While the safety status of the Richland facilities has in the past been deemed adequate all aspects of nuclear technology have progressed and evolved including standards of nuclear safety. During FY 1968 the nuclear safety R&D efforts continued along the lines and at about the schedule predicted at the beginning of the year. Hence, the safety problems to be studied have been identified and the program seems well-defined. While some program modifications and changes in emphasis are to be expected, the five-year outline shown here is considered to be a reasonable representation of the safety work of highest priority to be studied.

This report presents the details of the status of special reactor process tube loadings for the month of February 1968.

This report gives the status of production tests control tube loadings in reactor process tubes containing significant amounts of SS material. Data are given in table form. For further description of column headings and the current discharge goal exposure plan refer to Document DUN-3443.