Interim Report on Investigation of Dynamic Characteristics of Relays: June-July 1959 (open access)

Interim Report on Investigation of Dynamic Characteristics of Relays: June-July 1959

From scope of work: This report investigates the dynamic characteristics of sealed military type relays as affected by applied coil voltage and/or current, temperature, spring tension, contact force, contact overtravel, and mechanical clearances.
Date: September 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Determination of the Pressure Drop Through a Pebble Bed (open access)

Experimental Determination of the Pressure Drop Through a Pebble Bed

Abstract: "The pressure drop associated with the flow of air through a cylindrical bed of spherical pebbles has been investigated experimentally. The results of this investigation are reported here."
Date: September 1959
Creator: Randall, D. E. & Millwright, S. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Method of Calculating Boundary-Layer Thickness in Axisymmetric Nozzles with Laminar Hypersonic Flow (open access)

A Method of Calculating Boundary-Layer Thickness in Axisymmetric Nozzles with Laminar Hypersonic Flow

Abstract: "The excellent agreement between measured boundary layer thickness and thickness calculated by Sivells and Payne recommends their method for calculating turbulent boundary layer growth in axisymmetric hypersonic nozzles. It was thought worthwhile to adapt their approach to the laminar boundary layer. This analysis, along with a limited amount of corroborating data, is presented herein."
Date: October 1959
Creator: Johnson, Arlo F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pressure and Thermal Stresses at a Pipe Attachment to a Sphere (open access)

Pressure and Thermal Stresses at a Pipe Attachment to a Sphere

Abstract: Design nomographs and equations have been prepared for determining the bending stresses and hoop stresses at the junction of a cylinder and sphere when: (1) Internal pressure exists in the sphere and (2) There is a difference in average temperature between the cylinder and the sphere. A correlation of calculated stresses and photoelastically determined stresses for models with internal pressure is presented.
Date: September 21, 1959
Creator: Deagle, Lorenzo
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transistorized Log-Period Amplifier (open access)

Transistorized Log-Period Amplifier

Abstract: A log-period amplifier which is combined with power supply on a rack-mounted chassis with a 7-in. panel is described.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Wade, E. J. & Davidson, D. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Problems of Obtaining Thermonuclear Temperatures (open access)

Problems of Obtaining Thermonuclear Temperatures

This report discusses the problem of obtaining thermonuclear temperatures as part of reaching a controlled fusion reaction for fusion power. Tables covering radiation losses and thermonuclear reaction rates are included. Talk before JCAEC in Washington, D. C.
Date: January 29, 1958
Creator: Post, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Li⁶ and Li⁷ (n. 2n) Cross Sections at 14.1 Mev (open access)

Li⁶ and Li⁷ (n. 2n) Cross Sections at 14.1 Mev

Abstract: "An absolute measurement of the 14.1-Mev (n, 2n) cross sections of Li-6 and Li-7 has been made using the large scintillator technique, resulting in cross sections in barns of 0.070 +/- 0.006 and 0.056 +/- 0.005 for Li-6 and Li-7, respectively."
Date: May 29, 1958
Creator: Ashby, V. J.; Catron, H. C.; Newkirk, Lester L.; Taylor, C. J. & Williamson, M. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment Progress Report: August-October 1956 (open access)

Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment Progress Report: August-October 1956

Report describing technical progress on the design and construction of an Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment (OMRE), to be operated at the National Reactor Testing Station in Arco, Idaho. "This is the second report of the series, and covers the period from August 1, 1956 through October 31, 1956" (p. 3).
Date: November 15, 1957
Creator: Trilling, C. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Physics Report: January-March 1958 (open access)

Health Physics Report: January-March 1958

Summary: A Laboratory operating and policy guide was issued which requires that all new KAPL, KAPL subcontractor, and AEC contractor personnel receive an indoctrination in radiation protection before beginning work at the Laboratory.
Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
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
Reactor Shielding Design Manual (open access)

Reactor Shielding Design Manual

The purpose of this manual is to help an engineer or scientist to design a practical shield by making available to them the techniques and data developed by the Naval Reactors Program and Pressurized Water Reactor Program.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Rockwell, Theodore, III
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
A 37,500 KW Power Reactor with Competitive Possibilities (open access)

A 37,500 KW Power Reactor with Competitive Possibilities

The following report follows the study on economics of nuclear power generation using a light water reactor.
Date: February 26, 1954
Creator: Thompson, W. I. & Cohen, Karl
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim report on exploration of the Jo Dandy area, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Interim report on exploration of the Jo Dandy area, Montrose County, Colorado

Interim report regarding an exploration of the Jo Dandy area, Montrose County, Colorado. Concerns work done on the behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: March 1953
Creator: Vogel, J. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Results of exploration at Lost Creek schroeckingerite deposit, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, July 1951-February 1952: an interim report (open access)

Results of exploration at Lost Creek schroeckingerite deposit, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, July 1951-February 1952: an interim report

"his interim report presents the grade and tonnage data collected during exploration at the Lost Creek schroeckingerite deposit, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Between July 1951 and February 1952. Discussions of he geologic results of exploration (lithology, mineralogy, structure, origin, etc.) are not included in this report and consequently the detailed lithology and structure have been omitted from the illustrations (figs. 1-7)"
Date: July 1952
Creator: Sheridan, Douglas M.; Collier, John T. & Sears, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Location of Orbital Axis in Table-Top Stellarator (open access)

Location of Orbital Axis in Table-Top Stellarator

This report discusses what effects the shift of an orbital axis relative to the center of the table-top stellarator tube as well as the magnitude of these effects.
Date: June 9, 1952
Creator: Spitzer, Lyman, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Plasma Oscillations on the Table-Top Model (open access)

Effect of Plasma Oscillations on the Table-Top Model

The following report describe the effect of plasma oscillations using a table-top model and the probable magnitude of the quantities needed to reach complete ionization.
Date: July 31, 1952
Creator: Spitzer, Lyman, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Note of the Function of the Aquadag in the Stellarator (open access)

Note of the Function of the Aquadag in the Stellarator

The following report introduces the aquadag, a part of the stellarator with the purposes to prevent the non-uniform accumulation of electrostatic charges on the walls of the stellerator and to free the electrons of the stellerator and provide accelerations, achieving a uniform field distribution.
Date: January 14, 1953
Creator: Witten, Louis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, May 29, 1959 (open access)

Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, May 29, 1959

From Abstract: "This report is one of a sequence of quarterly reports, each designed to up-date its predecessor beginning with HASL-42, "Environmental Contamination from Weapon Tests". Herein are presented data which have accrued since HASL-55. Levels of strontinum-90 in fallout, milk, air, water, vegetation, foods, and bone are given, based on data available from February 1, 1959 to May 20, 1959."
Date: May 29, 1959
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr. & Klein, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Spectrophotometric Determination of Boron in Plutonium Using an Oxalate Separation (open access)

The Spectrophotometric Determination of Boron in Plutonium Using an Oxalate Separation

An improved method for the determination of boron in plutonium is reported. Precipitation of plutonium (III) acid oxalate prior to color development with curcumin results in increased precision, greater speed, and lower costs. Results are presented of a statistical study involving all variables.
Date: June 25, 1953
Creator: Newell, Donald M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Shielding of Mobile Reactors - [Part] 2 (open access)

The Shielding of Mobile Reactors - [Part] 2

From abstract: "The methods of applying results of bulk-shielding measurements to the design of reactor shields is outlined. Geometrical transformations for the more common shapes are derived, as are approximate means of calculating leakage of radiation. As an illustration of the methods, the ORNL Lid Tanks and Bulk Shielding Facility data are transformed to a standard geometry and compared. Two direct calculations of water attenuation, using cross sections described in the previous article, are finally compared with the experimental data."
Date: June 30, 1952
Creator: Blizard, E. P. & Welton, T. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending December 10, 1951 (open access)

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending December 10, 1951

This quarterly progress report details the ongoing research and experiments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project. The first part of this report discusses reactor theory and design. The second part of this report is not included. The third part of this report discusses materials research. The fourth part of this report includes appendixes
Date: March 6, 1952
Creator: Briant, R. C. & Cottrell, W. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sigma Plug Welding of Spun-Over Fuel Cans (open access)

Sigma Plug Welding of Spun-Over Fuel Cans

Summary: Purpose of the investigation is to improve the peripheral welding of the brazed joint at the top of aluminum-sheathed fuel slugs by forming the can over the top of the cap and welding the resulting center opening. This investigation looked at the applicability of the inert-gas-shielded, consumable electrode process, using commercially available equipment, for producing a weld closure in spun-over fuel cans. Using commercially available sigma welding equipment, no practical combination of welding conditions was found which resulted in satisfactory leak-tight closures in spun-over canned fuel slugs. It is recommended that plug welding of spun-over closures by the sigma welding process be dismissed from consideration for start-up at the Savannah River Plant.
Date: 1952
Creator: Winsor, F. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Simple Leak Detector for Tritium (open access)

A Simple Leak Detector for Tritium

From abstract: "An ionization chamber of the integrating type was built that could detect a tritium leak rate of 10[^-13] cc per second within a few minutes, after a gas-collecting period of 16 hours. Electronic circuitry was avoided by using a quartz fiber voltmeter to indicate the rate of discharge of the chamber."
Date: January 1957
Creator: Colvin, D. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary Report on Thorium Metal Quality for Production Reactor Use (open access)

Summary Report on Thorium Metal Quality for Production Reactor Use

From abstract: "Background material leading to the development of the metal quality of reactor-grade thorium is given. The metal should be sound and of uniform hardness, free of internal cracks and inclusions, and corrosion resistant. It should contain only small amounts of natural uranium, thorium oxide, and elements that act as reactor poisons. Because of their effect upon metal quality, various methods for the production of thorium are discussed. Use of consumable electrode arc melting as the final step has contributed much to the production of thorium of excellent quality for reactor use."
Date: July 1958
Creator: Hayes, Edgar E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library