·CONP- mEN 'fm L ABC - 928 1 June 7 1961 24 COpy NO ATOrUO ENEROf COMMissION ' VISIT TO ISRAEL BY U M STAEBI ER AND J W CReACH i ' Note by the Sec ret ary 1 The General Manager has req ues ted tha t the atta ohe d rep ort be cir cul ate d for the infO rma tion or the Commission OJ the g til mor n g wU gQ f le 3 s Q iil 'il i1 e latem meeting on Jur 2 1951 we8 h QiE f1a a 6 0 Sec ret ary t ' DIS'llJlIBUTION Sec ret ary Commissioners General Manager Deputy Gen Mgr As st Gen Mgr Aa st Oen Mgr IA As st Gen Mgr R ID Ao st Den Mgr Adm As st to Gen Mgr rnt e 111gence Re act or Development D a Ott 1oe Se cre tar iat 9 10 11 12 13 15 14 16 20 21 - 23 24 - 28 When sgp ara ted from enc los ure 1 handle thi s document aa ••• ••s ' UNCI ASS FIED ' DOCUMENT TRANSMl' 'TED HERWIII TH CONTAINS CLASSIFIED DEFENSE INFORMA TION ' t i 'J I • CJ -- » r CONF IiIII 5I u H - SU l bler J ' W Croach jr • • I i 6O i-To were in Isr ae l fro 4 m the evening of MaY mornin or Hay 22 '17 1961 thr ou gh tho 1961 Tho vi si t to re e ar ch ce nto r the sit e the nu clo so uth ar Sa tur da y Hay 20 Th of Beershoba ne ar Dimona too k pla ce ex ce pt fo r tho Di rec is was 'a ho lid ay and thG sit e ' oms ina n cti tor and aoma ke y tec hn tho vi li t A thorough ica l ata t£ pre oo nt ve dG scr ipt ion of the sit fo quQIIUQl111 W12 e tlnl e uaa pro vid ed and r l u ·ed handed ou t no pi ctu re tre ely Houover no Hr i tt cn ma ter ial wa s inf orm ati on re ardina nere pe rm itt ed and it was made cle ar th s at the sit e 18 'cons1dorad olAi 0 £1od Governmont d Isr 3e l by tb a · ''7 •• ' 1 fi The vi si t confirmed th to be a hoavy Ha ter moat the ce nt ra l fea tur e of the sit e is ab ou t 26 z n'1 de sig n ca dGrated and co ole d res ea rch re ac to r of - lllGnt i'a ci lit ie s pla pa cit y Tho oth er major nu ole ar de va lop ed fo r the sit e inc lud pi lo t pl an t b pinn e a fu el pr oc es sm g' lo t pl an t fo r rna ldng co nc cm tra ta c ho niUJ I me tal from ore and co ld lab or ato rioura chG nistry and lI' etatllu s to r ch em ist ry nn aly tic al a190 ser ve to ha nd le rgy d wa sta dis po lla l fa ci lit y llh ich countrY' and e an enrad ioa cti ve wa ste s from oth er pa rts of wi ll tho gin oe rin g component dev elopment fa cU ity I Tl nUQ1 ar cen t o r t he re su lt of stu die It ms conceived as 18 s rte d in llIid-19S7 a me ans to r ga ini ng ex pesta of a nu cle ar £ 1011 rie nc o in co ns tru cti on 1 t y which wu lcl preptU in the lon g run Th e pla nn ed c osi -e tho to r nu cle ar pa wl ' l ith th at ob jec tiv e Re sp on sib ili ty tion of the ce nte r is co ns ist on t tor de sig n co ns tru cti or ga niz ati on fo r op era on se rv ice s ma inl y from tio n is in the In du str ial Group which and ' ge ts the sta ff of the 1-1ini stry ot Defence • Ju sti fic ati on fo r cla 8 po ss ib ili ty of Arss1 £ic ati on at tho pr oje ot is ba sed up on Arab ra id s or oth er ab bo yc ott of mlPP11ers b concom ov co ns tru cti on and 0 ac tio ns Which nd ah t in ter fe re wi th or stoer de sir e to llJ Ili t kncnfl p sc ien tif io ca pa bil It 13 ex pe ote d th at edge of Arabs of th ei r be lif te d 'When co nsity ol as sif ica tio as a development ce tru oti on io oomplete and the sit e io n w Lll nto r op era tin g 11 ' Th Is m at er Ia co nt aI na tio na l de fe ns e of ns In fo rm at io n af fe ct in g th e the Un ite d St at es wi meaning or th e es th in th e pi on Se c 793 and 794 th ag e law s Ti tle 18 U S C e of which in any mann tra ns m iss io n or re ve la tio n er to an un au th or iz ed is pr oh ib ite d by pe rso n law DOB ARCHIVES - 1 - • · t DISCUSSION We arrived at Tel Aviv at about 1961 l'T8 were con tact ed 1m cdi 8 1$ p m on 1 ednesday Ma 17 atel y on dep lani ng and token t priv ate room wer e we met Dr Kat a cha lsld Head of the Department or Bio phy sics of the rTeizlll8M ot the Pub lic Rel atio ns Dep Inst itut r3 of Scie nce and Hr H Gilboa ent of the Hin istr y of De e Dr Kat cha lsld said tha t thoartm Prime Min iste r had aske d him enc U3 He is one of the scie ntif ic adv isor s to the Prime Minto gre et Hr Gilboa became our guid e and accompanied us everywhere iste r '18 sUi yed at the AccQcU a Hot we wn t · ' al rooms wer e in Mr Gil boa 's nam • a res ort rem ote trom Tel Avi v Tho e p ' ' He aske d on the seco nd day if 'We wore adv isod tha t he 1a a pu'b1 1o were to meet pro tess or Bergman and poU tiOQ l f lB U o and thA'b CUah meeting ther efo re seemed und esir It ' pub lic1 ty o the vis it but JDightable iii view of the des ire to avoid be arra nge d it we rea lly' wanted le did not pursue the mat it • ter fur the r The fac t tha t tho Atomio Dle rU • pollll1l1ssion is only an adv1aory grou p was emp hasi zed on a num occ asio ns in response to our que bar of stio ns J A sch edu le 'WaS qge ste d llbich It con sist ed o the following we agre ed sho uld _be sati sfa oto ry • _' Thursday May 16 A M Vis it to Sidlllll1ng Pool Rea ctor at Nahal Borek hi' r Vis it to l'leizlllllM -Ins t1tu te ot ' Scie nce at Rebovoth Dr Kat cha lski tlrranged an intol'lll8 meeting with sane of the tech nic 1 al sta rt Evening Frid ay Hay 19 • • A M Vis it to Technion Uni ver sity atI Haifa _ Ret urne d to hot el via Nazareth and Sea of Qal lUe e Satu rday Hay 20 Via it to D1mona Dr Kat chn acoompanied us lid th9 l 8$le lsld 0 the Prime Hil list er l M M 2 - • • - I 'I Sunday i' Y 21 1961 I'londay l y • Visit to Hebrew University at JerwJallim ' 22 1961 Depar t ed - 10z30 a m Thi3 report covers 1 discuss ions mth Hr Pratt and hi3 star at Di 'llona and 2 the status of the sv mndns pool reacto r at Nahal Sorek Visits to the other install ations were of intere st partic ularly as an sid to obtain ing a batter understandinG of the sci ontifi c effort ih f' Israel Since information on these install ations is genera lly availabL ' le in published litorat ure they will not be Jtrea ed specif ically in th1a report 0' 08 ARC HIV 'II - 3 - ' DISClJSSICliS -IITH NR PRATT AlID STA FF AT NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER He arri ved at the rea cto r site day Hay 20 1961 atte r motorinnea r Dimona about 11100 a m on Sat ur- g from Tel Aviv Sin ce this ws hol iday the only peo ple at the a site spe cifi cal ly invo lved in our disc wre the eee uri ty gua rds and thos e uss ion s We IllDt lith the toll owi ng pers ons dur ing the cou rse o the daYI 111- M Pra tt Bit e Dir eoto r 11r Niv Arc hite ot Hr Adar Rea ctor Bi ' eer Dr Bar or In Charge Of Miitallurgy I-flo QlIrc mlUl ir • dill r q q lel t ' Hr Geery vlosts Dis pos al 111' Pazy Rea ctor Phy sici st tr DUron Rea ctor Engineer We 'Wero gre eted very' cor dia lly with emphasis 'that we were the vis itor s from out side the cou ntry fir st soon became cle ar namelyJ tha t i'he ground rule s tor the vis it wri tten mat eria l would be give n all q 1Elstions would be answered no to us and no pic ture s wou be allo wed The mat ter ot tald pic ture s led t o some con tusild the ini tia l rea ctio n 18S thang on sinc e t it pro bab ly would be all rig ht we lef t tor a tou r of the site but as sec urit y off ice r and was Sor r Mr Pra tt said he had checked the to say tha t pic ture s wu ld per mit ted He said he had not be been allowed to take any picnot ture s yet We weN also adv ised tha t W9 cla ssif ied by the ir Govemmant il i Pn -bk 1I 1 ili l tl IIU1 1 OeDtlldel'eEl I The reas on or this is to avo id the ArabfJ to get info rma tion allo might laa a to a boy cott aga inst win g aup pUc rs b aoti ons INch 8S hld a inte nde d to atop or dela and 0 a bet ter app rais al the tech nic al cap abi lity at Isr8y con stru ctio n exp ecte d tha t ola ssif ica tion wil al It is tion Thi s was reco gniz ed as un Ul be lift ed when the pla nt io in op8ra in comparison w lth the U S ut was doacribed as customary torJW11 pro ced ures them bec ause at be ing surroun ded enemies ver y clos e by II by I whic or l-Ir Pre tt gave the baclcgroWld and hist ory goes back to 1957 At tha t time deo isio ns at the pro jec t Plan ning had been made on pro cee ding a with the swimming poo l at Nah b wit h tho heavy 118ter pil otal Borek now in reduced poller ope rati on ope rati ng ma lnly as a llouroe ofpla nt at the Weizmann Ins titu te nolf' 0-18 tor rese arch pur pos es and mtb uranium reco verY from pho sph 0 atee C1tM h lIg d fI 1l euta ia a pilo t pla nt noar Rehovotb W1t b a cap aoity of It ton s at oon cen trat e psr yea r i OOB ARCHIVEs - 4 - A three-man committee ws 'appointed to make reco endations reg ard ing by the prime' HinistfJr in'iliid-195i a rive -ye ar program oono ill't cl of Prof aaao X' Bor sman Mr Prat 'll and tho DOl ltroThe Committee yak l A IStu dj was made liith the ben efit of info rma tion obta ined bY a number' 'tIDO 'tlero sen t to oth or peo ple er oou ntri rep ort lias 's ubmit ted in mid-19Ses for trai nin g and info rma tion A 8 and approved by the Primo Iiniste the end of 19 8 r by ' 10 t · 0 ' I 1 ' - The t hree -man collllll1ttea became lIhi ch liaS esta blis hed to des ign the nuc leus or the Ind ust rial Group a nuc lear rese arch cen ter Thi con stru ct and org aniz e tor ope rati on nat ura l uranium and heavy wat er s cen ter lolaS to incl ude B rea ote r of alon g with var iou s lab ora tori es hot lab s and a transuraniUll1 lab inol udin g • 'l'he 8ar1 l' awd te8 0' the oOllllll t tee een side red Mre e il iJ 're in pOlJ er rea oto rs A 8 tati on con B E I PWR type liaS stud ied but found te sist ing ot two 70 MWE rea cto rs of the be too exp ens ive T he cOllllllittee than oonaidarod reDearoh roa oto rea cte r cou ld pro vide exp erie ncor8 and found tha t bUilding a rese arch pos ed by power rea cto rs Thus in ess ent iall y aU of the problems the nuc lear rese arch cen ter liaS as a means for gain ing exp erie nce concoived llhi ch would prep are them tor nuc in con strl lcti on of a nuc lear tac U1 ty lear pou er in the lon g run t Nat urll l uranium ws ele cted as fue l for the rea cto r bec ause des iro to be able to produce 88 much as pos sibl e lJit hin the irofOlm Pla ns for pil ot pla nts for taki bor der s ng ore con cen trat es te uranium E lvontuolly for clad ding fue l are met al and con sist ent nth tha t des ire pla nt for Pu sep arat ion lolaS said pllo t to be bas ed on inte res t in futuThe of Pu aD poti er rea cto re use a r fUe l brea king took pla ce in aquare alth oug h the fenc ed area1959 The site pi-oper is abo ut 750 met ers is much larg er The site HaS stud var y oar efu lly with IIIIlny' bOr ied ing8 Borings 'Were take n eve ry 200 met to dotermine geology and hyd rolo gy bui ldin gs 'Even so problems wer ers with ext ra bor ings 1n area s of key e enc oun tere d with cla y poc kets layi ng fou nda tion s Ground 11ll in ter and now to the Dead Sea Pro is 80 to 90 IlIBters belClll' the surf ace cess wat er tor the site wil l be thru a 11' meter diam eter pip obt aine d e line coming from the riv er nea It was rep orte d to haye a cap r Tel y of 40 000 gpm Con stru ctio n Aviv line has pro gres sed to nimona acit of this so tar The site is sub ject to some seis bein g bui lt to the L08 Angeles mic aot ivit y so the bui ldin gs aro Code i e to wit hsta nd acc eler ot 0 5 G atio n GrO Wld DOB ARCHIVE8 - 5 I ' r The Ind ust rial Group get s its serv ices mainly frC 1J the ope rati ng org aniz atio n of the Min iotr y of Defence but it also obt ain s serv e e meteorology trom oth er ices age ncie s The eve ntu al size or the ope rati talk ing of the can teen cap acit ng sta ff 18 not de1'in1t e but in tot al sta rr may be two or thre ey of 500 it was mentioned tha t the many or tha eng inee rs nOtT wrk ingtim es tha t It is e pected tha t on des ign and con stru ctio n ldl l tran ofa r to the ope rati ng sta rr It liaS note d tha t the Prim e Hin a Wl1 vera ity at Beerl3heba and ofiste r has gre at inte res t in esta blis hin g ham g the nuc lear cen ter asso lith the uni ver sity in SOlll ciat ed 8 way to get more pro fess ion ally trai stro ng effo rts alre ady are evid ent ned peo ple to move to the aroa to help development o£ the Ne ev I wi' - • The plo t pla n stat us of con stru ctio n rea cto r des ign and hig hlig ot otb r major tech nic al fac ilit ies are give n in attachJnents her otohts ' The roa cto r des ign is ver y lItuc h infl uen ced by the French El- 3 The nuc lear des ign calc ula tion s occupiao a someutmt larg er par t were done by the Fre nch Thi a rea oto r because it is des igne d to use nator the containment ves sel than El-3 ura l urani Ul1 rath er than fue l and becauoe it use s ordi cho d nar y con cret e rath er than heavenri £01' shie ldin g y con cret e Attachments I Appl'OX1llulte 1te nan other I 1 thru S as Ldent1f ' l ocl r - 6 - ' l' Q - -'I n ' 0 0 I - -- I I 0 l --I I otrnt I L --- '- - - -1 J I r 1 I· JJ 1 I I f G L_ - i I '03 I 1 I r- - -I r - 0 cO O -I l - - -1 -- -- - -- --4 I Q t 1 __ I I I I lr In ' I E ' -J' L- - -- J - _ _ ' ----- l9JD8 1-_'iJ _ - 'I l rlU - I It I l C MOD U • L r IT I at - 6a - Legend pas 7-8 CH lV JI G9N¥F 'JtP Q W- - L'EOE tID 1 Reacto r 2 Contro l and auxilia ry equipment area 3 Cooling pond for irradia ted fuel 4 Cooling tauers - - Space for 220 mater neutron chopper 6 Decontamination 7 Filtrat ion equipment 8 TransuraniUlll - process pilot plant 9 stack 10 Taste dispos al • 7• 11 U dorground tank area lor dispos al r 12 Diesel fuel storage 13 Hot labora toriee or'pr ooes s 04- 'k wastes j l I chemis try' analyt ical ohelllis try and metallu rgy JA Hot cell 14 Cold lClbora toriolli ohoIldutrT llna oal ohelllist17 and metallu rgy 1 Librar y and dooumentation 16 '1 ' 17 1 Hotel and canteen Technology - enBiom ering cOlliponents 1 18 Genera l servioe s 19 Pilot plant lor taking uranium concen trate to Ill8ta1 20 Water treatme nt 21 1-lnter storage - two for troated water one for raw 'Water 22 i dnd nistration 2 l'Torkshop and stores - also instrum ent maintenanca Hhich is only buildin g of permanent type ccnstl'UCtion DOE ARCHIVES -7 _ AttaWull£ lnt 1 24 Healttl physic s and radiati on medicine 2$ Guard station and worker check- in 26 Temporary canteen 27 Electr ical di Jtrib ution - 110 KV atepped dawn to 33 KV also serves D1IItona Dead Sea and Copper Works but With Priori i7 28 Water M flxPell l' 4l'I RI I @ 'WJ toller 29 Hospit al - 8 Attachment 1 2 DOB ARCHIVES S'lj 'l'US The aclminilltrata on W CQU§T Wmw l £ d ng t eI aCll p lB and at 1e aa t pa rti al ly oc cu pie d The ho tel and ca nte en bu ild ing looles comp no t ye t in us e lete fra n the ou tsi de bu t 1s The on ly bu ild ing in 'Which ue ob ser ve d op the co ld me tal lur gy lab era tin g chn1 al ne arl y complete ex ce or ato ry The re at of the ' co ld lab or equ1pme t 1s ato rie s are pt 1'or in sta lla tio n ot eq uip me nt The eY ternal bu ild sh ell of the ho t lab ho t ce ll which has ing or ato rie s is l lP ex ce pt on ly pa rt of th e flo to r the or po ure d - The waste dis po sa l bu ildi1 g is 00'9 And no pro ae ss eq st ' I T i uipment 111 1ru en 1It tl t Jtalled excep U sid e or the bu ild ing t to r tw tai h iks on the not18 Excavations M'Ve rth be sto rag e ta ks in bao en ma de fo r the deep un de rer k of the bu11ding ou nd The thr ee 'Water sto rag bu ild ing is in ea rly e tan ks e c i ete but the va ter tr ' sta ge s of oonstruut atment i on S Electr1c l dis tri bu tio n workshop and st6 ab are as look complete The ua ter tOl er 1s co ' mplete e re ac to r str uo tur e 1s ba rel y comp ete in 'ex ter nal ou tli ne The rea cto r co nc ret e the in sid e 1s mostly sh iel d 1 aboUt 7 'C'O i ete· · The bu rough concrete' ild ing on ' The stacie is ba ro ly abo ve ground lev el hig h when co mp let e ' but 1t wi ll be ab ou t 100 lllElters sta tu s ot oth er bu ild pa rti al co ns tru cti on ing s va rie s from ea rly ground pr ep ara 01' bu ild ing wa lls tio n to pla ns ca ll fo r the lab re ac to r The rea oto or ato rie 8 to be in op era tio n well ah ead 01' the th at d1 1' icu lti es 'Wer is ex pe cte d to be cOl '1Pleted in 19 64 vIe were to ld th at it was no t ex pe re be ing encountered in we ldi ng the ca lan cte d to be de Uv ere d ia and to the sit e to r ab oudr t a ye ar DaB AllCHlVES - 9 - At tac hm en t 2 SUl-iHAR OF REACTOR DESIGN POlTer 26 I-n-T thermal Hod erat or D20 Coo lant Coolant D20 nOl i 1800 cubic meters per hour Inl et tem pera ture Out let tem pera turo 40 6°c 51 7°0 Vel ocit y About ne ons l tubeD end Un1Dg in prim ary hea t exchanger standard equipment in seconda ry hea t exchanger S1stem N er at coo lant loops 4 2 me second • I - - 3 Des ign cap acit y 1 l1W' each loop und er des ign con diti ons one spa re Pr1mar y coo lant inl et and out let at bottom or rea oto r Ref lect or and sh1eld1J 1g are Fue l Clad Len gth Amount j Nat ura l uran1 - pl' Obabl7 wi ll metal allo y with a few per oen tbeor mo1ybdenUll1 Diameter ' - ' I air cooled 35 6 lDIl f 1 5 lIIlIl alum1num 5 sec tion s So om long in each element 166 elements or abo ut 6 l q 1 ton s calc ula ted 100 la' oe wil l be ava Uab le peal 8ft8 POE A R CWY Il - 10 - Attaclunent 3 1 - 221J i4 _CQJj a% tot'1'Dl9 w em 8 radial holes to caland ria 6 ion chamber positio ns • I 2 through holes taugan tial to- calandt 'ilt i r biolog ical cavity 1 large center tube in reacto r Qre 14 mm diameter - long - estilllated flux x 101 3 therma l 3 7 x 101J fast3 meters 9 holes in graphi te refiec tor includi ng one like center hole so t ha'b llome eJCPel'illIentl l w1U be done tirat at the lower n utr flux 2 pneuna tic tubes tor short term exposures 1ncludiDg one of through tub c10lligD • • C02 supp avaUa ble tor experim ental tacili ties calTRar BYB'l'EM ' I 6 IlaBCUl'ity rods at boron carbide powder in stainle ss steel 11 shiIn roda at alUlllinUlll nth boral carbide 2 tine contro l rods made like the him roda PHYSICAL D SfalS Lattic e spaoing 13 5 CII1 heXago nal Caland ria diamet er 2S7 W18tertJ Qr3phi te reflec tor 60 QIIl thick Iron therma l shield • 20 CIQ thick Concre te shield 3 80 llleters tJlj ck Containllwnt velleel - diamet er 36 IIlOtors - 11 - oe AllCHIVEN Attachment 3 2 -ooNMi Ildi Mt Ii '1 3 quite possib le that after operat ing experie nce has been obtaine d the power level of the reacto r can be increas ed by a factor of the order of two bY' certa il l lIIodi i cations in design and relaxa tion of 'Bome operat ing condit ions Design conservati8lll of this order i8 unders tandab le tor a projec t of this JPe ' t t Attachment 3 3 -12- DOB A RCHIVl · e'W S'i' HImrr IGHT5 C -i O' 3R 2CHliICAL FAC IT ITItS I tl l P 2 l nis plant i 3 designe d to handl e one Kg of irradia ted reacto r fuel p'3r day It i based cn tho well-e stablis hed Pure ' proces s ldth mixer p tiilcr l as the rr e l ns of contactin reagen ts It is design ed to operata on a batch basill for Uaxib ility Tho plant is intende d to provide '3xpe l'ilSnce in ruel proces sing since they believe that ' 6bippin dist 9nc o3 for proces sing is imprac tical for nuclea r power in long run Also they 'Want enough plutoniUI l to eAperiment with as the long a fuel This plant doos not h lve suffic ient capae1 ty to proces powr trom the rcacto r unless an avcral Q tU 'P013Ure or 26 000 MO ton s all fuel is achiav ed 'fIlQ probli 1 1i 9x pQWl'e iL 8 l to tha1h II Dispos al This faoili ty is designe d to neutra lize and concen trate by evapor ation radioa ctive Taste It is tU 'Pocted to do this as a service for the l'hole state It is designe d to operate normal ly with lllateri al cont li about 10-3 micro- curies per cc but can handle more active mntorining short period s It is to be equipp ed with We evapor ators each al for with a capac ty or 2i cubic meters per hour oontain ing up to one or tuo 'curies per cubic meter III Hot Cell Tlul hot cell ll'1ll be looatod at one corner of the hot labor 1 tor Las It is QIUli 8I1QQ tw 10 kUo g udee 9t SQtt'Vi1l v and m U ltave f1 IllLIn1pulators IV tlfo at each or three operati ng positio ns Nctallu rgiaa1 Leborlltor y cold The only development llork in evidenc e at Dimona lll18 the boginn rue1 elemen t devolopMont in the IIcold labora tory II Here SOlllO ing ot equipment Has install ed and preliJn inary tests llare in progre ss • Hetall urgica l developJl1ElDt is being initiat ed With tuo object ives 1 to decide l1hat fuol elemen ts lIhould be used initia lly in tbs Dilnona reacto r and 2 to gain experie nce in fuel elolllO%1t tocbno logy lhich llill ultinls toly pay otf in ruel elemen ts for power reacto rs Curren t lroN involv es the £lXParimantlil casting or uraniUD1 Qllay develop ment at wIding teohniq ues for aluminUlll cap-can closure s hydroa tatic ·cl adding ouns nn B1 u 8 8valua tiqn 9f q i l ama unadp ·of alUlllinuln cycling and developn1Dnt ot methods for inspec ting quallty of r fuel elellUlnts 00 ARCHlVEIs -13- Attachmont 4 1 '1 f· t A taW oO l'JIlonttl on each ot thes e act ivit ics toll Ol cas ting of Uraniun Allo ys They hope to dodge the problem themselves to cas t stru ctu res at pre err ed orie nta tion by res tric ting lab ora tory sca le main to gainCas ting so far has been on a sma ll exp erie nco wit h the e PMent •• r • - - ' ' Hel ding Teclmiques I 1alding equipment 10 in ope rati ng and app aren tly prod uo ing ·sati ' otOll U'es sfa cto ry ' '# I Hydrostatio Cladd Di vi • 4 Mt l Hl lir'kf j 'I j- til • Ourrant tbin k1n g U tha t a mot allu rgic al bOnd wil l not be req uire d Tho procedure tha t is plan ned at abo ut 40000 to make the alumconsi9ts at applying ostatio pressure inum can oon fom to the surf ace of the Uranium llhi ch has been grooved in var iou s con figu rati ons 1 J Thomal Cycling I - - Hark· is p ceeding on the bas is for irra dia tion tes ts Equipm tha t thermal cyc ling is a good sub stit ute fue l elem ents with ste el cor es ent lIa8 in ope rati on for ther mal cyc ling prin cip ally to tes t out fun ctio nin g oJ the equipment• l m aoti9n til' i'lwls 81911I4'I1 1 9M Uk ' 'he Isr ael i have developed a met hod tor #-ra yin g the slug in a narr ow bOQ IIl They are also working on can slugS in heliUll1 and look ing a method tor det ecti ng leak s by' pre ssu rizi ng for h i i leak s tdth a mass The ll18SS spe ctro grap h is on hand ctrograph l' but sb tar has not been mado spe sati sfa ctd r1iy to ope rate Attachment 4 2 14- DOB ARCHIVE 'i II I ' gEb VISIT TO Stm ·lING POOL REACTOR AT ltflHAL SOIlliK Tho nrin l11ing poo l type rea cto r con stru cted bY M·M' is in limi d opo rati on uith a res tric tion to rcsc t ric tion uas i nposed bec ausefiva megawatt hou rs pOl lreek The system uer e inco mpl ete Thi s orlcer tain par tll of the contaimr ent has nOH' baen com plet ed perm issi on to ope rate con tinu ous ly at a pO l er oJ 5 meg aila tts is exp ecte d soo n l pp aren tly litt le dir£ icu lty llaS exp erie nce d llith ino t31 1ati on star t-up oI tho rea cto r Dr and lIork pre tty n ueh as ArttF had Pal ah stat od tha t eve rytl d n« oeemed to pre diet ed Pro oen tly the onl y i'ac iUt y llhio trai nin g is one IIra bbitll 8 1'ac h is act ive ly USed tor rese arch and l ut r tor l'Q1'111 l nsert1on lind rem ot s8mplo3 dur ing rea oval cto r opG rati act iva tion of ore samples and anaon Hor k lith thi s fac ilit y incl ude s lysi s for uraniUlU con tant by neu tron meaGUt'ement Fiv e mora such ins tall atio ns are plQDlleddela yed mhould be in ope rati on idth in and the nex t sbc m onths I There are six beam tae iH ties l hi ch are plan ned to be use d tor rol1otling expor£ ental pro the jec ts - ' 1 Neutron def rac tion 2 Cry tQ l 4 stud y of noutron-gammn tion D by use or a fao ty spe cifi cal ly des lane d toreac pro vide hig h inte nsi ty U1 5 6 monochromator stud y of var iou s nuc lear rea otio ns at ver y' 1011 t enroor a-bu-os ini tial ly liqu id nitro en and perh _ aps eve ntu nlly liqu id hydrogen r 4 J • l-fass spe ctro grap h sup plie d by ion s prod uce d fiss ion product nca r the rea cto r as Carront pla ns tor use ot the ther msl column are for portorrnin a o exp erim onts for ligh t lnAtor and ncntial atte mpt ing to sae it a rep rod uctinat ura l uranium in var iou s con figu rati ons on fac tor above uni ty can be obt It 10 reco gniz ed by' the stat 1ned tha t even SUCCOS J in this exp be of h tt1 D Ao eal R a ie eri nent l10uld Anp s oaRs1daFed va1 aA aricnce Tnc rea cto r ope rati ng st f nOll con rls ts 01' tiveuabte trainin rea cto r opcr ltor J but eve ntu ally uil l U in t tool n1cs1 eng inee ring phyincl ude nino rea oto r Ollorat01'8 pll lliJ A Il'l lt' t' sics and ' nuc lear chomistry The rese arch DOB ARCHIVES - 15 - ' • J - ' pro jec ts usin g the rea ato r wil l rese arc h esta blis hme nts in Isra elbe done 1n col lab ora tion with oth er Ins titu te and Hebrew Uni ver sity such ae Technion Uni ver sity WaizmaM ope rati on oJ the rea cto r wil l be Ini tial ly at lea at the cos t of ' ' Eve ntu ally it is expected tha t supported entire by the Gowl'DII18nt ' • a hot lab ora tory wil l 'be bui lt but the tillli ng tor sucb con stru nea r the rea cto r ' ctio n is ver y ind efin ite I ' •t t • - • ' -16 - Attachment 5 2 00 1 Al lC tilVEh