Survey of Gamma Facilities in 
U. S. and Canada—an U 
The following table brings up to date the list of indus- 
trial gamma facilities that we published a year ago (NU, 
July ’58, p. 108). Together the two lists describe all of 
the industrial gamma facilities of the U. S. and most of 
those of Canada as they exist today. 
The nucteonics card file of gamma facilities is kept 
continuously up to date. New cards are added as we hear 
of new facilities; changes are entered as we hear them. In 
addition we have asked each of the facilities that was listed 
a year ago whether there should be any change in its list- 
pdating 
ing. Only one change was called to our attention; a bold- 
face line identifies this change in the present table. 
Information about General Electric’s ANP facility in 
Cincinnati has been hard to get because of security regu- 
lations. Otherwise the combined list is complete and ac- 
curate to the best of our knowledge. 
* * * 
Miss Leida Blanco of the NUCLEONICS staff receives credit for 
most of the gathering and tabulation of the data. 
Gamma-Facility Characteristics—Answers to a NUCLEONICS Questionnaire 
a $ 
~ Sos Sige 3S 
P8exe SS ¢ . F 3 
gse 3 Re SS S . soy 8 ae 
ORS 25 zg se 2 Se ae 
See 5 S& 8 & 85 § 88 
a2 2 8 gg es = 8S 28 23°38 
_ . s3 2S 33 3's = & 8H § 88 
Facility Location Bee s& = 48 i 5 S68 Pe aS 
New Listings 
Admiral Corp. Chicago, IIl. 20,000 Jan. ’57 2 300 Yes No Yes PCWML 
Aerojet-General Corp Azusa, Calif 10,000 Dee ’58 ~1 Oe25i No Yes Yes — 
General Electric Co. (Gen’! Eng’g 
Lab.) Schenectady, N. Y. 10,000 Jan. ’59 0.46 2,000 Yes No Yes PCWTL 
Lockheed Aircraft Corp Dawsonville, Ga. (Fuel elements) ~0.1 — Not Yes Yes PC 
Southern Research Inst. Birmingham, Ala. 790 Aug. ’57 OFS — Yes No Yes PCOM 
State-Federal Screwworm 
Eradication Program Sebring, Fla. 3,600|| Nov. ’58 0.05 0.098 No No No MB 
Union College Schenectady, N.Y. 1,120 May ’58 0.4 0.01 No No No PCLR 
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture § New Orleans, La. 1,000 June ’57 0.7 0.28 Yes No No PCWR 
Univ. of Denver Denver, Colo. 2,000 June’ 59 0.5 0.21 Yes No Yes PCBLR 
Univ. of Georgia Athens, Ga. 145 ~=Dec. ’57 0.044 8.6X10-4 No No No P 
Univ. of Florida Gainesville, Fla. 
(College of Engineering) 835 April ’58 0.45 0.0112 Yes No No PC 
(Agricultural Experimental Station) 6,400 May ’58 ~0.15 -~0.25 Yes No No PC 
Univ. of Louisville Louisville, Ky. 1,100 Aug. 58 0.313 0.004 Yes No No PCR 
Univ. of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. 2,000 Oct. ’57 1.2 1,500 Yes No No PCWMLR 
Univ. of Vermont Burlington, Vt. 1,017 = April 758 0.345 400 Yes No No PCWT 
Canadian Facilities 
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. 
(Irradiation cell) Ottawa, Ont. 3,750 Jan. ’59 0.35 0.13 Yes No No PCBLR 
Defense Research Board, Defense 
Research Chemical Laboratories Ottawa, Ont. 1,500 1958 0.07 — No Yes Yes PW 
Univ. of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Sask. 
(Source 1) 90 Jan. ’58 0.1 70 No No No PCOLR 
(Source 2) 1,100 July 59 0.1 0.15 No No No PCOLR 
Changed Listings 
B. F. Goodrich Brecksville, Ohio 
(WADC) 1,085 June ’58 0.435 0.017 No No No MLR 
(BFG) 1,600 4 ~0.28 0.35 No No No MLR 
* P = personnel to conduct experiments, C = contract re- 
search, W = viewing window, T = closed-circuit television, 
O = other viewing equipment, M = manipulators, B = con- 
veyor, L = liquid-flow equipment, R = refrigeration equipment. 
+ Volume in zone receiving highest dose rate. Several other 
volumes also available. 
t Available to government subcontractors. 
|| 6 Co® units varying from 450 to 660 curies. 
§ Southern Utilization Research and Development Division. 
| Presently being installed. 
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