ML20133K199
| ML20133K199 | |
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| Site: | 07000036 |
| Issue date: | 12/11/1956 |
| From: | Belmore F MALLINCKRODT, INC. |
| To: | Price H US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| FOIA-96-343 NUDOCS 9701210149 | |
| Download: ML20133K199 (2) | |
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Pr. H. L. Price Director Division of Civilian Applicatien U. S. Atomic Energy Commission I
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Dear Pr. Frire :
In response to your letter of November 28, 1956, we are pleased to enclose a set of photographs showing our Hematite, Missouri plant in various stages of construction. Construction was started in April,1956, and operations in the first manufacturing area were begun in September. The second operating area was completed in October.
Special nuclear material is handled in the Hematite facility under AID License SNM-33 Products presently being made in the plant are several grades of UO2 made from UF6 of various degrees of enrichment.
These products include a ceramic grade UO2 of 1.3% enrichment which will ultirrately be utilized in pellet form, and a high fired dense UO, fully enriched, similar to that used in the Geneva reactor.
2 Up to the present time, our production has been entirely for commercial customers and all oxide requirements of the Commission have been supplied from AEC facilities. Because of the present i
small requirements of private industry, this situation causes us a 1
number of problems in trying to maintain ecutinuity of operations and in scheduling our work to give low cost production. This j
situation might be alleviated were we given the opportunity to perform work for the Commission. Actually, it has been our under-4 standing that the Commission desired to encourage private industry to take over such non-routine operations as the production of 3
enriched oxide from UF. We have not, however, as yet been asked 6
to quote on material for the Commission's reactors. As a matter of fact, I understand that in the case of one of the so-called comn>-
ercial reacters, we are bidding against the AEC for production of experimental quantities of oxide. Our position seems to be some-what different.from that of fuel element manufacturers who fabri-cate both for private industry and for the AEC. The reason for this difference is not clear to us, and we ask your assistance in clarifying our position.
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It. H. L. Price 12/11/56 Since it is possible that some of the Commission personnel responsible for securing enriched oxide may not be aware of our facility, I an en-closing a numtor of copies of a brochure which briefly describes the plant.
I would appreciate it very much 'if you might have these dis-tributed to the proper Commission personnel.
If you require additional copies, I shall be glad to send them at your request.
. I should like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the fine cooperation we have had with personnel of the Civilian
- Application Division in getting our Hematite plant underway. The Licensing Branch, with whom we have been in almost constant contact, has been especially helpful in assisting us in the solution of our problems.
Very truly yours, Frederick M. Belmore Special Asst. to the President FMB/ck B2 closures cc Dr. F. K. Pittman f
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