S>Relative biological hazards of blast were studied in two types of communal air-raid shelters during Shots 1 and 8. Dogs, restrained within the shelters during detonation, were studied pathologically and clinically for blast injuries. Two anthropometric dummies were test objects for displacement studies utilizing high-speed photography. Physical data included pressure vs time and air-drag determinations. During Shot 1, animals sustained marked blast damages (hemorrhages in lungs and abdominal organs), three dogs were ataxic. and the dummies were rather violently displaced. In Shot 8, however, no significant injuries were found in the animals, and the dummies were minimally displaced. Analysis of the physical data indicated that blast injuries and violent displacements may occur at much lower static overpressures than previously assumed from conventional explosion data. Furthermore, biological damage appeared to be related to the rate of rise of the overpressure and air drag, as well as the maximum overpressure values. (auth)

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This report presents a brief review of reports concerning radiation hazards in the event of various reactor accidents. Conclusions regarding tolerance distance are reported.

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This document presents a summary of work and progress at the Hanford Engineer Works for August, 1953. The report is divided into sections by department. A plant wide general summary is included at the beginning of the report, after which the departmental summaries begin. The Manufacturing Department reports plant statistics, and summaries for the Metal Preparation, Reactor and Separation sections. The Engineering Department`s section summarizes work for the Technical, Design, and Project Sections. Costs for the various departments are presented in the Financial Department`s summary. The Medical, Radiological Sciences, Utilities and General Services, Employee and Public Relations, and Community Real Estate and Services departments have sections presenting their monthly statistics, work, progress, and summaries.

Work at North American Aviation in connection with the ReactorSafety Program has suggested the use of a poison-bearing "paint" which would coat reactor coolant channels, and provide a supplement to the control systems of the Hanford reactors. A review of Hanford operating problems indicates that this addition to the present control systems would enable an increase in annual production for each reactor of about 6% or the production equivalent of about 21 days at maximum power level. Installation and maintenance problems for this system would be minor, and development of a suitable coating material appears promising.

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Annual report of Brookhaven National Laboratory describing the work and findings for the lab's departments during summer 1952-1953.

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>Progress is reported in the extrusion of Cu-clad Zr billets into tubing, welding of Zr strip into tubing using a roder resistance welding tube mill, piercing of Zr billets into a base tube, the casting and fabrication of U-- Nb alloys, the rolling of Zircaloy sheet, the roll-cladding of Zircaloy to U--Nb alloys, the fabrication of plate type reactor fuel elements of U--Hb alloys roll bonded with Zircaloy, fabrication of a complete U/sup 235/--Zr fuel slug for the EBR, the fabrication of U-- Zr alloy rod into EBR fuel blanket slugs, the thermal cycling of U-- Zr rods following heat treatment, the fubrication of enriched U reactor fuses, the preparation and dimensional stability of U single crystals, twinning in U crystals, diffusion in Cu- U couples, the fabrication of U billets from electrolytic crystals, the preparation of U-- Zr and Hb--U alloys, effects of radiation on U, the effects of radiation on U-- Zr alloys, the corrosion of Al, Zr, and Nb-U alloys, and the effects of heat treatments on Hb-- U alloys. (C.H.)

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