"The purpose of this report is to present a method for the solution by IBM machines of the non-linear equations which attempt to predict the kinetic behavior of the liquid-fuel Aircraft Reactor Experiment."

"The performance of the Model I electrostatic precipitator sampler in recent field and laboratory tests is described and discussed. Two of the four precipitator-bearing balloon flights during this interval reached the floating altitude of approximates 105,000 feet, and the precipitator operated efficiently on both. One sample was collected at the nominal design flowrate of approximates 100 cfm, and the second at approximates -200 cfm. Comparison of the deposition profiles of the stratospheric samples with those obtained under controlled conditions in the altitude chamber indicates that the field samples were collected with >90% efficiency. The laboratory tests also showed that the performance capability of the precipitator improves with increasing precipitator current, and with increasing altitude. One of the above balloon flights carried two Model A-I altimeters with recorder outputs. The two records were identical within plus or minus 250 feet. In addition, variations in altitude indications were consistent with the less sensitive aneroid barocoder measurements from the same flight. A revised Model A-I altimeter with a telemeterable output signal has been designed and constructed. The frequency of the signal is a function of the altitude. A preliminary design concept for a flowmeter with negligible flow resistance is described. It would utilize …

Extremely radioactive particles result from the abrasive wheel cutting of irradiated fuel elements in the cut-off cell located in the 327 Building. Due to the use of water during the cutting operation these particles are in suspension and must be removed before the liquid can be discharged to the liquid waste tanks in the 340 building. The filters presently employed in the cell total activity discharged to the 340 Building tanks is attributed to the particles which pass these filters. With the start-up of a new, larger cut-off cell the cutting is expected to increase considerably, thereby increasing the amount of radioactive cuttings requiring disposal. The installation of equipment which would more efficiently remove the suspended particles would (1) reduce the activity level of wastes disposed to ground, (2) reduce the radiation exposure level to drivers who truck the wastes to the 200 Area, and (3) prevent the forming of localized high radiation zones due to the deposition of particles in the waste line in the 327 Building.

Research at the University of California Radiation Laboratory has been directed toward the development of processes designed to recover plutonium and uranium from neutron-irradiated uranium. This report has been prepared in answer to requests for information by interested workers in the Atomic Energy programs. The material discussed herein represents the efforts of a sizable research group over several years, and summarizes both the current status of the investigation and the future program now contemplated.

Tests made on the Oy-Tu reacting assembly at Pajarito indicate that the lateral displacement of two halves of the active material within the assembly can be used as a control mechanism on this type of reacting assembly. This report describes a reacting assembly using a rotary control mechanism based on this principle and indicates the sensitivity of control possible with such a device.