Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mining costs and methods of uranium ores in Colorado. As stated in the introduction, "this report describes the relatively small-scale operations of the Salt Wash miner: the mining methods followed, the equipment used, and the production costs" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing materials surveys conducted on mercury. As stated in the foreword, "the surveys dealing with metals and minerals summarize the demand-supply position in the United States and include information on production, imports, consumption, exports, substitutes, and pertinent history" (p. v). This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.

Systematic account of the results of a survey made in 1936 and 1937 to aid supervision of the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

"The preliminary design of a 3095-Mw(thermal), helium-cooled, graphite- moderated reactor employing sign conditions, 1500 deg F reactor outlet gas would be circulated to eight steam generators to produce 1050 deg F, 1450-psi steam which would be converted to electrical power in eight 157-Mw(electrical) turbine- generators. The over-all efficiency of this nuclear power station is 36.5%. The significant activities released from the unclad graphite-UO₂ fuel appear to be less than 0.2% of those produced and would be equivalent to 0.002 curie/ cm/ sup 3/ in the primary helium circuit. The maintenance problems associated with this contamination level are discussed. A cost analysis indicates that the capital cost of this nuclear station per electrical kilowatt would be around 0, and that the production cost of electrical power would be 7.8 mills/kwhr" (p. iii).

From Preface: "This Bulletin provides a permanent record of the operation of an experimental alumina plant by the Bureau of Mines at Laramine, Wyo. The broad purpose of this experimental program was to appraise the technologic and economic feasibility of producing aluminum from nonbauxitic ores."

Report containing reports from the Physics Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory that cover a wide variety of subjects.

A report about the stress analysis and elasticity literature that reveals considerable progress has been made in providing an analytical procedure for the structural design of components in the form of perforated plates.

From introduction: This report summarizes existing subsurface data concerning the thickness, character, and structure of upper Permian evaporites in part of Eddy County, N. Mex. The area of particular interest lies in central eastern Eddy County between Project Gnome site, in the center of sec.

Classical polarography and voltammetry with other electrodes are discussed . 189 references taken from literature between mid-1957 and mid-to-late 1959 is surveyed.

At the present time, plants in the 100-500Mv size range are more numerous and carry the greatest portion (over 50%) of the total steam-electric plant load in the U.S. utilities industry. The contribution of plants of over 1,000-Mv capacity is increasing more rapidly than any other size clarification and at present represents about 10% of the total capacity. By 1962 the TVA will have six plants with capacities of over 1,000-Mv. The largest steam-electric plant in the U.S. is the TVA plant at Kingston, Tenn., with a nameplate capacity of 1,440-Mv. Turbine-generator units are also following a trend of ever-increasing size. In present construction, the 150-200 Mv size range for units is the most common and represents the greatest contribution to capacity. Two units of 500-Mv nameplate rating each, the largest in the U.S., are on order by the TVA, and an 800 Mv unit is contemplated.

The purpose of this program is to summarize and evaluate the potential usefulness of in situ tracers, design and construct prototypes of large low-level soft beta counters for industrial application, especially of such isotopes as carbon-14 and tritium, and design and construct a prototype of a large low-level liquid scintillation detector for use vi the process gamma counting.

"This bibliography lists selected articles on beryllium which have appeared in journals received in the library of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, California and articles, reports, and books which have appeared in the following abstracting services between January, 1958 and August 1959."

A bibliography of reports that pertain to geology, mineralogy, chemistry of uranium or thorium, beryllium, lithium, and other rare elements of interest in the atomic energy program.

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over tungsten deposits of Arizona. Characteristics of the tungsten deposits are discussed. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.

This report was prepared at the request of the Subcommittee on Radiochemistry of the Committee on Nuclear Science of the National Research Council as a contribution to a proposed master file on the radiochemistry of all the elements. All known material on the radiochemistry of thorium is included in this report.