Correspondence and enclosures from the files of Smith, the Director of the Manufacturing Division of the Atomic Energy Division. Subjects addressed include policy on inclusion of plant activities in DP reports; radiation exposure limits; a proposed geological survey of the Savannah River site; employee holidays; general objectives of the Savannah River plant; purex process conditions; the release of technical information to sources other than SROO; the content and distribution of special incident reports; college recruitment and employment of technical graduates at SRP; treatment and disposal of wastes; SRP participation in the AEC Health Physics Fellowship Program; iodine releases from a stack in the 200-area; long-term storage of records on burial of radioactive wastes; evacuation of the plant area in the event of a national emergency; training of maintenance mechanics and shift supervisory crews; information exchange between SRP and UKAEA; SRP participation in the National Shelter Program; instrument maintenance; and semiannual reactor performance and incident reviews.

Correspondence and enclosures from the files of Smith as Director of the Manufacturing Division. Subjects addressed in correspondence include theft of government property by employees at SRP; installation of computers in canyon areas; planning for the organization of the South Carolina-Georgia Nuclear Council; Du Pont participation in the AMA's Registry of Adverse Reactions due to Occupational Exposures; AEC specifications for operational limits; overtime pay and vacation benefits policy at SRP; SRP's efforts in the direction of equal employment opportunities for minorities; industrial fire protection and public safety; Richland's 1968 "Atomic Frontier Days"; and modifications in feedwater supply as a way of increasing heavy water production.

Correspondence and enclosures from Kruesi as Director of the Manufacturing Division. Topics addressed include recommendations for SRP from a 1972 environmental effects study; reduction and handling of wastes at SRP and responsibility for same; monitoring of noise and radiation levels in the plant; processing of off-site fuel owned by ERDA; the production/recovery of electric power from ocean thermal energy conversion as opposed to an SRP-type reactor; the incident at Three Mile Island and possible ramifications for operations at SRP; and employee morale. Also included are an AEC informational pamphlet on SRP; a questionnaire for SRP from the American Nuclear society about support for the establishment of a national clearinghouse for information on nuclear power and related issues; a 1978 address (author unknown) on the state of nuclear power in the United States and Du Pont's role in the industry; a 1978 paper on the nuclear power fuel cycle and wastes, generated for R.E. Heckert; the script for a 1978 talk given by Kruesi on nuclear power (audience unclear); and a script for a talk (possibly given by Kruesi) at a 1979 staff seminar, concerning operating costs and public relations.

Correspondence and enclosures from Kruesi as Director of the Manufacturing Division. Subjects discussed in the correspondence include reactor staffing; safety procedures at SRP; cleanup efforts at Three Mile Island; preliminary design of the Defense Waste Processing Facility at Savannah River; comments by Kruesi on a 1983 proposal by International Fusion Industries for a fusion reactor; comparison of Salem River and Savannah River automatic shutdown systems; breeder reactors; and re-evaluation of the SRP contract in discussion with DOE and BPA officials. Other materials include a draft of the initial proposal for the Defense Waste Processing Facility (hereafter DWPF); several speeches on safety at SRP and safety as a management issue given by Kruesi and by Irving S. Shapiro; a summary (author unknown) of Dupont's official position on its role in strategic nuclear materials production and waste management; a 1976 DPW report on safety control at SRP reactors; and excerpts from a (Du Pont) company manual on reactor safety, which provides discussion of departmental responsibilities.

Correspondence and enclosures from the files of Tinker, Manager of the Process Section of the AED. Subjects addressed include the Repauno Plant's bedrock cavern facilities for ammonia storage; proposal for and considerations involved in bedrock storage for radioactive waste at SRP; government appropriations for the DWPF facility at SRP; and specific functions of the Technical Division.

Correspondence and enclosures from the files of Conway, Director of Manufacturing, Wilmington. Subjects addressed include reactor incidents and performance audits; the operation program for the Manufacturing Division: and the (Du Pont) Nuclear Safety Review Committee. The bulk of the material concerns reviews of reactor incidents and performance audits.

Subjects addressed include location (including site characteristics) and reactor design for SRP; initial organization of the AED from the Explosives Department; the basic outlines of Du Pont's contract with the government for the construction and operation of SRP; the department organizational structure for SRP; functions of particular departments, technical assistance from other sites; medical facilities at SRP: security considerations in building design at the site; the organization and functions of tne Wilmington Area Office; control of traffic within the area of the SRP site; relations between the Technical and Manufacturing Divisions; severance pay; the Girdler Corporation, particularly their part in the design and construction of the Dana plant in Indiana and some proposed work for Atlas power; reworking of heavy water in an SRP 400 area; disposal of contaminated equipment at SRP; the preparation of special incident reports; SRP's relation to industrial development and the community in Aiken, S.C.; and the "Berkeley Plan". Enclosed are directions for the preparation of an SRP history; the 1954 Progress Report for the Technical Division; several policy letters on technical standards and division responsibilities; a 1962 report on "Control of Processes in the AED"; and a 1963 report prepared by the SRP operations office called "Economic Impact on Communities Near the Savannah River Plant.

Subjects addressed include operating procedures; traffic control on the SRP site, particularly in regard to the question of public access to certain roads on the site; technical standards and revisions to same; the occurrence and reporting of reactor incidents; the disposition of radioactlve waste; and SRP participation in ERDA's waste management program. Enclosed are a summary of a three-day engineering conference at SRP in 1967, conducted by SRP in conjunction with Oak Ridge Associated universities and the AEC; an organization chart of the clerical department; a 1973 version of "Control of Processes in the AED"; the text of a talk (author unknown) from a 1978 Petrochemicals Department orientation; the text of a talk given by Frank E. Kruesi at a 1978 meeting of Petrochemical Department managers about the nuclear power industry and SRP's role in it; and a section from the construction history (volume one), entitled "Existing Facilities".

Subjects include data required for the comparison and evaluation of the Red River and Savannah River sites; a visit to the future SRP site by members of the Industrial Committee on Reactor Location Problems; considerations involved in site selection and plant design; flux monitoring systems at Hanford and SRP; the advisability of locating a commercial chemical reprocessing facility near the SRP site; possible results of accidents inside the plant and their off-site effects; and the problem of housing at the Savannah River site. Also included are a copy of a report by George E. Siple in cooperation with the AEC called "Geology and Ground Water of the Savannah River Plant and Vicinity South Carolina; a copy of the (1949) Atomic projects Survey Committee Report; a 1951 site Summary Report for SRP; and a 1950 site survey report from the Explosives Department to the Executive Committee, together with an "advice of action" notification from the Executive Committee recommending approval of the Savannah River site.

Subjects addressed include permissible levels of radiation exposure; the development of a forest management program in conjunction with the United States Forest Service for the SRP site; flood control at the site; fire hazard in the woods on the SRP site; and control of the deer population on the SRP site. Also included is a 1967 report from the Forest Service on the land management program at Savannah River; and a 1952 Flood Control Report prepared by the district office of the Army Corps of Engineers.

Subjects addressed include public access to certain roads on the SRP site; the safety record at SRP; licensing requirements for production reactors; the possible elimination of the airspace reservation over SRP; security information for the Polly Drummond II Building; security considerations at the SRP site; and a push by Du Pont for improvements to existing security arrangements in the form of military personnel with state-of-the-art hardware. Also included are drafts and copies of the easement agreement which covers conditions of maintenance and public access to certain roads on the SRP site; and a report on traffic conditions in the area and projected personnel needs for handling any public access to roads on the SRP site.

Subjects include reporting to employees of individual levels of radiation exposure; AEC standards for protection against radiation and changes to same; possible contamination of timber and crops on land adjoining the SRP site; radiation exposure advice to be given to AEC and contractor employees (including a draft of a paper on the subject); information on training programs relating to radiation exposure; and the death of an employee at Los Alamos in 1958 due to excessive radiation exposure. Enclosed are a staff report of the Federal Radiation Council, "Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection Standards" (1960); a draft of a chapter called "Radiation Exposure Reports" from an AEC General Administration Manual, Health and Safety section; and a report for the AEC for the year 1959 called "The Effect of the Savannah River Plant on Environmental Radioactivity".

Subjects include Federal Radiation Council guidelines for radiation exposure limits; ecological research in the SRP area; monitoring of radiation dosages; arrangements for medical treatment for contaminated persons; collection of health data on SRP employees; a study of health and occupational exposure of Hanford employees undertaken at the University of Pittsburgh; use of respirators and protective clothing; regulations for reporting to the AEC on levels of exposure to radiation; training for supervisory and radiation-monitoring personnel; and the nomination of Henry C. Honeck for the 1974 Ernest Orlando Lawrence award. Enclosed is a 1964 appraisal report on radiation protection programs at SRP, undertaken for the AEC.

Subjects include state regulation of radiation sources and radioactive materials; changes to AEC standards for radiation exposure (including an AEC statement of considerations in regard to rule making on protection standards); standards for release of radioactive waste; Du Pont compliance with AEC standards on radiation exposure and protection against radiation; the registration of radiation sources (particularly as legislated by the South Dakota State Department of Health); the South Dakota Radiation Act of 1957; proposed criteria for guidance of states and the AEC in the discontinuance of AEC regulatory authority over "byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials"; exchange of information about practices in radiation monitoring and protection; company liability for proper training and information of employees exposed to radioactive materials; the Health Physics program at SRP; procedural controls for work in radiation and changes to same; equipment and procedures for monitoring of individual exposure to radiation, and exchange of information with Oak Ridge in regard to same; and SRP participation in a dosimeter testing pilot study conducted by the University of Michigan. Also included are a brief history and information regarding SRP prepared for the Promotion Editor of the Augusta Chronicle; and a report by A.A. Johnson prepared for presentation at SRP, called "Potential of a D20 Power Reactor Program".

Subjects include changes in preliminary design for the heavy water plant and the GS process at Savannah River; the selection of the site for the heavy water components test reactor; the forestry program at SRP; biological studies at the site; design data reports security and distribution; informational visits by utility company representatives to the SRP site; assessment of controls for safety of non reactor nuclear facilities; administrative control of the reactors; administrative control procedures and revision of administrative control documents; and safety procedures and the United States Department of Energy's approval for same at SRP. Also included are several policy letters on technical standards and on Technical and Manufacturing division responsibilities.

These consist of brief general statements about plant output as compared to maximum or projected output, dates upon which classified material relating to performance for the month was reported to the Executive committee, and employment statistics for the AED (the number of wage employees, number of salaried employees, and increase or decrease in totals of each as compared to the previous month). Some contain information about industrial relations (current NLRB cases, for example) or changes in operation (such as mechanical improvements).

These were produced with restricted data deleted. These are arranged by section, and contain statements about production rate, equipment construction and testing (including failures), equipment and operation status, and some specifications.

Provides brief general discussion of the design for a pressurized exponential facility, "to be used to provide fundamental nuclear data for high temperature, high pressure, heavy water natural uranium systems". This design data report was to be used in the generation of cost estimates, and so is fairly exact about design specifications and materials.

Contains evidence and affidavits for both sides of the case, in which Jerome S. Spevack (at one time a consultant for Du Pont) charged that Du Pont under the direction of the AEC unlawfully made use at the Dana plant of a chemical exchange process for which he had previously obtained a patent. The bulk of the material consists of copies of the patent documentation, Spevack's charges, and the evidence for Du Pont's rebuttal, which concentrated on attacking the validity of Spevack's patent. Included are explanations of the process (the "GS process") under dispute and its development from previous processes.