Mound Laboratory: A Leader in Nuclear Materials Management

Editor's Note: Mr. DeVer is the Mound Laboratory SS Representative. Dr. Rodenburg is Croup Leader of Calorimetry Development. Mound Laboratory is operated by Monsanto Research Corporation for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission under Contract No. AT-33-1-GEN-53. Monsanto Research Corporation operates Mound Laboratory under contract for the Atomic Energy Commission. The Miamisburg, Ohio, facility was the first permanent AEC installation and pioneered in the use of various radioisotopes. Presently there are 14 source and special nuclear materials (SS) for different uses at Mound which must be controlled and accounted for. As a result, Mound personnel have long been active in all areas of nuclear materials management.