4 eee os UNCLASSIFIED -.-—— r= wn ' teal ’ “iy eas ey INDUSTRIAL DEVE LOPMENT b. Recovery of uranium from unirradiated scrap resulting from uranium con- version, fuel element fabrication, ete. (The AEC continues to offer the service of recovery of uranium and plutonium in frradiated fuel.), c. Fabrication of fuel elements, and d. Gamma- irradiation services and experiments, Reactor fuel cores. ‘The assembly of reactor cores was begun at the Montville, Connect!- cut, plant of the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation. In its announcement of August 26 the corporation stated that initially its work would be primarily for the military services, but that a growing demand was anticipated for its services from American and foreign industry. Efforts to Advance Industry . . “AEC procurement of commercial processing and fabrication services. The Hartford Area Office of the AEC issued invitations to industry to bid for the preparation of uranium metal slabs depleted in uranium 235.-The slabs are to be used in work being performed by Pratt & Whitney under AEC contract, The invitation to perform this work is part of the effort of the . AECto have its nonroutine requirements for processing nuclear materials met by private industry whenever Sources are available at reasonable prices. . Sales of uranium enriched to 99.97 percent in the uranium 238 isotope. The AEC announced that it will sell to licensees uranium enriched to more than 99.97 percent in the uranium 238 isotope. Gram and milligram quantities of this material are used in fission chambers for routine measurement and control purposes and in research for precise measurements of neutron cross sections. The material enriched in uranium 238 is sold in the following forms from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Per gram of uranium ——- "U0; (uranium oxide) %-inch diameter cast rod 4 od 44 Metal foil . $15.25 _ 16.50. 16,75 _ ; ‘ The prices listed do not include transportation orstandard handling charge of $14 per shipment. Sales of depleted uranium. Slightly more than 71,000 kilograms of depleted uranium were sold during the quarter. The availability of various esszys of depleted uranium for sale on an unclassifiec¢ basis was announced on June 27, 1958. Test irradiation services. Industrial concerns and research and educational institutions were invitec to submit proposals by January 12, 1959, to perform test irradiation services for the AEC. The irradiation services would be performed in reactors specially designed to test " reactor materials and components. Requirements of industry and other Government agencies for space in test reactors are expected to increase significantly in the next several years. Civilian and military reactor projects under development by the AEC will require irradiation services for at least a 5-year period. The invitation to perform irradiation services furthers the AEC policy announced in November 1956 of fostering the construction of non-Governmentowned test reactors by industry. DCE ARCHIVES feetines. Industrial representatives were invited to attend certain meetings held prima- rily for the purpose of enabling AEC and contractor personne] to exchange information on technical subjects. One such meeting was held on the role of analytical chemistry in nuclear UNCLASSIFIED