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Hanford Engineer Works monthly report, July 1944
This progress report discusses activities at Hanford Engineer Works for the month of July, 1944. The organization size increased rapidly in July, jumping from 1384 to 1886, an increase of 502 employees. Shortages existed on special lines such as electricians, instrument mechanics, and power operators. The opportunities to interview and employ Construction personnel improved as the Construction, organization moved past its peak employment figure. 269 houses were completed in Richland and 370 occupancies were reported, reducing the backlog of empty houses due to slow furniture movements. A total of 1530 houses or 35.6% of the village is now occupied. The overall canning yield increased from 63% to 75% while production leveled off at approximately two-thirds of design capacity. The metal machining operation and the test pile operated on a one shift-six day per week basis. The portion of the 100-B Area from the pump house through the filter plant and including the Power House was taken over by Operations on July 25. The Power House in the 200-W Area was started and flushing of process lines with water and steam got under way in the canyon. A new department was formed to control the Protection activities of the plant.
Date:
August 8, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Engineer Works technical progress letter No. 6, August 11, 1944--August 17, 1944
This report discusses work at the Hanford engineering Works` 100 and 200 areas for August 11th through August 17th, 1944. Topics discussed include canning, slug recovery, testing and miscellaneous items. (JL)
Date:
August 19, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Explosives-TNX Technical Division, Hanford weekly report for period ending August 29, 1944
Hood Worthington reports that slug testing in autoclaves shows improvement to substantiate a meeting on the initial loading of pile B and production for B.F. Babcock report examining five drafts of Operating Standards for the 100 Area. C.W.J. Wende are considering alternative loading schemes due to the observation that lead dummy slugs at the inlet end of a tube may mushroom when subjected to the stress of discharging. J.A. Wheeler reports on heavy metal content of reclaimed slugs compared to normal slugs. Also, temperature measurements on slugs in 105-B and corrosion rates of heavy metals are given. P.F. Gast reports on safety rod control calculations. T.B. Drew report on volume estimations of the B pile and analysis of data from leakage tests. Lastly, W.K. Woods reports on testing of solid aluminium dummies in the W-tube using an electric needle technique to detect motion of the pieces. Water flow considerations are discussed.
Date:
August 30, 1944
Creator:
Worthington, H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Classified information required by operators and others exposed to radiation hazards
Information required by operators exposed to radiation hazards is discussed. All areas of the plant are subjected to radiation hazards similar to those in the radium industry. Personnel in these areas are required to wear pencil meters and special badges that are evidently not solely for identification. They are required to submit to medical examinations more stringent and frequent than usual. They are required to wear heavy gloves in one location, thin gloves in another, disposable hats or rubbers in another. They are required to stay away from familiar objects that they could handle a few days before. They observe health instrument men making readings at points not tangibly influenced by the operations. Under these circumstances, operators cannot perform their duties intelligently without being advised of the general nature of the risks involved. Since the general beta and gamma hazard occurs at nearly all points and cannot reasonably be concealed, this is the feature selected for general information. The special hazard of 105 Building can then be concealed, and the origin, but not the nature of the hazard in 231 likewise concealed.
Date:
August 31, 1944
Creator:
Parker, H. M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Engineer Works technical progress letter No. 8, August 25--August 31, 1944
This barely legible document describes the canning process, autoclave tests, slug weight distributions, and general information on progress in the 100 Area to include: Reactor physics, corrosion, instrument development, plant assistance, slug recovery, outgassing, sniffer tests, statistics, and analytical services.
Date:
September 2, 1944
Creator:
Bugbee, S. J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Tolerance requirements]
This report consists of a discussion concerning maximum allowable tolerance dose for personnel working in a contaminated area on an 8 hour per day basis. It is a follow up of a telephone conversation between the Medical Superintendent at Hanford Works and Dr. Robert Lash of Knoxville, Tennessee on April 13, 1943. (CBS)
Date:
September 4, 1944
Creator:
Norwood, W. D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Filtered river water
This document is a letter sent on September 6, 1944. The topic of discussion is the chemical composition of the water in the Columbia River. Tests show the amount of metals, dissolved solids, hardness and turbidity of the water before and after laboratory filtration.
Date:
September 6, 1944
Creator:
Howe, J. P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Engineer Works technical progress letter No. 9, September 1 through September 7, 1944
This report details technical activities of the Hanford Engineer Works for the time period of September 1 through September 7, 1944.
Date:
September 9, 1944
Creator:
Bugbee, S. J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Radiation hazards
This report is a discussion between Dr, Robert Stone of Knoxville, Tennessee and Dr. W.D. Norwood, the Medical Superintendent at HAPO, concerning the health hazards involved from working at HAPO and the maximum exposure to gamma radiation which a worker could be exposed to without receiving adverse irreparable damage. (CBS)
Date:
September 9, 1944
Creator:
Norwood, W. D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Review of water supply, induced activities, and water monitoring in 100-B Area
None
Date:
September 9, 1944
Creator:
Hall, J.H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Summary of the Properties, Preparation, and Purification of the Anhydrous Chlorides and Bromides of Uranium. Part A. Uranium Chlorides. Part B. Uranium Bromides
None
Date:
September 15, 1944
Creator:
Johnson, O.; Butler, T.; Powell, J. & Nottorf, R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
HEW technical progress letter No. 10, September 8--September 14, 1944
This technical progress letter details activities of the Hanford Engineer Works for the time period of September 8 through September 14, 1944.
Date:
September 16, 1944
Creator:
Mackey, B. H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SOME FLUORIDES OF U AND Pu
None
Date:
September 18, 1944
Creator:
Davidson, N.R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wind dilution required to reduce to tolerance levels the activity due to xenon and iodine in HEW dissolver off-gases
The radio-active xenon and iodine evolved during the dissolution of the uranium may present a health hazard within certain areas around the base of the stack through which the dissolver off-gases are discharged. Since the concentration of these elements in the uranium metal is directly proportional to the power of the pile* and is related to decay period of the metal in accordance with their half-lifes, the maximum rate of discharge of these elements from the stack at H.E.W. can be estimated form existing Clinton data. The required wind dilution to reduce the discharging activation to tolerance levels can then be calculated. The time with respect to the start of the metal dissolution at which the maximum rates of discharge will be attained can also be roughly estimated form existing Clinton data. 3 figs., 3 tabs.
Date:
September 29, 1944
Creator:
Dreher, J.L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of a standard tube
Transmitted herewith are three charts showing the temperatures attained at various points of the slugs in a typical tube of a flat ended pile. These charts are based on the latest information available to us on September 15, 1944. They are valid for any power load when the water rate is 21.0 gpm, whatever may be the inlet temperature of the cooling water. A simple method is provided for correcting the curves for deviations in water rate from 21 gpm. There is appended a detailed explanation of their derivation and of the evaluation of the constants involved in their construction. The current discovery that the pile will be self-poisoned by transient fission products means that the true temperature curves will be somewhat flatter than those here presented.
Date:
September 30, 1944
Creator:
Drew, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Engineer Works technical progress letter No. 12, September 12--September 28, 1944
This barely legible document describes the canning process, B area activities, and the 200 area activities.
Date:
September 30, 1944
Creator:
Bugbee, S. J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technical report for the period August 1, 1944 to September 30, 1944
None
Date:
October 2, 1944
Creator:
Willson, K. S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Explosives: TNX Hanford Technical Division weekly report for period ending October 10, 1944
None
Date:
October 11, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Engineer Work technical progress letter No. 14, October 6--October 12
This barely legible document contains information on slug testing results and autoclave performance. Reactor physics, corrosion, chemistry and instrument development are also discussed.
Date:
October 14, 1944
Creator:
Bugbee, S. J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Engineer Works, technical progress letter number 15, October 13 through October 19, 1944
This report documents the progress made for the week in each of the following areas: fuel canning operations; reactor operations (100 area); instrumentation development; and fuel reprocessing (200 area). Detailed information is given for each of these areas. Problems encountered are also discussed.
Date:
October 21, 1944
Creator:
Bugbee, S. J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Exposures exceeding tolerance
This letter was written in 1944 and applies to the amount of radiation a person could be subjected to under emergency, wartime conditions. Mr. Stone recommends to Dr. Norwood that no man should be ordered to expose himself to more than a tolerance dose (0.1r in a 24 hr period) except in the case of an extreme emergency in which time is of the essence. And that before any man is asked to exceed tolerance that a radiation trained physician be called in for consultation. His recommendations to said physician are that: (a) a single exposure of 1r would cause no harm and could be repeated at long intervals, (b) an exposure of 5 to 10r would produce loss of appetite and nausea and would increase the chances of genetic change but would cause no clinically detectable changes after the incident, (C) an exposure of 25r would do the same as (b) but with greater probability -- he would be personally willing to take a 25r exposure to accomplish an extremely important job, (4) in general keep exposures well below tolerance, (5) due to the genetic effects, women of childbearing age and younger men should be subjected to none and …
Date:
October 25, 1944
Creator:
Stone, R. S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
SUGGESTIONS FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE PEBBLE PILE
None
Date:
October 25, 1944
Creator:
Daniels, F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Shock Hydrodynamics and Blast Waves
None
Date:
October 28, 1944
Creator:
Bethe, H.A.; Fuchs, K.; von Neuman, J.; Peierls, R.; Penney, W.G. & Hirschfelder, notes written by J.O.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Correlation of actual river water analyses with CMX raw water analyses
Data acquired from the sampling of Columbia River water January 11, 1944, is presented. The water was analyzed for temperature, dissolved oxygen, and iron. The results were compared with results from samples attained from selected taps in the C.M.X. building.
Date:
November 1, 1944
Creator:
Kidder, C. P. & Frank, R. D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library