Y-12 Mercury Task Force Files: Progress Reports

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Y-12 Mercury Task Force Files

Progress Reports

Technical Division Monthly Progress Reports, 1955-1958

Location:

Active:
Inactive: Y-12 Records Center, Building 9711-5, Room 106

Access Restrictions: Secret/RD	*Volume*: 47 File Folders; 1.95 linear feet
Accession or Other ID Number: M1-M13, M94-M117, M142-152	Condition: Good
Container Number Drawers 1-3	Medium: Paper
Scanning Suitability: Text is suitable for scanning; photographs may not be suitable.	*Duplication*: May be part of the unclassified collection, see statement on page 12

Arrangement: Numerical by file code

Originating Office: Technical Division

Finding Aids: Y-12 Mercury Task Force Database Printout; Mercury at Y-12 (Y/EX-24) Bibliography

Disposition AuthorityPermanent Collection

Series Description: The Technical Division Monthly Progress reports contain both brief summaries and detailed reports on general accounting and business activities at Y-12; design and construction of new buildings, work areas, and equipment; mechanical inspection of work areas, processing equipment, instruments; project, chemical, industrial, civil, architectural, electrical, and instrumental engineering; alpha air monitoring; product analysis; chemical processing and reduction, including mercury; technical development involving alloy production, chemical processing and reduction, metal fabrication and processing and aspen fabrication; the development of isotope separation; and metal fabrication and processing. Detailed descriptions of mercury use are found in sections describing lithium deuteride fabrication and specification, the physical chemistry of lithium deuteride, and the safety and security of incoming and outgoing mercury.

Data Elements: 3, 88, 103, 118, 120, 123, 124