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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Recent Work Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Recent Work Title LIST OF UNCLASSIFIED REPORTS RECEIVED AND ISSUED BY THE UCRL INFORMATION DIVISION DURING THE PERIOD OF APRIL 15-30, 1957 Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7tc1r2v8 Author Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Publication Date 1957-05-01 eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UCRL. - 3765 UNIVERSITY OF ( ,( ,• ., ' • CALIFORNIA TWO-WEEK lOAN COPY This is a Library Circulating Copy which may be borrowed for two weeks. For a personal retention copy, call Tech. Info. Division, Ext. 5545 BERKELEY. CALIFORNIA DISCLAIMER This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by the United States Government. While this document is believed to contain correct information, neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor the Regents of the University of California, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by its trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof, or the Regents of the University of California. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof or the Regents of the University of California. UCRI..-3765 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Radiation Laborato:ry Berkeley. California Cc;mtract No. W -7405-eng.-48 LIST OF' UNCLASSIFIED REPORTS RECEIVED AND ISSUED BY THE UCRL INFORMATiON DIVISION DURING THE PERK)D OF APRIL 15-30. 1957 May 1~ 1957 Printed feE" the U. S. Atomic Enelrgy Commission · .,,. ,, ;,, '"' ~) "No -2- UCRL-3765 LIST OF UNCLASSIFIED REPORTS RECEIVED AND ISSUED BY THE UCRL INFORMATION DIVISION DURING THE PERIOD OF APRIL 15-30, 1957 Radiation Laboratory University of California Berkeley, California May 1, 1957 lndem Nt'!.mber. Title Autho:r Date BIOSCIENCES 0AD~9l911 Animal Feeding Studies on Wholesomeness of Irradiated Foods. L. J. Teply Progress Report No. 1 [for] Janua1•y 15. 1955 to May 15, 1955. B. E. Kline Wisconsin Alumni Res. Foundation Madison AEC -tr -286·7 On the Behavior of Radioactive Fission Products in Soil, Their Washington D. C. Absoi"ption by Plants and Their Accumulation in Crops, ed. by AEC by V. M. Klechkovsky ~i.e., Klechkovskii). Trans. of an Ak.ademiia Nauk. SSSR, report. $AECD-3714 Industrial Hygl.ene Survey of Thorium Rolling at Simonds Saw and C. E. Schumann l2-i4··53 Ste~l Company. National Lead Co. of Ohio, Cincinnati c $J\ECU ~3S51 The Role of Bacterial Infection in Radiation Injury C. P. Miller 12-28-55 Chicago Univ. I®IAECU-1J378 The Mechanism of the Photochemical Activity of Isolated Chloro­ J.S.Rieske 7-15-56 plasts. 3. Light intensity Dependence. 4. Effect of pH. S. J.D. Spikes Effect of Heavy Water. Technical Report No. 21. R. Lumry Utah Univ. $AECU-3394 Some Health Considerations in the Hai1dling of Tritium. W. H. Kingsley 6··6~56 F. G. Hirsch Sandia Corp. $Mi~lrCC~lfd ,, .. ._, •• ·:.~ •? ... ,-- -3- UCRL-3765 !1:< AERE-EL/R-870 Factors Influencing tl~e Use of the Contamina;tion.Mete:r F. S. Goulding 2-52 No. l as a "F:r.isker. '' W. R. Loosemore $ AERE~HP/M-16 Dose to Tissue f:rom Radio~Element on Skin A. C. Chamberlain ~ AERJ!>HP/M-23 Emergency Tolerance for Fission Products in Drinking Water A. C. Chamber lain 3-14-51 . ' * AERE-HP/M-24 The Maximum Pertnissible Level o£ Iodine-131 over Grassland R. C. Chadwick ·5--28-51 · A. C. Chambe:dain $ AERE~BP/M-21 Neutron Induced Activity Following An Atomic Explosion G. H. Stafford 8-51 !ll!AERE-BP/M-32 Report on Visit to M. 0. S. Thorium Factory at Mes.srs. Firth K. F. Bishop· 1-10-52 Brown, Sheffield, November. 1951. E. D. Dyson $ A.ERE .. inf/Bib ... 4'8 A List of Reports on Measurement of, and Protection Against, S.;,l!i'-49 Radiation Hazal'ds. $ AERE-Im/.Bi'b-91. the Chemical and Biological Aspects of Tritium. A Bibliography P.M-. Harris 10-20-53 of Repoi't and Published Literature References from 1950 to Date. llllAF-SAJM .. 56-8 The ~..fluence of Total Body X-h·radiation and Immunization on D. M. Donaldson 7-22-55 !ntx-aceU.ular Digestion by Peritoneal Phagocytes. S .. Marcus K. K. Gyi et al Utah Univ . .*AF ~SAM .. $6 ~SO Aspects of the Relationship Between Irradiation Injury and D. M. Donaldson ll-23 -·55 Mammalian Host Defense Mechanisms: A Review.· S. Marcus Utah Univ. *AF-SAM-56~90 Biological and Medical Aspects. of Ionizing Radiation. Spinal E. B. Konecci 3-22-56 Refle:u: Activity and Loc~l X-I:rradiation. M. B. Danford Sch. of Aviation Med. , Randolph AFB, Tex. !1liAF-SAM-57-36 Protection oi Pyrimidines by Sulfur Compounds from Destruction R. M. Dowben 9-56 by X-l:r:radiation. same l\l!Mic:roca:rd [ £; .i: . --~ • -4- UCRL-3765 lfJ3AFS1NPQ496 Analysis of Animal Whole ... Body Irradiation Data. Smith (E. H.) and Co. , Silver Spring, Md. FWE-107 Safety Levels for Contamination from Fall-Out from Atomic G. C. Dale 10-55 Weapons Triais Gt. Brit. Atomic Weapons Res. Est. Aldermasten, Berka and Tech.Cooperation Program, AEC. GATml84/Rev. l A Study o£ the F' luorid:e· Concentration in the Scioto River and 1..:1. L. Bu:t·kha1:dt 4-1-5 7 Tributa:;:y Streams H. L. Caters on· B. Kalmon et al Goodyear At. Corp. i-1W-.4871Z PIG Thyroid Monitor L. D. Test 2~19-57 L. J. Seigneur L. K. Bus tad ·· I\APL-1699 Health Physics Report for October, November Decembe1· 1956 CHEMISTRY $A-1047 Brown Oxide by-Product Recovery--Il J. V. Opie S-23-43 1fll. A. Oppold G. C. Reid Mallinckrodt Chern. ~AD~7SZ27 Literature Survey on the Diffusion of Metals into Oxides. J. Lommel 12-15~53 Period Covered: 1946~1952.. Pl'ogress Report No. l Ill. !nst. of Tech !l};_fl.D-102749 Developm~nt of an RF Mass Spectrometer fer Trace Detection M. K. Testerman 7-l-56 [email protected] Note No. 17 for the Period April 1, 1956 to June A:rkansas Univ. 30, 1956 !1l!AECD-3738 Recovery of Uranium F'rom Wet Process Phosphoric Acid. P. J. Quinn 10-54 Final Report. Armour Fertilizel' $JMie:roc:al"d ·- "" .;; « ! .. "- "'··- -S- UCRL-3765 <ll!AECD~3762 Notes on Degradation of Heavy Water Moderator by Ion Savannah River [1956] Exchange Beds and :Metal Surfaces AEC ~.AECD~4054 Hydrofluol'ina.tion of Zirconium Ox.ide Ca:rbide and 8-·2-50 Carbon ~ Y-12 D. Phillips $AECUo3200 . Vapor Traps for Handling Liquid Sodium A.J.Erickson. 8-25-Sl C. L. G?egol'Y P.M. Lang Mass. Inst. of Tech. $AECU~3Z49 The Estimation of Radiation Doses f:rom Indium Foil Activity J~ C. Bailey 6-30-55 H. F~ Henry Carbide and Carbon Chern. K-25 $AECU-3306 Eiectrofilm: Lubricant-Solid Film Coating C. E. Dahl 1953 P. J Langdon Sandia Corp. !l:!AECU ... 33SS Analysis of Co:;.·rosion Products from WAPD Loop Test. J. A. Marinsky 12-15.:..53 Work Performed October-November 1953 C.M.Cobb A.·E. Baker et al Ionic s. Inc. $AECU-ll$6 · Progress Report [for] February 15 to March 12, 1954 E. A. Mason 3-15-54 same $AECtT-3lS7 Progress Report [for] ·March 15 to April 15, 1954 C.M.Cobb 4-Z3-S4 same !@!AECU-3358 Progress Report [fol'] May 15, 1954 to June 15, 1954 same 6-30-54 $.AECU-33$9 l'l'eatment of Wastes Containing Radioactive Barium, Lanthanum J.P. Hutchinson [1956] Strontium, and Yttrium E.H.Rex E. R. Mathews et al Los A!amos Sci. Lab <~l~Mlcr·o<eali'd ,.,, ., ,, .;' -::. .. ' -6- UCRL-3765 ill!AECU-3360:,{Pt.I) Radiochemical Separations. I. · Barium, Strontium, and Calcium. D. N. Sunderman [1955 ? ] W. W. Meinke Mich. Univ. >i;'{ AECU.~3360~Pt.I1) Radiochemical Sepa;~.·ations. H. Separation of Radioactive Silver .same fl955'?] · by Isotopic E1,:;change 18 $AECU-3363 o Study of .the Rea:ction of Hydroxide with Mercury (II) Nitrate. R. B. Bernstein 10-56 Characterization of Basic Mercury (II) Nitrates. Technical H. G. Pars, Repox-t [on] Fund<:~.mental Research on Isotopic Reactions. D.C. B lumentha.l sam~ $AECU-3364 X-Ray Scattering by Solids Containing Vacancies and A. H. Kahn [1955?] Interstitial Atoms Ill. Univ. $AECU~3365 Stark Effects in Line Broadening H. Ma:rgenau 5-23-56 RAl\ID Corp. Santa Monica AECU-3370 Process Waste Water Treatment Plant. Preliminary Report Oak Ridge Nat. 2-57 Lab., {Tenn.) and Burns and McDonnell E:ngr. Co. $AECU-3400 Hydrolytic and IonPair Adsorption Processes in Flotation, Ion M.A. Cook 11-l-56 Exchange and Corrosion. Tech. Report No. XXVI M. E. Wadsworth Utah Univ. $AECU-3406 Ths Effect of Radioactive Substances on Sludge Digestion. R. H. Harmeson l-57 Final Report :i. C. Dietz Ill. Univ. $AECU-3414 Separator Literature Survey W. H. Moyer 7-29-54 Babcock and Wiicm~ Co. Res. Center Alliance, Ohio Mic1·oca:r.d .. ·-.; . ,{_i ..,, .\ ~: • ~ ....... .._.,;~· ~7- UCRL~3765 !l:!AECU·-3416 Neu·i:ron .. Sensitive Thermopile for Reactor Applications. Progress ®.Robertson Report No. l [for] Period Ending December 1 ~- 1956 Leeds and No?thrup * AERE~C/M-23 Detection of Plutonium by Irx-adiation :i.n the Pile H.A.C.McKay [1949] ~AERE~C/M~:H Some Heat, Pa:t:tition ai!'Ad Density Data for the System Uranyl R.
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