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Oak Ridge Site Report 30,000 KiloWatt Prototype Partially Enriched Uranium Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated Nuclear Power Plant (open access)

Oak Ridge Site Report 30,000 KiloWatt Prototype Partially Enriched Uranium Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated Nuclear Power Plant

From introduction: "This report describes the selected site for a prototype nuclear plant, the reactor safety aspects for the site, the modified design of the plant, and estimate of the design and construction cost."
Date: March 1959
Creator: Kaiser Engineers
System: The UNT Digital Library
Savannah River Project Site Report: 30,000 KW Prototype Partically Enriched Uranium Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated Nuclear Power Plant for United States Atomic Energy Commission Idaho Operations Office (open access)

Savannah River Project Site Report: 30,000 KW Prototype Partically Enriched Uranium Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated Nuclear Power Plant for United States Atomic Energy Commission Idaho Operations Office

Report describing a modified prototype of a nuclear reactor that uses partially uranium-enriched fuel and is cooled by helium. The construction site, site safety aspects, and design and construction costs are included.
Date: March 1959
Creator: ACF Industries Incorporated. Nuclear Products - ERCO Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary Report of Design Criteria for a Thermal Flux Liquid Metal Package Loop in the Advanced Test Reactor (open access)

Summary Report of Design Criteria for a Thermal Flux Liquid Metal Package Loop in the Advanced Test Reactor

From introduction: "Report summarizing all work completed during the preparation of design criteria for thermal flux loop."
Date: March 1963
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Test Reactor Turbo Report (open access)

Advanced Test Reactor Turbo Report

From abstract: "The time-dependent behavior of the Advanced Test Reactor was calculated by the Babcock & Wilcox Company on the Philco 2000 computer, using the Turbo depletion program."
Date: January 1964
Creator: Turner, Robert A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Test Reactor Servo Regulator Rod Test Program (open access)

Advanced Test Reactor Servo Regulator Rod Test Program

From abstract: "Verify rod mechanism characteristics reported by the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, demonstrate that rod mechanism characteristics were compatible with reactor kinetics and that over-all reactor system behavior was stable, and to recommend system modifications needed for satisfactory performance."
Date: February 1964
Creator: Pickett, R. T., III
System: The UNT Digital Library
ICPP Waste Calcining Facility : Safety Analysis Report (open access)

ICPP Waste Calcining Facility : Safety Analysis Report

Report documenting a study "made of the radiological hazards associated with operation of the ICPP Waste Calcination Facility" and contains "[d]etails of the safety analysis and extensive information on the process, equipment, and operation procedures" (p. iii). Each section has its own pagination.
Date: December 1, 1963
Creator: Lakey, L. T. & Bower, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zirconium Processing Capability of the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (open access)

Zirconium Processing Capability of the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant

Report discussing a hydrofluoric acid dissolution process that allows the processing of zirconium- or Zircaloy-clad zirconium-uranium fuels.
Date: October 1964
Creator: Bower, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instrumentation and Control Practices in U.S.A. Reprocessing Plants (open access)

Instrumentation and Control Practices in U.S.A. Reprocessing Plants

Report surveying the "[i]nstrumentation and control practices at the Hanford Plant, the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, the Oak Ridge national Laboratory, and the Savannah River Plant" (p. iv).
Date: April 1965
Creator: Jobe, L. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Preliminary Report on the MTR Crystal Spectrometer (open access)

A Preliminary Report on the MTR Crystal Spectrometer

Report regarding the installation and testing of a neutron crystal spectrometer. This was part of a slide show presentation.
Date: April 25, 1955
Creator: Evans, J. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Quantitative Techniques of Scintillation Spectrometry as Applied to the Calibration of Standard Sources (open access)

The Quantitative Techniques of Scintillation Spectrometry as Applied to the Calibration of Standard Sources

Report presenting "the determination of absolute gamma emission rates for monoenergetic gamma emitters using a single-channel scintillation spectrometer. Examples are given for Cr⁵¹, Cs¹³⁷, Nb⁹⁵, and Zn⁶⁵. Sources of error are discussed and steps being taken to improve the accuracy of the method are described" (p. 1).
Date: April 25, 1955
Creator: Heath, R. L. & Schroeder, F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
MTR Technical Branch Quarterly Report, Third Quarter (open access)

MTR Technical Branch Quarterly Report, Third Quarter

Quarterly report for the technical branch of the Materials Testing Reactor of Idaho. Includes current developments and experiments.
Date: November 1, 1956
Creator: Conner, W. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Processing Instrumentation and Control Research Program (open access)

Chemical Processing Instrumentation and Control Research Program

Report regarding the chemical processing instrumentation designs and problems at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant.
Date: September 18, 1957
Creator: Schneider, Harry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design Bases for ICPP Waste Calcination Facility (open access)

Design Bases for ICPP Waste Calcination Facility

Report regarding a waste calcination unit that "will convert the fission product-containing aluminum nitrate solutions" "to granular alumina and fission product oxides" (p. 5).
Date: January 16, 1959
Creator: MacQueen, D. K. & Stevens, J. I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development Studies on Waste Storage Process (open access)

Research and Development Studies on Waste Storage Process

Report documenting "the determination of the thermal stability of various fission product oxides and nitrates, and an investigation of the gas phase decomposition of ruthenium tetroxide" (p. 4).
Date: May 19, 1961
Creator: Ortner, M. H.; Anderson, C. J. & Campbell, P. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feasibility Study, Optimum Partially Enriched Uranium, Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated for United States Atomic Energy Commission, Idaho Operations Office (open access)

Feasibility Study, Optimum Partially Enriched Uranium, Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated for United States Atomic Energy Commission, Idaho Operations Office

Report that contains "a preliminary design and feasibility studies of gas cooled, graphite moderated, nuclear power plants" (p. 1).
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: ACF Industries Incorporated. Nuclear Products - ERCO Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Completion Report for Contracts AT(10-1)-1054, AT(10-1)-1122 : Drilling, Casing and Cementing Observation Wells at the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho (open access)

Completion Report for Contracts AT(10-1)-1054, AT(10-1)-1122 : Drilling, Casing and Cementing Observation Wells at the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho

Report that "summarizes the costs, experience and results of contracts AT(10-1)-1054 and AT(10-1)-1122 for drilling, casing and cementing observation wells at the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho" (p. [11]).
Date: May 1, 1963
Creator: Keys, W. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1963 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1963

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: February 15, 1963
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: July 1 - September 30, 1964 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: July 1 - September 30, 1964

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: November 13, 1964
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1964 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1964

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: February 15, 1965
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1959 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1959

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile, low-power, nuclear power plant for Military field operation.
Date: July 31, 1959
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Neutron Absorption Alignment Chart (open access)

A Neutron Absorption Alignment Chart

From introduction: "Neutron absorption alignment chart for the measurement of neutron flux density."
Date: July 30, 1957
Creator: Nisle, Robert G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scintillation Spectrometry : Gamma-Ray Spectrum Catalogue (open access)

Scintillation Spectrometry : Gamma-Ray Spectrum Catalogue

Report presenting a collection of gamma spectra containing samples of the response of NaI(TI) scintillation detectors to a large number of the more frequently encountered radioactive nuclides.
Date: July 1, 1957
Creator: Heath, R. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of the Spert-I, -II, and -III reactor facilities (open access)

Summary of the Spert-I, -II, and -III reactor facilities

Report containing "[a] brief description and design data summary of each of the SPERT Reactor Facilities is presented. Engineering, operating, and physics data are tabulated for use as basic references" (p. 3)
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Montgomery, C. R.; Norberg, J. A. & Wilson, T. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Test Reactor Critical Facility Hazards Summary Report, Supplement I (open access)

Engineering Test Reactor Critical Facility Hazards Summary Report, Supplement I

Report that "is a supplement to IDO-16332, "The Engineering Test Reactor Critical Facility Hazards Summary Report", presenting information on the conduct in the Facility of certain experiments which are expected to be operated in the Engineering Test Reactor" (p. 3).
Date: January 24, 1958
Creator: deBoisblanc, D. R.; Burdick, Earl E. & DeBoer, T. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library