History of the Engineering Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1944 - 1992
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
The early beginnings of the Engineering Technology Division (ETD) are inextricably enmeshed with the 1943 establishment at Oak Ridge of a pilot plant complex for the Hanford Engineering Works at Hanford, Washington, where plutonium was to be produced. This pilot plant complex had a fourfold objective: (1) to produce small amounts of plutonium, (2) to develop a chemical process for separating and purifying the product, (3) to evaluate the health hazards associated with processing and handling large amounts of highly radioactive materials from a uranium reactor, and (4) to train personnel to operate the full-scale plutonium production plant.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1784165
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/M-2318; ORNL/M-2318
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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