Resource Type

Solidification of High-Level Radioactive Fuel Reprocessing Wastes by Spray and Pot Calcination: Hot-Cell Pilot Plant Studies (open access)

Solidification of High-Level Radioactive Fuel Reprocessing Wastes by Spray and Pot Calcination: Hot-Cell Pilot Plant Studies

Report regarding the calcination of full level Purex and Redox waste carried out "in a remotely operated pilot plant consisting of a radiant-heat spray calciner and a pot calciner and their associated off-gas equipment" (p. 4). This contains details of the calcination, effects on the waste, and difficulties encountered.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Allemann, R. T.; Roberts, F. P. & Upson, U. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Materials Testing Reactor Project Handbook (open access)

Materials Testing Reactor Project Handbook

The following handbook was made for the purpose of: (1) to give a semidetailed description of the testing reactor, and (2) to explain, in so far as possible, the reasons for the design.
Date: May 7, 1951
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Irradiation Performance of Thoria-Urania Fuel Materials: Quarterly Technical Report, Number 2, October - December 1964 (open access)

Irradiation Performance of Thoria-Urania Fuel Materials: Quarterly Technical Report, Number 2, October - December 1964

From introduction: "Complete exploitation of the advantages of thorium as a fertile material in thermal and particular resonant spectrum reactors has been inhibited by the lack of quantitative physical property data for thoria and thoria-urania fuels."
Date: October 1964
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering and Economic Feasibility Study for a Combination Nuclear Power and Desalting Plant: Phase 3 (open access)

Engineering and Economic Feasibility Study for a Combination Nuclear Power and Desalting Plant: Phase 3

From introduction: This report is an engineering and economic feasibility study of a combination power and desalting plant in Southern California.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Bechtel Corporation
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rico Energy Center Study: Executive Summary (open access)

Puerto Rico Energy Center Study: Executive Summary

From introduction: The scope of work of the study was to compile and analyze information on the resources and requirements of the southwestern, southeastern, and north-central coastal regions of the Commonwealth, and assess industrial and agricultural activities which in conjunction with the power and desalting plants, might comprise the energy center complex. The study was also to identify the need for any experimental, pilot or demonstration projects which benefit the practical application of the Energy Center concept in Puerto Rico.
Date: July 1970
Creator: Burns and Roe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rico Energy Center Study: Volume 1 (open access)

Puerto Rico Energy Center Study: Volume 1

From introduction: The scope of work of the study was to compile and analyze information on the resources and requirements of the southwestern, southeastern, and north-central coastal regions of the Commonwealth, and assess industrial and agricultural activities which in conjunction with the power and desalting plants, might comprise the energy center complex. The study was also to identify the need for any experimental, pilot or demonstration projects which benefit the practical application of the Energy Center concept in Puerto Rico.
Date: July 1970
Creator: Burns and Roe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rico Energy Center Study: Volume 2 (open access)

Puerto Rico Energy Center Study: Volume 2

From introduction: This report concerns nuclear power plant deployment in Puerto Rico.
Date: July 1970
Creator: Burns and Roe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Summary Report of the Gas-Cooled Reactor Experiment-1 (open access)

Final Summary Report of the Gas-Cooled Reactor Experiment-1

Report describing the Gas-Cooled Reactor test facility, its ongoing testing and evaluations of a test reactor, and its operating conditions and characteristics.
Date: October 1963
Creator: Chesworth, R. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Reactor Containment Technology: a Compilation of Current Practice in Analysis, Design, Construction, Test, and Operation, Volume 1 (open access)

U.S. Reactor Containment Technology: a Compilation of Current Practice in Analysis, Design, Construction, Test, and Operation, Volume 1

First volume of a compilation of information about reactor containment, written by experts from a variety of organizations.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Cottrell, William B. & Savolainen, A. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The High Intensity Food Irradiator: Report 17 (open access)

The High Intensity Food Irradiator: Report 17

From introduction: A thorough investigation, both experimental and theoretical was carried out on plaque type radiators. Five phases of the work are reported: preliminary design analysis, experimental measurements, computational program and analytical studies, followed by a general discussion of source design principles. The results are summarized in graphs and formulae which may be applied to other design requirements.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 1]: 306 Mw Power Reactor Conceptual Design (open access)

Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 1]: 306 Mw Power Reactor Conceptual Design

From introduction: In general, the objective of this study is to provide for the development of the conceptual design criteria for the most promising type of boiling water reactor and associated complete electrical generating plant consistent with a schedule calling for start of construction in July 1960.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Radiological Sciences Research and Development Annual Report for 1962 (open access)

Hanford Radiological Sciences Research and Development Annual Report for 1962

Report regarding ongoing research and development undertaken at Hanfdord Laboratories' physics and instruments laboratory and chemical laboratory.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Gamertsfelder, C. C. & Green, J. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: June 1, 1961 - September 1, 1961 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: June 1, 1961 - September 1, 1961

Report that summarizes multiple laboratories' reports on global fallout deposition. Reports include data on Strontium-90 deposition recorded by the Health and Safety Laboratory, data from other laboratories, related interpretive reports, and recent publications related to fallout.
Date: October 1, 1961
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.; Rivera, Joseph & Frankel, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Symposium on Developments in Irradiation Capsule Technology: Held at Pleasanton, California, May 3-5, 1966 (open access)

International Symposium on Developments in Irradiation Capsule Technology: Held at Pleasanton, California, May 3-5, 1966

Assembled papers regarding advances in irradiation capsule technology.
Date: March 1967
Creator: Hoffman, Donna R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development Activities in the Radiological Sciences, Physical Sciences Portion, January - December 1961 (open access)

Research and Development Activities in the Radiological Sciences, Physical Sciences Portion, January - December 1961

Report regarding ongoing research and development undertaken at Hanfdord Laboratories' physics and instruments laboratory and chemical laboratory.
Date: January 15, 1962
Creator: Junkins, R. L. & Brown, J. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical Chemistry Division Annual Progress Report for Period Ending November 15, 1964 (open access)

Analytical Chemistry Division Annual Progress Report for Period Ending November 15, 1964

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing progress and work conducted by the Analytical Chemistry Division. Instrumentation, analytical methods, reactor projects, service analysis, and special research is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Kelley, M. T.; Susano, C. D. & Fisher, D. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Environment of Amchitka Island, Alaska (open access)

The Environment of Amchitka Island, Alaska

Report on ecological investigations sponsored by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: September 1977
Creator: Merritt, Melvin Leroy & Fuller, Rueben Glen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: June 1961 (open access)

Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: June 1961

Report documenting the ongoing research and developments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Gas-Cooled Reactor Program.
Date: 1961
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: November 1957-January 1958 (open access)

Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: November 1957-January 1958

Report documenting the ongoing research and developments of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Homogeneous Reactor Project.
Date: February 15, 1958
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: November 1958-January 1959 (open access)

Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: November 1958-January 1959

Report documenting the ongoing research and developments of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Homogeneous Reactor Project.
Date: April 16, 1959
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report, February 28, 1962 (open access)

Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report, February 28, 1962

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing semiannual progress made by the Molten-Salt Reactor Program. Descriptions of design, construction, and experimental progress are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1962
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report, January 31, 1964 (open access)

Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report, January 31, 1964

Report containing ongoing projects and experiments undertaken by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Molten-Salt Reactor Program.
Date: July 1964
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report, July 31, 1963 (open access)

Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report, July 31, 1963

Report containing ongoing projects and experiments undertaken by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Molten-Salt Reactor Program.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Technology Division Annual Progress Report: for Period Ending May 31, 1963 (open access)

Chemical Technology Division Annual Progress Report: for Period Ending May 31, 1963

Report issued by Oak Ridge National Laboratory that describes research and progress at the Chemical Technology Division.
Date: September 20, 1963
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Chemical Technology Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library