2. Intensive work has progressed both at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos in obtaining the necessary pretest calibrations. In this work the Godiva assembly, which had never been used in this way previously, has been a most valuable tool. It is hoped that the proposed project will not only provide answers to many of the questions for which answers are desired, but also will confirm or deny criticisms which have been directed at the work previously done. B.__Personnel (12/1/54 - 12/31/54); i. New Hires: 12/6 12/27 2. KERR, Vernon N, VIGIL, Benito A. E-4 H-l Organic Chenistry DP west Monitoring H-1 H~2 K-6 Tech Area Monit Hematology Special Problems 4. Terminations: s Se 12/3 12/10 12/31 3. JOHNSON, Helen M, SERRANO, Virginia V. BARKER, Robert F, . “otal Fersoanel: SM ¢eenprpeoeeeteeoseoeeeoaecevee eevee eee Military co.cc ccc cceeceee RA ceceeccesecescnvcccceses SCP eso e@@e@eoeeoeteweoeevpevpnaeetpeeoee ed Military wc... cece eeones ASC oe eee eaestoete verse eteroeteoe 46 4 Al 80 ‘NO \ 1 oui 29 0 e bd = TOTAL ....... 171* *lncludes 2 casuals and 1 oa leave of absence. Ii,ta GROUP Hel, MCNITCRING pa TCRING (Dean (Dean D, D, Mey Meyer, Leeder): Leader): A,Inciderts: 1. . é s % = a% « oF L 3 Cn December 17 at 4:15 p.m, in Room 15, M-Building, a rather large quantity of H-235 in acid solution spilled over onto the floor, The acid solu~ tion was being boiled when some ether was added causing the solution to boil over, COPIED/DOE LANL RC The area read 20,UUU c/m at contact and swiped up to 1000 e/m. The floor was temporerily cleaned, chalked, and roped off unti2 the cleanup could be conpleted on December 20, —)-