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1953 at Hanford
The report summarizes Hanford's operation in 1953. The 38% increase in separated plutonium over the 1952 level was one measure of achievement. 1953's output was more than seven times that of 1947, the first full year of General Electric's operation of Hanford. Although much of this gain resulted from new reactors, some was due to improved safety devices, and much was due to increased knowledge of the controlling factors which permitted more efficient operation of old piles and better design of new ones. Year-by-year reductions in the cost of converting uranium to plutonium tell the real story of progress at Hanford. The annual production gains could have been made by building many 1944 model piles, though at fantastic cost. Contrasted with this is the actual case--a few new, improved piles plus more production from the old ones.
1953 at Hanford
The report summarizes Hanford's operation in 1953. The 38% increase in separated plutonium over the 1952 level was one measure of achievement. 1953's output was more than seven times that of 1947, the first full year of General Electric's operation of Hanford. Although much of this gain resulted from new reactors, some was due to improved safety devices, and much was due to increased knowledge of the controlling factors which permitted more efficient operation of old piles and better design of new ones. Year-by-year reductions in the cost of converting uranium to plutonium tell the real story of progress at Hanford. The annual production gains could have been made by building many 1944 model piles, though at fantastic cost. Contrasted with this is the actual case--a few new, improved piles plus more production from the old ones.
1953 at Hanford
1954
46 pages
Report
No indication
English
Reactor Engineering & Nuclear Power Plants , Reactor Fuels & Fuel Processing , Hanford Production Reactors , Hanford Reservation , Uranium , Cost , Fabrication , Fuel Cans , Fuel Elements , Irradiation , Labor Relations , Materials Recovery , Operation , Personnel , Productivity , Progress Report , Public Relations , Separation Processes , EDB/220600
Hanford operations, February 1952
| NTIS | 1952
NTIS | 1943
| NTIS | 1978
Wiley | 1954
| NTIS | 1952