SCAPIN-1055: APPLICATION FOR CONVERSION OF NISSAN KAGAKU, WAKAYAMA PLANT TO PRODUCTION OF NITROGENOUS FERTILIZER
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
8 July 1946
AG 095
(8 Jul 46)
ESS
(SCAPIN - 1055)
| MEMORANDUM FOR | Imperial Japanese Government |
|---|---|
| THROUGH | Central Liaison Office |
| SUBJECT | Application for Conversion of Nissan Kagaku, Wakayama Plant, to Production of Nitrogenous Fertilizer. |
1. Reference is made to the following memoranda:
a. Memorandum from Imperial Japanese Government to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, C.L.O. No. 2850 (ECI), dated 13 June 1948, subject, "Application for Conversion of Nissan Kagaku, Wakayama Plant, for Production Nitrogenous Fertilizer."
b. Memorandum to Imperial Japanese Government from General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, AG 464.6 (17 May 46) ESS/IN (SCAPIN 962), subject: "Production, Distribution, and Use of Fertilizers."
2. Application made in the memorandum referred to in paragraph 1a, above is approved in part for production of ammonium sulfate at a rate of approximately 20,000 metric tons per year.
3. The following portion of the Wakayama Plant of Nissan Kagaku is placed on the list of plants approved for nitrogenous fertilizer production, as set forth in the memorandum referred to in paragraph 1b, above:
a. Electric power line, receiving apparatus, transformers, and accessories for same (capacity 15,000 kilowatts).
b. Water electrolysis units consisting of the following pieces of apparatus:
(1) 4 Secondary transformers and mercury rectifiers with accessories (total capacity 1,300 kilowatts).
(2) 240 Electrolytic cells (capacity 8 cubic meters hydrogen per hour each).
(3) 3 Paradium type gas purifiers and one 5,000 cubic meter hydrogen gas holder.
(4) 1 Water distillation plant (vacuum, three-stage).
c. 1 air separating unit with accessories (capacity 1,000 cubic meters Nitrogen per hour), including one 1,000 cubic meter nitrogen holder.
d. 2 ammonia synthesis units with accessories, including 2 compressors, 3 gas circulating pumps, and one 10,000 cubic meter gas holder.
e. 2 ammonium sulfate manufacturing units consisting of 2 saturators (capacity 30 metric tons per day) and 2 centrifugal separators.
f. One steam boiler (capacity 150 metric tons per day) with piping system.
g. Existing wells and piping system for water supply.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
/s/ R. Y. Hersey
for /t/ JOHN B. COOLEY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.
MEMO FOR RECORD: (SCAPIN - 1055)
ESS/IN JZR/CDH/aeb
1. Memo from IJG through C.L.C. GIIQ, SCAP, CLO No. 2850 (ECI), dated 13 June 1946, subject, "Application for Production of Nitrogenous Fertilizer," forwards the application of Nissan Kagaku, in which it is requested that their Wakayama Plant be placed on the list of plants approved for production of ammonium sulfate, as set forth in Memo to IJG from GHQ, SCAP, AG 454.6 (17 May 46) ESS/IN (SCAPIN 962), subject, Production, Distribution, and Use of Fertilizers."
2. Inspection of the plant on 18 June 1948 by members of the Chemical Industries Branch of the Industrial Division (Major Purl, Lt. (jg) Hunt, Lt. Sprague, and Sgt. Osipow) disclosed that the plan of conversion is divided into two stages, the first leading to a production level of 20,00 metric tons per year, and the second adding another 20,000 metric tons per year.
a. Production at the first level will probably commence in early August of this year, and all equipment for this stage is either on hand or on order and nearing completion. The ammonium sulfate produced according to this first plan will fill a short-range need, without the use of any critical raw materials; hence the first stage of conversion is approved.
b. The second stage of conversion, however, will not be completed until early in 1947. In view of the fact that the equipment ordered for this by Nissan Kagaku Co. can be used to increase production in plants now on the approved list of nitrogenous fertilizer producers, the second stage of conversion is disapproved. This disapproval is consistent with one of the chief objectives of the Fertilizer Directive, concentrating long range production efforts on a relatively small number of efficient producers.
3. By Memo through CLO, IJG is advised that application of Nissan Kagaku Co. for conversion of their Wakayama plant of ammonium sulfate production is approved in part.
a. Conversion is to proceed according to the plan of producing at a rate of approximately 20,000 metric tons per year. A list of the equipment approved for conversion is specified, and that portion of the plant is placed on the approved list of nitrogenous fertilizer producers.
4. Military surveillance of the plant in question will be undertaken by Eighth Army in accordance with the instructions previously issued for the Fertilizer Directive referred to in paragraph (1) above.
5. No concurrence is required.
J. Z. R.
