SPARTICUSIAN
THIS IS A LETTER MY DAD WROTE TO Dr LOUDON HIS EYE SPECIALIST. Dated 30th November .1971
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is an account of the work in progress in the Secret Research Laboratory S.17,during the period 1957 to 1966 and my actual involvement in each project.Most of this information will no doubt be irrelevant,but is included in case it has some bearing on the condition of my eyes.
If there is any basis what so ever for submitting a claim to England then I should be most grateful to consult yourself and any other opinion you suggest for advice in this matter.
The fitting for the lens was done as arranged by Mr McMONNIES? but there is a delay due to sending to America for the lens.
METROPOLITAN -- VICKERS SECRET RESEARCH DEPARTMENT LAB S.17. METALLURGY SECTION.
Initial duties were as Laboratory Technician assisting Metallurgists Dr P.R.V. EVANS and Mr C MOORE.The first project was one of conducting feasibilty tests in methods of producing URANIUM FUEL ELEMENT plates.The plates were manufactured by by several methods,the main one being the flat pressing one.This entailed the setting up of a mild steel frame filled with URANIUM powder in between High speed steel plates.The whole was compressed under a 200 ton press and heating was supplied by High Frequency Induction.I myself with Dr EVANS did all the setting up before the pressing.On completion of pressing operation I would then dismantle the set up myself and cut the URANIUM plate from the the mild steel frame to make a specimen for Dr EVANS.The High Speed Steel pressing plates {which had to be absolutely flat,and which were indented slightly during pressing}would then be surface ground flat on a grinder, by myself to prepare for the next operation.All this work was performed with bare hanmds and without any Air Extraction Equipment.Another method of producing Plates was by
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is an account of the work in progress in the Secret Research Laboratory S.17,during the period 1957 to 1966 and my actual involvement in each project.Most of this information will no doubt be irrelevant,but is included in case it has some bearing on the condition of my eyes.
If there is any basis what so ever for submitting a claim to England then I should be most grateful to consult yourself and any other opinion you suggest for advice in this matter.
The fitting for the lens was done as arranged by Mr McMONNIES? but there is a delay due to sending to America for the lens.
METROPOLITAN -- VICKERS SECRET RESEARCH DEPARTMENT LAB S.17. METALLURGY SECTION.
Initial duties were as Laboratory Technician assisting Metallurgists Dr P.R.V. EVANS and Mr C MOORE.The first project was one of conducting feasibilty tests in methods of producing URANIUM FUEL ELEMENT plates.The plates were manufactured by by several methods,the main one being the flat pressing one.This entailed the setting up of a mild steel frame filled with URANIUM powder in between High speed steel plates.The whole was compressed under a 200 ton press and heating was supplied by High Frequency Induction.I myself with Dr EVANS did all the setting up before the pressing.On completion of pressing operation I would then dismantle the set up myself and cut the URANIUM plate from the the mild steel frame to make a specimen for Dr EVANS.The High Speed Steel pressing plates {which had to be absolutely flat,and which were indented slightly during pressing}would then be surface ground flat on a grinder, by myself to prepare for the next operation.All this work was performed with bare hanmds and without any Air Extraction Equipment.Another method of producing Plates was by