business and off fai al rlsitors) totaled 9 for

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Total mrmber aalb requested ......................... 225 Rxsaber Pot at hame ahen crllwns d e ................ 27 50 a8808 of ahronic or acute illness due to ex;,aawe ?4pu mrk were found during

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rar is sd beta radiation man it or has been ins ' alled Ln one ana, and has menta. '%e beta aotivity of all effl - ant mtBr h s been low, so that a very scourate recording system hns been difficult to develop nnd opmte. 75th the prssent arrengemnt, %he exit do8age-rate of 0.6 nrep/hr 588 given 250 total oct nt a per minute reading, of rhioh 145 coulfta pr mme nrem due to background and emtaminntian. Under suoh cdfb%icmathe xlsa8ux-ament emor could be rbouk 425%. "Ihir would introduce an errm af 2 5 % into the total dosageThe activitJP of the o d i n e d area effluent, after mix- of the 105 Building effluent with ot brp led maate water, haa averaged 652 of %e nndiluted actlvlty. It fol lars that mta mtumed to the rf mbs s ~ ernqs d50 mop 2er

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The arerall aantrol af Ssaud in tbeae plant8 oontinued satisfactory. As m a expected, the lmre8ad operating Icnd aod process radiati,sn intensities led ia the Epe Galleries, as well as me experienced in an Zp a rating Sallerj. i t y near the samplers.

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Mediad Cepartmsnt DECLASS I F 1 ED-.- S t a u k gas ha8 dropped to the ground 051 several occraians, zi*ng iodine that tolerable for continuou, e qo sure. The actual duration of such conoentrations st ground-Lorel m a lesa ' h a the 5-minute tolerance, a small anaunt of theae stack ftmma soElstlCY)s is drawn into thin take8 of building rent i ln ting fano, dioh can lead to w ld ely distributed uontnninntian 2f High aatlvity found on hmds and 010th- uaa readily removed by mahing.

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Ths garism r rdia Ion in the cells inoreared to ths point -hat at'xation wus required be given to the length of time ?hat n n operator aould stand In a given Zocatim. ?ha mrrilanrr dcmqe - rate against a process hood was 28 mr/zrr, The ac?tivity of tkm ?R m 8 8 d a for transfer of nsteria roae taard ';he and of the month, rJrarFous1~ths domap-rate ata standard refomace point had varied betmen 4 and 30 mr/hr, but the recent rsluss rem am high as 85 rar/hr. The do8ags-rate outside completed sample aanm has nut p k increased m+drially, 4hrs been normally reported betmat 4 aad 11. m r / h r . Noticeable reduotian of sotirity occurred on a uen retained fm .three drys, indicating that about ons-hrlf af the initid actiVity m a dus to Np radlattim.

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Rwfonmnao of tho istogrow for atmapherb ad to ring -8 greatly irpprmed en the reoarding devloee failed to iak ;rramrl;r. %e balance of ';he record Tmperfeotlonm in -&e rscord uere mainly dus to "%izm--OUtn pricxh not oertainly) dua to radiatian of the osder of 0.06 m r h , or about five tines the o adur q background- TIXI high figure in the orrtlqr+ag areas was ahoat aertrinly b to leas frmquent aervioi,ag, rather then t o radiation.

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Recorded alplhr hand courrtr totrlled 15,174, af which 247 rharsd a a t i 7 i t y above the activity waa succas8i’ully removed at the tirre. ha ths - w i n i n g uases It did not persist beyond tb6 day of OBCUmBISCee Rnnber of Calibrations

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Hone of tbm ab prissd mdinqs above 100 m r -8 u on fi rwd by a badge reading, a d all uaza be aserlbod to artffauts.

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wtxw psn c il ~had no h i & pencil readinge. runubly dtm ei"Yher to defect in film or to fad3 processing. the repetition of these incident8 thn promasing m t h o d a ham ?map critical17 rsricnred without dlsulo8ing any faults. As soon a8 alarp stock of ffh is DE CLA SS IFI ED

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Dantal Sealth Csxrter rith I772 in April. effect- The &ar of surgical ci.aaoa d n s d approximately

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ly mas mfemd to the agemy having jurisdiction mer the aite fmolvad.

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Civilian Personnel - Cams of %dnsera 271 Commiraloued O f f 1 cars (exclusive of MP'a 16 Schools and Churchem