I was transferred once again This was to work with Dr D.G.JONES a metallurgist on a new project,which was experimenting in the conventional Arc welding of Erosion Shields on Turbine Blades.The work was a success and this was my position until migrating to AUSTRALIA in September 1966.Well Dr LOUDON,I have tried these recollections together as well as can be remembered and I trust you will forgive my spelling errors etc.The two main points on reading over my notes are the handling and work with URANIUM METAL and OXIDE,without the proper safety condition now in operation and the special welding done in the Bell Jar Unit with the ZIRCONIUM as the possible cause of my eye condition .One never thinks about these things when they occurr, but it does seem a little more than coincidence that I was deeply involved in this unconventional type of work more than anyone else in the Laboratory and then for this premature condition to come suddenly out of the blue.
yours trul;y,NORMAN HARDY
FOOTNOTE, IT WAS LATER DISCOUNTED THAT WELDING COULD CAUSE CONDITION SPECIALISTS ALL AGREED IT WAS CAUSED BY RADIATION.