Army radiation laboratory

HPhe Fricke dosimeter (ferrous sulfate solutions) has been used to measure A the radiation intensity of various types of ionizing radiation sources since its development by Fricke and Morse in 1927 (2). It is widely accepted because it yields accurate and reproducible results with a minimum of care. This system meets many of the requirements specified for an ideal dosimeter (5, 9) however, it has a limited dose range, and for our applications it has been necessary to develop a dosimeter covering larger doses. Of the systems reviewed (6, 7), two (ferrous sulfate-cupric sulfate and ceric sulfate) showed the most promise for use with the radiation sources at the U. S. Army Natick Laboratories (8). Of these, the ferrous-cupric system has received the most use, and this paper describes our experience in using this system and suggests procedures by which it may be used by others with equal success. 

Jarrett, R. D., Halliday, J. W., Dosimetry in Food Preservation by Ionizing Radiation, U. S. Army Natick Laboratories, R D Associates Activities Report, Vol. 15, December 1963. 

The earlier experiences of this laboratory were good in so far as the accuracy obtained with the system was in accordance with what had been stated by Draganic (better than 10% ). The difficulty in obtaining good results as reported above, however, made us re-examine the procedure. (This work was started by one of the authors (N. W. H.) during a one-year stay as visiting scientist at the Radiation Sources Branch of the U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, Natick, Mass., United States.)... 

Pash joined the U.S. G-2 Army Intelligence reserves as a second lieutenant in 1930. During the early part of World War II, he oversaw some U.S. Army intelligence-gathering operations along the border with Mexico whose purpose was to uncover possible Japanese activities to secure landing sites for their aircraft and submarines for an attack on the continental United States. Pash was later made responsible for the security of the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory, which performed work for the Manhattan Project. Leslie R. Groves, the head of the project, recommended Pash to head the ALSOS Mission. 

Narrangansett, Rhode Island fishery research biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Highlands, New Jersey radiochemist, University of Washington Laboratory of Radiation Ecology, Seattle, Washington aquatic biologist, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Ray-brook, New York biochemist, U.S. Army Medical Nutrition Laboratory, Medical Service Corps, Denver, Colorado. 

T n 1962 the U. S. Army opened at its Natick Laboratories in Natick, Mass., the world s largest irradiation laboratory (2) for preserving foods by ionizing energy (Figure 1). This laboratory is unique in that, in addition to having two radiation sources, a 24-m.e.v., 18-kw. electron linear accelerator and a 1,250,000-curie cobalt-60 isotope source, it includes a food development-preparation laboratory and an experimental development kitchen (Figure 2). 

Army. 1983b. Tertiary treatment of effluent from Holston AAP industrial liquid waste treatment facility III. Ultraviolet radiation and ozone studies TNT, RDX, HMX, TAX, and SEX. Frederick, MD U.S. Army Medical Bioengineering Research and Development Laboratory, Fort Detrick. Document no. AD A137672. 

Daryl R. Myers is a Senior Scientist at NREl. In 1970 He received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, School of Engineering. Prior to joining NREL in 1978, he worked for four years at the Smithsonian Institution Radiation Biology Laboratory in Rockville Maryland, and is a Cold War veteran, serving as a Russian linguist in the United States Army from 1970 to 1974. He has over 32 years of experience in terrestrial broadband and spectral solar radiation physics, measurement instrumentation, metrology... 

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