THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1951
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Kansas State Historical Society
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Brookhaven Atom Pile Aids Both Military And Medicine
Upton, N. Y. (U.P).—Caution is the word when you visit the "hot" laboratory of an atomic energy furnace.
It is to the "hot" laboratory of the Brookhaven atomic energy pile where freshly produced radioactive substances are whisked in a matter of seconds via pneumatic tubes.
The radioactive substances are known as isotopes. They can be produced two ways. In one, a particular metal is sent by the tubes to the inner part of the furnace and is bombarded by the millions of neutrons that constantly are being released as atoms split in a controlled chain reaction. In the other, a chunk of uranium can be put in the pile and it undergoes a partial disintegration as result of neutron bombardment. That is, some of the uranium atoms have been split and the resulting fragments are a different type of metal and are highly radioactive.
In the Brookhaven pile, scientists have been able to produce a new isotope that may have important significance in cancer treatment. The scientists disclosed the new development as the west face of the pile was declassified from the secret category. The west face can be used by outside scientists without F.B.I. clearance. Meanwhile, the other three sides, or faces, of the pile will continue secret.
The new isotope is known as iodine 132 and it has a half-life time of two hours and 24 minutes. That means the isotope will lose one-half of its radiation in that period of time.
An isotope of only two hours and 24 minutes hardly can be shipped to any hospital, but the Brookhaven scientists may have whipped the problem. In producing iodine 132, they separate radioactive tellurium—produced as a result of an atom of uranium being split—from the sample of bombarded material. Radioactive tellurium has a half-life of 77 hours, little more than three
New Kansas Dam To Be Dedicated
Denver (U.P.) — Western Kansas will mark another milestone in its history June 9-10 with the dedication ceremony of Cedar Bluff dam and reservoir at Ellis.
Bureau of reclamation officials in Denver said the communities of Russell, Hays, Ellis, LaCrosse, Ness City, Brownell, Bazine, and WaKeeney are joining together in arranging the ceremonies.
A banquet will be held in Ellis on the evening of June 9, and dedication will be southwest of Ellis at the dam site June 10.
days. As it loses it radiation, it throws off a "gas" that can be captured. The "gas" is radioactive iodine 132. The scientists have developed a special lead container in which to ship the freshly produced tellurium. It will continue to produce radioactive iodine for 12 to 14 days, they say.
'Kid Gloves On In Iran
Radioactive iodine 131 has been used for some years in treating some cases of thyroid cancer. It works only in a few cases and no "cures" have been achieved. Iodine 131 has a half-life of eight days, and the doctors may find the short-lived iodine 132 a better weapon.
Washington (U.P.) — Secretary of State Dean Acheson said Wednesday the United States has urged Great Britain and Iran to use moderation in settling their dispute over oil properties.
Both sides, Acheson said, should avoid extreme steps. Acheson's comments came in reply to a news conference question about indications from London that Great Britain might send paratroops, if necessary, to Iran to defend British-owned oil properties against expropriation by Iran.
Poles Fighting Red Domination
Acheson said Great Britain had not informed the United States about the possible use of the paratroopers, which still are in Great Britain but have been alerted to move overseas. Acheson said the United States has not even asked Great Britain about its intentions.
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Washington (U.F.)-POLand is giving Moscow some big headaches.
Information received here discloses that the Polish port city of Stettin is one of the most active trouble spots for the Communists.
Polish dockworkers there recently staged a strike after they were ordered to load a cargo of sugar destined for the Soviet Union. The workers protested that their own sugar rations were too low to allow exports to Russia.
Evidence from various sources in Europe also reveals that Stettin was the scene of a riot in early April. A Soviet army major shot and killed three Polish citizens. Three more Polish policemen were reported killed by an irate mob after they refused to arrest the Russian. An estimated 1,500 to 2,000 Poles in the area were rounded up for investigation after the incident in which Polish students participated.
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Former Polish Premier Stanislaw Mikolajsczyk, a refugee anti-Communist, told a reporter that he knows the "situation is very tense in Stettin." He said the Russians control harbor installations and some industries in the city, and that they are taking over more factories.
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