Maywood Chemical Works (MCW) of Maywood, New Jersey, generated process wastes and residues associated with the production and refining of thorium and thorium compounds from monazite ores from 1916 to 1956. MCW supplied rare earth metals and thorium compounds to the Atomic Energy Commission and various other government agencies from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. Area residents used the sandlike waste from this thorium extraction process mixed with tea and cocoa leaves as mulch in their yards. Some of these contaminated wastes were also eroded from the site into Lodi Brook. At the request of the US Department of Energy (DOE), a group from Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducts investigative radiological surveys of properties in the vicinity of MCW to determine whether a property is contaminated with radioactive residues, principally {sup 232}Th, derived from the MCW site. The survey typically includes direct measurement of gamma radiation levels and soil sampling for radionuclide analyses. The survey of this site, 106 Columbia Lane, Lodi, New Jersey (LJ063), was conducted during 1987. Results of the survey demonstrated radionuclide concentrations in excess of the DOE Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program criteria. The radionuclide distributions are typical of the type of material originating …

Patent for a carbureter that vaporizes liquid fuel, specifically kerosene, for use as an explosive charge in an internal combustion engine.

Chemistry of Feed Materials. Studies were made of the first step in the reduction of UO/sub 3/ to UO/sub 2/. The rates of reduction of pelleted- hydrated and pelleted-dehydrated UO/sub 3/ to U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ in steam were determined. The rates of reduction of pelleted U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ to UO/sub 2/ in 1-to-1 ammonia-steam were determined. Some preliminary measurements were made on the thermal conductivities of hydrated and dehydrated UO/sub 3/ wafers. Purification of Th(NO/sub 3/)/sub 4/ for spectrographic standards is described. Uranium was extracted from MgF/sub 2/ slag with an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate --bicarbonate using 0/sub 2/ at 30 psi as an oxidant. The conversion of thorium benzoate to ThCl/sub 4/ was carried out with HCl in ether. Dimethyl ether was prepared by the catalytic dehydration of methanol. The processing of UO/sub 3/ containing As contamination is described. Metallurgical Investigations. A process for stripping Af and Ni coatings from flat plates is described. Analytical Chemistry. The spectrographic determination of dysprosium and gadolinium in lanthanum oxide matrix--rare earth concentrate is described. (W.L.H.)

Base Visit Report - Base visit report for Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, 26 June 2005. Visit was conducted by Chairman Anthony J. Principi, the Honorable Lloyd Newton, R. Gary Dinsick, Wesley E. Hood, and Elizabeth C. Bieri.

Base Visit Report - 103-06A - A8 - Base Visit Report (2nd Addendum) ARMY - Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. BRAC Commission FY, Lead Commissioner: Philip Coyle, Commission staff: Wesley E. Hood (Army Senior Analyst)

Memorandum of meeting with community representatives regarding Fort Monmouth, NJ.

Memorandum of Meeting with a delegation representing the 108th Air Refueling Wing from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission requesting comment on the closure of Fort Monmouth.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/07/05 to Commission Navy Team associate analyst Michael Kessler from DDR&E in response to his request for information regarding the cost of moving all of Picatinny Arsenal to a Navy facility.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse response: Letter to the DoD Clearinghouse from the BRAC Commission requesting comments on questions about the closure of Fort Monmouth.

Base Visit Input - Base input, Army, Forth Monmouth New Jersey, 2nd visit. CD also included in document.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005. This document is the Team Fort Monmouth command packet which includes senior officer bios and the base visit itinerary.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005. This is information concerning the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems, Fort Monmouth, NJ.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005. This document is a power point briefing presented by the Team C4ISR, which is headquartered at Ft. Monmouth. There is a CD-ROM available for viewing onsite at the library which contains the briefing and small video clips of different Monmouth facilities and capabilities.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, NJ, 3 June 2005. Information booklet from the Joint SATCOM Engineering Center, US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Fort Monmouth, NJ.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, NJ June 2005. Document is a presentation titled: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, The Hub of New Jersey's Homeland Defense/Security Capability & a Model for the Future, Serving the Nation Today".

Base Input - Report submitted to the commission from Fort Monmouth outlining the advantages of keeping Monmouth open.

Base Input - Base Visit(2nd) to Fort Monmouth, NJ with the BRAC Commission. Includes a PowerPoint with charts, maps, statistics and a summary.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/21/05 to VFW Executive Director Robert Wallace from Major General Glenn Rieth discussing the 108th Air Refueling Wing at McGuire AFB and DoD’s recommendation for the 108th.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/08/2005 to Gary Dinsick from Frank Day for the Patriot’s Alliance concerning errata sheets for Fort Monmouth, NJ Community report.

Community Correspondence - 60 Letters from concerned citizens in the surrounding community of Fort Monmouth New Jersey to the Commission regarding the closure of the installation

Community Correspondence – Article dtd 07/24/005 from the baltimoresun.com titled “Could Hartford deal with APG influx?” describing Hartford county’s ability to deal with the 2,200 jobs being relocated to Fort Monmouth.

Community Correspondence - Letters concerned citizens in the surrounding community of Fort Monmmouth, New Jersey Army base

Community Correspondence – to all BRAC Commissioners from George Kiernan assessing the Military value of DoD’s Ft. Monmouth Recommendations.