Richland five-year 02 R and D program, Basic Production Mission

This report contains the reports of progress and the plans for future work of Douglas United Nuclear, and Atlantic Richfield on the Basic Production Mission. This mission covers the Research and Development work associated with operating the Hanford production complex in its present mode. For the conventional reactors this means primarily the production of weapons-grade plutonium. For the N Reactor this primarily concerns the production of plutonium of 12 percent Pu-240 content, or such other Pu-240 level as may be assigned by the Commission. For Atlantic Richfield this entails isolating and purifying the products of the above described reactor operations. The report describes scope and objectives, progress during report period, evaluation of effort, budget period plans, milestones, references, and statistical summary schedules for the Hanford low pressure reactors, the N reactor, and spent fuel processing activities.