290:, writing her thesis on "Low energy levels in the atomic spectra Co VII and Ni VIII". Immediately after finishing her PhD, Anderson requested time off from her position at Milwaukee-Downer College, in order to conduct war research related to the Manhattan Project at the Office of Scientific Research and Development at Princeton University. Not long after, Anderson was recruited to continue her work specifically at Los Alamos Laboratory. At her new location, Anderson studied basic fission parameters, including analyzing the time delays associated with the absorption and emission of neutrons. Such work often entailed working upwards of sixteen hours a day. Among other accomplishments at Los Alamos, Anderson prepared the first sample of pure
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Anderson, E. E., Gardner, J. O., Gethard, P. E., Goeddel, W. V., Hooker, J. R., Lonsdale, H. K., ... & Zumwalt, L. R. (1963). Advanced, Graphite-Matrix, Dispersion-Type Fuel
Systems. Annual Report. April 1, 1962 – March 31, 1963 (No. GA-4022;(Pt. 1)). General Atomic Division. General Dynamics
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Anderson, E. E., Gethard, P. E., & Zumwalt, L. R. (October 1961). Use of the King
Furnace in Fission-Product Retention Studies of Graphite Reactor Fuels. In Proceedings of the Second Conference on Nuclear Reactor Chemistry. Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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Anderson, E. E., Lavatelli, L. S., McDaniel, B. D., & Sutton, R. B. (1944). MEASUREMENTS ON THE CROSS-SECTION OF 94 Pu-239 AS A FUNCTION OF NEUTRON ENERGY IN THE RANGE FROM 0.01 eV TO 3.0 eV (No. LA-91). Los Alamos
Scientific Laboratory. New
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Anderson, E. E., McDaniel, B. D., Sutton, R. B., & Lavatelli, L. S. (1945). ABSORPTION AND FISSION CROSS SECTIONS OF 94 Pu-239 IN THE NEUTRON ENERGY RANGE 0.01 eV TO 100 eV (No. LA-266). Los Alamos
Scientific Laboratory. New
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Sutton, R. B., T. Hall, E. E. Anderson, H. S. Bridge, J. W. DeWire, L. S. Lavatelli, E. A. Long, T. Snyder, and R. W. Williams. (1947). Scattering of Slow
Neutrons by Ortho- and Parahydrogen. Physical Review. 72(12):
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Anderson, Elda E. (June 18, 1960). Meetings of the World Health
Organization. Technical Program, 1959–1960, p.17. American Society for Metals. Oak Ridge Chapter Yearbook. C'est Bon Restaurant. Knoxville,
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Kohl, J., Newacheck, R. L., & Anderson, E. E. (1955). Locating Casing Shoe Leaks with
Radioactive Argon. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. 204(12): 213–216.
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Zumwalt, L. R., & Anderson, Elda E. (1960). Xe-133 Release Data Obtained to Date on Various Sample Fuel Bodies (No. GA-P-32-257). General Atomic Division. General Dynamics Corp. San Diego, CA.
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Sutton, R. B., McDaniel, B. D., Anderson, E. E., & Lavatelli, L. S. (1947). The Capture Cross Section of Boron for Neutrons of Energies from 0.01 eV to 1000 eV. Physical Review. 71(4): 272.
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McDaniel, B. D., Sutton, R. B., Lavatelli, L. S., & Anderson, E. E. (1947). The Absorption Cross Section of Gold for Neutrons of Energies from 0.01 to 0.3 eV. Physical Review. 72(8): 729.
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Anderson, Elda E., & Zumwalt, L. R. (1964). The Diffusion of Barium in Simulated High-Temperature Graphite Fuel Elements. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. (US). 7.
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Anderson, E. E., Wessman, G. L., & Zumwalt, L. R. (1962). Fission Product Trapping—Sorption of Cesium by Activated Charcoal. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 12(1): 106–110.
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Beaufait Jr, L. J., Anderson, E. E., & Peterson, J. P. (1958). Development and Preparation of Set of Gamma Spectrometer Standards. Analytical Chemistry. 30(11): 1762–1764.
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Anderson, E. E., Gethard, P. E., & Zumwalt, L. R. (1962). Steady-State Release Fraction of Krypton and Xenon Fission Products at High Temperatures from (U, Th) C
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Anderson, E. E., Lavatelli, L. S., McDaniel, B. D., & Sutton, R. B. (1944). Boron cross sections for neutrons from 0.01 to 1000 eV. Atomic Energy Commission.
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Anderson is honored each year at the annual meeting of the Health Physics Society when the Elda E. Anderson Award is presented to a young member of the Society.
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Kohl, J., Newacheck, R. L., & Anderson, E. E. (1955). Gaseous and Liquid Tracers for Underground Studies. In Proceedings. University of California.
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Health Physics. (May 1961). Obituary. Elda Anderson, Pioneer of Health Physics in the Atomic Energy Program, dies at 61. Health Physics. 5(2): 244.
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Mack, J. E., & Anderson, E. E. (1944). A 21‐Foot Multiple Range Grazing Incidence Spectrograph. Review of Scientific Instruments. 15(2): 28–36.
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Lukens Jr, H. R., Anderson, E. E., & Beaufait Jr, L. J. (1954). Punched Card System for Radioisotopes. Analytical Chemistry. 26(4): 651–652.
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Sutton, R. B., T. Hall, E. E. Anderson, H. S. Bridge, J. W. DeWire, L. S. Lavatelli, E. A. Long, T. Snyder, and R. W. Williams. (1947).
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Newacheck, R. L., Beaufait, L. J., & Anderson, E. E. (1957). Isotope Milker Supplies Ba from Parent Cs. Nucleonics. 15(5): 122.
408:: Anderson, Elda E. (1941). Low Energy Levels in the Atomic Spectra of Cobalt VII and Nickel VIII. University of Wisconsin—Madison.
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Anderson, Elda E. (1959). Assignment report on training course for health physicists. Bombay, India. November–December 1958.
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Zumwalt, L. R., Anderson, E. E., & Gethard, P. E. (1962). Fission Product Retention Characteristics of Certain (Th, U) C
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Anderson, Elda E. (1959). Assignment report on training course for health physicists. Bombay, India. November–December 1958.
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Moeller, D. W. (1972). History of the American Board of Health Physics. American Journal of Public Health. 62(2): 247–251.
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Editor. (April 19, 1961). Atom Bomb worker Dies, Dr. Elda Anderson. The Milwaukee Journal. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. p. 16.
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Morgan, K. Z. (1965). Graduate Programs for the Health Physicist in the United States. Health Physics. 11(9): 895–915.
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