This report provides Part III through VI of the Material and Equipment Section`s activities at New York Shipbuilding Corporation. Fabrication, inspection, and testing of reactor components are detailed.

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The methods of an analysis of the critical safety of process tanks in the Recuplex installation are discussed and results of the analysis are tabulated in this report. A minimum critical condition for a thermal chain reaction is estimated for 0-200 MWD/T Pu and for 400 MWD/T Pu for each tank in the installation vhich normally contains, or could contain, plutonium. All estimates are based on experimental critical mass data from the P-11 project and from Oak Ridge critical mass experiments.

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The conclusions of this paper are: (1) Short-term photosynthetic experiments using C{sup 14}O{sub 2} and paper chromatography were performed with 27 different plants representing nine phyla: Schizophyta (Schizophyceae), Euglenophyta, Chlorophyta, Charophyta, Chrysophyta, Rhodophyta, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, and Spermatophyta. (2) There is a remarkable uniformity in the types of ethanol-soluble compounds which became radioactive in the entire group of plants used. The amounts of the different compounds varied considerably percentage-wise among the various plants as would be expected because of their inherent metabolic differences and the variations in their physiological states induced by experimental conditions. (3) Sucrose became radioactive in very different amounts in two major groupings of plants: (a) those containing only photosynthetic tissue and (b) those containing non-photosynthetic tissue as well. The amount of radioactive sucrose in the former group was much lower than that in the latter. (4) An unidentified compound became radioactive in appreciable amounts in two of the blue-green algae, but was radioactive in very small amounts or not visible at all on the chromatograms of all other plants.

Results of preliminary tests with photographic emulsions using a lip target are discussed. Some methods for the search of heavy mesons are suggested. The preliminary tests with photographic emulsions were designed to investigate exposure conditions inside the Bevatron. These were carried out with stationary targets, since injected targets were not available at that time. The first exposure was designed to study the shielding required for emulsions placed in the direct beam (9 inches from the magnet conterline) during the entire acceleration cycle. Three 200{micro} Ilford G5 emulsions embedded in various thicknesses of brass were exposed for 30 pulses. Nominal maximum energy of beam was 3.5 Bev. During the second and third exposure (nominal maximum beam energies 4.1 and 6 Bev respectively) a lip target was placed in front of the emulsions. This was designed so as to dampen out the radial oscillations in the first section (.36 inches thick, 1/2 inch radial length). The beam should then hit the second section (.9 inches thick, .75 inch radial length) which is designed to reduce the beam orbit by {approx} 1 1/4 inches and then hit the emulsions on the next turn. 1/2 inch brass absorber was placed ahead of the emulsions.

A preliminary evaluation of the hazards associated with a 20-Mw boiling reactor for the purpose of determining site requirements is presented. The Boiling Experimental Reactor design, safety features, and performance are given and the surroundings of the site at Argonne National Laboratory are described. (T.R.H.)

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Two arrangements of internal components of a freeze seal model were tested in order to determine the hydraulic characteristics. The internal configuration employing cylindrical knitted mesh packings in the connecting pipes proved the most suitable for the Na servicing freeze seal, because these packings are more easily fabricated. (auth)

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A method for determining dissolver solution concentration as a function of length of column traversed for trickletype continuous dissolvers has been developed. An illustrative example is worked out for the mercury-catalyzed nitric acid dissolution of U-Al cast alloy slugs. The method employs a graphical integration of simple functions of dissolution rates and acid concentrations. These rates and concentrations are easily obtained from batch experiments made over the important ranges of concentration. (auth)

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Progress is reported on the following investigations: separation of Nb and Ta by solvent extraction; separation of Ti and Nb with TBP, and of Hf from Zr with methyl ethyl ketone; preparation of HfF/sub 4/, CeF/sub 3/, LaF/sub 3/, ThCl/ sub 4/, and V chlorides; preparation of Ce, La, V, Nb, anf Hf; phase studies of U- -Zr, U--Ag, U--Nb, V--Al, V--Ta, Th--Mg, Zr - Zn, and Ta alloys; corrosion of high-melting metals and alloys by liquid U-Cr and Mg--Th alloys; casting U into U- Zr alloy cans; coating and electroplating of U; reactions of U with Al-Si alloys at high temperatures; corrosion of U - Zr--Nb alloys in water; crystal structure of sodium tungsten bronze; physical properties of Dy; and phase studies of CaO- CaF/sub 2/ systems. (C.W.H.)

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