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The 100-C project is to be located adjacent to the present 100-P Area. It is planned to build an addition to the present 181-B River Pump House using the same elevations for pump settings, intakes, and floors as for the present pump house, thus maintaining the same suction conditions and flood protection as B Area. The 105 Building will be located on higher ground than B Area and, therefore, protection against possible flood damage is assured.

The 100-C project is to be located adjacent to the present 100-B Area. It is planned to build an addition to the present 181-B river pump house using the same elevations for pump settings, intakes, and floors as for the present pump house, thus maintaining the same suction conditions and flood protection as B Area. The 105 Building will be located on higher ground than B Area and therefore, protection against possible flood damage is assured. This report is divided into the following sections: (1) general description of project; (2) addition to existing river pump house; (3) raw water lines from 181-B addition to 183-C lead house; (4) the 183-C filter plant; (5) 190-C process pump house; (6) power house addition; (7) high tanks; (8) retention basins; (9) outside streamlines; (10) primary substation; (11) outside underground lines; (12) outside electric lines; (13) roads, railroads, walks, fences; (14) structural design of all buildings; and (15) architectural design of all buildings.

This memorandum discusses investigations concerning the coupling step required to adapt a Redox IIBP to a 234-5 feed which have indicated that a single peroxide strike from a solution 50--60 g./1. in product and about 2 M in nitric acid is adequate. Additional work is planned to demonstrate both peroxide and Pu(IV) oxalate strikes under these conditions. The present Redox PR cage product contains 10 g./1. in product and over 500 g./1. in nitric acid, and probably requires tow peroxide strikes; in addition, the operating capacity of the PR cage may be inadequate to process the throughputs desired in the Redox plant. A two stage continuous concentration process for Redox IIBP is jointly suggested by Design and Development and Chemical Development personnel, and is described in this document. This process is believed to be simple and easily operable. Acid is removed from the product solution adequately for the single peroxide strike coupling procedure. Batch size appears to be easily controllable.

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Increases in production rates in the 100 Areas have caused a demand for additional amounts of cooling water for process use. Consequently, continual efforts have been made to push the existing filter plants well beyond designed capacity. The latest and most successful effort was made at the 100-B filter plant during the spring of 1951. Tests of the 100-B Area indicate that the 100 Area filters can be operated safety at 3,400 GPM per unit, or 13.3% beyond the designed capacity, during the period of most difficult water treatment (February-June). By extrapolation of the data to the most favorable water treatment periods (August--January), it is indicated that net water available for production use is approximately 5% above 3400 GPM. It is recommended that no additional filter plant capacity be installed in existing areas until anticipated water loads exceed 3,400 GPM per filter basin unit. It is further recommended that an investigation be made of the feasibility of changing water flows to the piles on a seasonal basis to take advantage of the fact that the season requiring the greatest theoretical quantity of water (because of high raw water temperatures) is also the season during which it is easiest to produce …

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This memorandum discusses discusses the design of a new reactor area in relation to the H pile.

The functional operation of the flapper nozzle was tested by charging slugs through it while water flow rates up to 48.4 gpm and inlet header pressures up to 400 psig. were maintained. Comparative damage to the slugs by the flapper nozzle and an H-type inlet nozzle was determined by charging slugs through the nozzles with a 105-D type air cylinder charging machine under conditions of no water flow or lubrication. The effect of the nozzle design on the inlet pressure fluctuations was determined while using 0.140, 0.200, and 0.285 inlet orifices as well as no orifice. The flapper nozzles operated satisfactorily for all conditions tested, without leakage from the flapper valve or the needle valve. However, the flapper valve became loosened on the shaft after several operations, and it is felt that the design should be changed to insure that it is rigidly fastened to the shaft at all times. Damage to the slugs by either the flapper nozzle or the H-type inlet nozzle was negligible. The ribs of the process tube caused the normal parallel, longitudinal scratches the length of the slugs. Maximum fluctuations of {+-} 5 psig were noted on the inlet pressure gauge reading, at compared with …

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At the request of the ``S`` Division, a study has been made regarding the feasibility of simplifying operations by standardizing the amounts of chemical additions made at the reduction step as is the current practice in the purification operation. The investigation included a study of the following items, which are discussed under separate headings: (1) variation in feed; (2) maximum variation in booster ratios and per cent excess calcium using the method; and (3) chemicals handling and storage procedures. The process reduces plutonium fluoride to the metal.

In order to change models on the RM Line, a number of equipment items must be either replaced or modified. Some items may not necessarily require replacement depending upon the severity of the change. The attached list of items will require replacement or modification before production can be shifted from the present model to any of the others previously produced at this plant. The equipment is part of the Remote Mechanical A and B lines of the Plutonium Finishing Plant.