RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. Quarterly Progress Report for July-September 1956

Technical Report · Tue Oct 30 04:00:00 EST 1956

OSTI ID:4298531

Healy, J.W. ed.

Reorganization of Hanford Atomic Products Operation with the elimination of the Radiological Science Department as a separate organizational entity is reported. Organizational structure of the new Hanford Laboratories Operation is outlined. Progress is reported in the following studies: a radiobiological- ecological survey of the Columbia River; the effect of reactor effluent on aquatic organisms; the effect of nutritional state on thyroidal uptake of I/sup 131/ in swine; the I/sup 131/ concentratio n in fetal thyroids ln sheep during various stages of gestation; the effects of whole-body x irradiation on the leukocyte count in sheep; the transfer of radiostrontium to sheep milk following oral ingestion; Pu absorption and metabolism in young rats; fission product absorption and metabolism in rats; radiation injury to the exteriorized intestine of rats; the pathological effects of radioactive particles deposited in the lungs of mice; factors affecting the uptake of fission products by plants; the genetic effects of S/sup 35/ beta particles in the growth media of yeast; the radiobiological monitoring of the Columbia River; the mouitoring of reactor effluert water; development of a tentative procedure for the determination of the rare earth group in reactor effluert water; investigations in thc developmert of chemical dosimeters; mcteorological studies on particle diffusion and transport in which fluorescent particles were used as tracers to study the growth of a smoke plume in both the vertical and horizontal directions; development of an instrument employing a scintillation counter to measure Pu concentration in wounds of the hands; and the development of instruinents for neutron dosimetry and an alpha air monitor. (C.H.)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash.
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-52
• NSA Number: NSA-13-000011
• OSTI ID: 4298531
• Report Number(s): HW-46333
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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