71. 



DR. HUBBERT: What I meant is that we are paying $14 per 

 gallon for hauling lead. Now, if we can hold 100 times as many curies 

 with the same load of lead we can cut this $14 per gallon. Even if we 

 have to add a refrigerating unit we cut that down to a fraction of a dol- 

 lar. 



DR. CULLER: This particular waste is already saturated with 

 aluminum, and the dry aluminum concentrate occupies the same volume 

 as the wet solution. 



DR. HUBBERT: The aluminum is not radioactive. Can we get 

 rid of it? 



DR. CULLER: Yes. That $14 per gallon made us get rid of it. 

 (Laughter) 



DR. MacMURRAY: I would like to come to the rescue of Dr. 

 Morgan: liquid reactor waste costs $14 a gallon to ship. The discus- 

 sion has moved on to talk of concentration and refrigeration, and to 

 the removal of aluminum. 



DR. MORGAN: To carry it further, this was based on a freight 

 car 40 feet in length, and it would hold three of these units. So the 

 freight car load was about 150 tons. 



DR. ROEDDER: If you loaded that same freight car with slugs 

 what would be the equivalent? 



DR. MORGAN: I don't think you can make a comparison. 



DR. ROEDDER: As to curies and slugs, I wondered the relative 

 cost. 



DR. MORGAN: I cannot give you that. Perhaps the answer lies 

 along the lines of developing a specially constructed railroad car in 

 the shape of an oil tanker, completely shielded, with a tube through the 

 center and shielded at either end. 



DR. RUSSELL: Have you ever considered what would happen to 

 the car in a train wreck? 



DR. MORGAN: I am sure that the possibility of an accident has 

 been on Mr. Gorman's mind. 



