Document Details
Title:
NATIONAL REACTOR TESTING STATION...TESTING OF EVAPORATED MILK AND POTATOES
Author(s):
UNK, [* NATIONAL REACTOR TESTING STATION, IDAHO FALLS, ID]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1958 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097880
Document Number(s):
AEC585979
Originating Research Org.:
* NATIONAL REACTOR TESTING STATION, IDAHO FALLS, I
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
NATIONAL REACTOR TESTING STATIN...AT FAR RIGHT TRACY REYNOLDS, PHILIPS OPERATOR, IS LOWERING CANS OF EVAPORATED MILK ON RACH INTO A WATER CO LUMN FOR IRRADIATION BY SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS WHICH CAN BE SEEN ON THE C ANAL FLOOR 17 FEET DOWN. FUEL SECTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM T HE MTR ARE SUPPORTED IN CADMIUM-LINED BOXES SEEN STANDING ON GRID FACI LITY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CANAL. THE RECTANGULAR WATER COLUMN WHICH H OLDS RACK OF CANS CONTAINS DEMINERALIZED WATER TO PROTECT THE CANS FRO M CONTAMINATED CANAL WATER. IN THE FOREGROUND DR DARREL BIENZ OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO EXPERIMENTAL STATION AT ABERDEEN IS LOWERING A SAC K OF POTATOES INTO AN 8-INCH DIAMETER WATER COLUMN FOR IRRADIATION WHI CH VARIES FROM 30 SECONDS TO 3 MINUTES.