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List of Erda Radioisotope Customers with Summary of Radioisotope Shipments Fy-1974 BNWL- 1902 UC-23 Radioisotope and Radiation Appl ications LIST OF ERDA RADIOISOTOPE CUSTOMERS WITH SUMMARY OF RADIOISOTOPE SHIPMENTS FY-1974 Comp i1 ed by Janice L. Simmons and Sue Mandell Edi ting/Wri ting Section Cornrnuni ca tions Department Pub1 ished for the Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories Richland, Washington 99352 NOMENCLATURE I. CLASSIFICATIONS Cyclotron Service Miscel laneous Compound Irradiations Preparations MCP Depleted Uranium DU Normal Uranium NU Enriched Uranium EU Reactor Service Irradiations RS I Fission Products FP Special Services SS Fission Products Targets Tgs Special Services FPSS 11. -___-ISOTOPE SUPPLIER AND CONTACT Argonne National Laboratory Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory (H) R. G. Damm Special Materials Division D. Engel Argonne National Laboratory Richland, WA 99352 9700 S. Cass Ave. Argonne, IL 60439 FTS 509-942-3202 Commercial 509-942-3202 FTS 312-739-3793 C~mmercial312-739-7711 Mound Laboratory Extension 3739 Dr. W. T. Cave, Director Battelle, Pacific Northwest Nuclear Operations Department Laboratories Monsanto Research Corporation P. 0. Box 32 F. J. Zelley Miamisburg, OH 45342 Safety and Nuclear Materials Management FTS 513-866-7141 Battelle, Pacific Northwest Commercial 513-866-7444 Laboratories Extension 7141 3746/2 Richland, WA 99352 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (0) FTS 509-946-2804 J. E. Ratledge, Supervisor Commercial 509-946- 741 1 Isotope Sales/Isotope Development Ctr. Extension 2804 Oak Ridge National Laboratory P. 0. Box X Brookhaven National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN 37830 P. Colsmann FTS 61 5-483-E661 Isotopes and Special Materials Commercial 615-483-861 1 Group Extension 6661 Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, Long Island, NY 11973 Savannah River Plant (sj FTS 516-345-4058 I. A. Hobbs, Director Commercial 516-345-3441 Technical and Production Division Extension 4058 P. 0. Box X Aiken, SC 29801 Idaho Operations Office FTS 803-642-221 7 R. A. Hasse Commercial 803-824-6331 Aerojet Nuclear Company Extension 2217 550 - 2nd So. Idaho Falls, ID 83401 United Nuclear Inc. FTS 208-526-4266 Commercial 208-526-6640 P. A. Carlson, Manager Reactor Technology Extension 4266 Richland, WA 99352 FTS 509-942-1 631 Commercial 509-942-1631 CONTENTS Page NOMENCLATURE ................. ii INTRODUCTION ................. I. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CUSTOMERS. WITH ISOTOPES PURCHASED AND RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS .............. A . Domestic................. B . Foreign ................. I1. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ISOTOPES. CROSS-REFERENCED TO CUSTOMER NUMBERS .................. A . Domestic ................. B . Foreign ................. 111 . ALPHABETICAL LIST OF STATES AND COUNTRIES. CROSS-REFERENCED TO CUSTOMER NUMBERS .............. A . Domestic...............,, B . Foreign ................. IV. RADIOISOTOPE SALES AND TRANSFERS .FY 1974 ....... LIST OF AEC RADIOISOTOPE CUSTOFIERS WITH SUMMARY OF RADIOISOTOPE SHIPMENTS INTRODUCTION The eleventh edition of the AEC radioisotope customer list has been prepared at the request of the Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research. The purpose of this document is to list the FY 1974 commercial radioisotope pro- duction and distribution activities of USAEC facilities at Argonne National Laboratory, Battel le, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Brookhaven National Laboratory, United Nuclear Inc. , Idaho Operations Office, Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, Mound Laboratory, Oak Ridge-National Laboratory, and Savannah River Plant. The information is divided into four sections. Section I is an alphabetical list of domestic and foreign customers and their addresses. Each customer has been designated a number according to its alphabetical position which provides a means of cross-referencing in the following sections. The isotopes purchased are listed after the address of the customer and the laboratory supplying each isotope is indicat d by a letter set off by parentheses (see Page ii, Nomen- clature, Part 11) .Ta) Section II is an alphabetical list of isotopes, cross- referenced to customer numbers and again divided into the domestic and foreign categories. This section provides a quick idea of the amount of companies purchasing a particular isotope. If more information is needed, the reader can locate the customer by number and determine the laboratory supplying the isotope. The third section is an alphabetical list of states and countries, also cross-referenced to customer numbers, indicating geographical concentra- tions of isotope users. Section IV sumarizes the FY 1974 radioisotope ship- ment activities of USAEC laboratories in a comprehensive table providing an alphabetical 1isting of the isotopes and their suppliers. The shipments, quantities and dollars are broken down for each isotope under the Domestic, Foreign, and Project (AEC facilities) categories, and the total figures for each isotope are also provided. (a) All entries for Argonne, United Nuclear and Idaho are either reactor service irradiations, cyclotron service irradiations, or both, with no processed isotopes being sold, while the entires for Savannah River represent material for resale and loans. PREVIOUS REPORTS Previous reports in this series are TID-21620 (FY 1964), ORNL-IIC-6 (FY 1965), ORNL-IIC-9 (FY 1966), ORNL-IIC-13 (FY 1967), ORNL-IIC-17 (FY 1968), ORNL-IIC-27 (FY 1969), ORNL-IIC-32 (FY 1970), ORNL-IIC-38 (FY 1971), BNWL-1744 (FY 1972), and BNWL-1824 (FY 1973). Similar reports covering stable isotope distribution have also been prepared (ORNL-TM- 4693), "Stable Isotope Customer List and Summary of Shipments, FY 1974," and (MLM-2182), "Stable Isotope Sales: Mound Laboratory Customer and Shipment Summaries, FY 1974." Both reports are available from the National Technical Information Center. U.S. De~artmentof Commerce. 5285 Port Royal Rd, Springfield, VA 22161 for' $4.00 (printed) and- $2.25 (mi crof ische) . I. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CUSTOMERS, WITH ISOTOPES PURCHASED AND RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS DOMESTIC 10 American Atomics Corporation 425 S. Pl umer Abbott Laboratories Tucson, AZ 85719 1400 Sheridan Rd. North Chicago, IL 60064 American Oncologic Hospital Central and Shelmire Ave. Advanced Technology Center, Inc. Fox Chase P.O. Box 6144 Philadelphia, PA 19111 Dallas, TX 75222 252Cf (S) American Science and Engineering, Inc. Aerojet Nuclear Company P.O. Box 549 550 Second St. Cambridge, MA 02139 P.O. Box 1845 Idaho Falls, ID 83401 140Ba(0), 140BaLa(H), 252Cf(0). 137C~(0), 13 Amersham-Searle Corporation DU(H), FP(O), "6Pu(0), 2'+'+PU(O), Arlington Heights, IL 60005 lo3Ru(0), lo6~u(0),151Sm(0), SS(H) 233U(0), 235U(0), 238U(0), 133XE(0), 95Zr(0) 14 ARC0 Nuclear Company Aerojet Sol id Propulsion Co. P.O. Box 546 P.O. Box 13400 Leechburg, PA 15656 Sacramento, CA 9581 3 252Cf (S) Argonne National Laboratory Air Reduction Company P.O. Box 2528 Airco Industrial Gases Division Idaho Falls, ID 83401 Union Landing and River Roads Riverton, NJ 08077 Argonne National Laboratory Airco, Inc. 9700 S. Cass Ave. Central Research Laboratories Argonne, IL 60439 Murray Hi 11, NJ 07974 Alabama, University of Medical Center 1919 Seventh Ave. S. Birmingham, AL 35233 8 Alabama, University of 17 Arizona Medical Center College of Engineering P.O. Box 4339 Loyde Hall Tucson, AZ 85717 University, AL 35486 18 Arizona State University 9 Allen-Bradley Company Tempe, AZ 85281 136 W. Greenfield Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53204 19 Arizona, University of 28 Bell Telephone Laboratories P.O. Drawer 4100 Murray Hill, NJ 07971 Tucson, AZ 85721 29 Bendix Corporation. The 20 Arkansas, University of 2000 E. Bannister Rd. Fayettevi 1le, AR 72701 Kansas City, MO 64131 21 Atlantic Richfield Hanford Company 30 Boston University P.O. Box 250 100 Cunnington St. Richland. WA 99352 Boston, MA 02215 31 Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, Long Island, NY 11973 22 Atomics International, Division of North American Rockwell Corporation P.O. Box 309 Canoga Park, CA 91304 32 Brooklyn College Chemi stry Department Brooklyn, NY 11201 23 Deleted RSI (0) 24 Augsburg College 33 Burroughs Corporation Minneapolis, MN 55404 460 Sierra Madre Villa Pasadena, CA 91107 25 Barnes Engineering Company Stamford, CT 06904 34 California Institute of Technology 1201 E. California 01. Pasadena, CA 91 106 26 Battelle Memorial lnstitute 243~m(01, 252Cf (S), FPSS(O), MCP(O), Columbus Laboratory RSI (B), 233u(0), 234~(0),236~(0) 505 King Ave. Columbus, OH 43201 35 California State University 5151 State College Dr. 252Cf (S), 23aPu(0) Los Angeles, CA 90032 27 Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory P.O. Box 999 Richland, WA 99352 36 California State University 18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge, CA 91324 37 California, University of 400 Sproul Hall Berkeley, CA 94720 38 California, University of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94701 39 California, University of 48 Carneaie-Hellon Universitv P.O. Box CA 5000 Forbes Irvine, CA 92664 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 252Cf (S) 40 California, University of 49 Case Western Reserve University Lawrence Livermore Laboratory 2220 Circle Dr. Box 808 Cleveland, OH 44106 Livermore, CA 94550 50 Chemical and Geological Laboratory 420 W. First St. Casper, WY 82601 41 California, University of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 51 Chevron Research Company P.O. Box 990 555 Market St. Los Alamos, NM 87544 San Francisco, CA 94120 52 Chicago, University of 42 California, University of 1160 E. 55th St. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Chicago, IL 60615 P.O. Box 1663 Los Alamos, NM 87544 53 Chicago, University of 5801 Ellis Ave. Chicago,
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