Welding Plutonium-Containing Fuel Elements (open access)

Welding Plutonium-Containing Fuel Elements

Report discussing the manual and automatic welding techniques for fuel elements containing plutonium with Zircaloy-2 aluminum, and stainless steel cladding, 0.013 to 0.0889 cm (0.005 to 0.350 in.) thick" (p. 3).
Date: June 1964
Creator: Lemon, L. C.; Ross, W. T. & Bailey, W. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heat Transfer Calculations for the PRTR Pressurized Gas-Cooled Loop Facility (open access)

Heat Transfer Calculations for the PRTR Pressurized Gas-Cooled Loop Facility

A series of calculations are described which evaluated the heat transfer and fluid flow aspects of the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Pressurized Gas-Loop Facility.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Muraoka, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Evaluation of a 300-Mw(e) Supercritical Pressure Power Reactor (open access)

Economic Evaluation of a 300-Mw(e) Supercritical Pressure Power Reactor

Report describing a 300-Mw(e) Supercritical Pressure Power Reactor's facilities, physics, economics, and problems encountered during its development. Appendix begins on page 103.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Harty, H.; Regimbal, J. J.; Toyoda, K. G. & Widrig, R. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallographic Study of the Annealing Behavior of Aluminum-Silicon Eutectic Alloy (open access)

Metallographic Study of the Annealing Behavior of Aluminum-Silicon Eutectic Alloy

This purpose of this report is to establish a means of determining the mean effective temperature at which any specimen of Al-Si had been annealed.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Todd, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Martensitic Reaction for Uranium (open access)

A Martensitic Reaction for Uranium

Series of isothermal transformation studies for improvement in fabrication and reactor performance of uranium fuel elements.
Date: June 25, 1957
Creator: Bement, A. L. & Wallace, W. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Alpha, Beta, Gamma Hand and Shoe Counter - Model 2 (open access)

An Alpha, Beta, Gamma Hand and Shoe Counter - Model 2

Experimental combination hand and shoe counter redesign as a compact, simplified, register readout instrument no larger than the present Five-Fold called Model 2.
Date: June 2, 1958
Creator: Spear, W. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on Design Tests PR-50 and PR-51: Reactor Piping Seal Testing and Reactor Piping Structural Integrity (open access)

Final Report on Design Tests PR-50 and PR-51: Reactor Piping Seal Testing and Reactor Piping Structural Integrity

A test program conducted to develop high integrity piping and seal components for Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor installation. Methods of preventing leakage of costly D2O coolant and maintaining operational safety were investigated.
Date: June 26, 1959
Creator: Jackson, P. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Model Concept for Large Nuclear Reactors (open access)

A New Model Concept for Large Nuclear Reactors

Report regarding the computer assisted model for a large nuclear reactor. This includes formulas and relevant procedures.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Harvey, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Graphite Burnout Monitoring: Part 1, Monitor Preparation and Handling Techniques (open access)

Graphite Burnout Monitoring: Part 1, Monitor Preparation and Handling Techniques

Report that describes graphite oxidation monitors and their proper storage and handling, as well as the losses encountered when moving the monitors between the laboratory and the reactor.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Ryan, B. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thin Wall Tubing Tests Using Ultrasonic Shear Waves: Part 2 - Production Test Equipment, Its Operation and Test Results (open access)

Thin Wall Tubing Tests Using Ultrasonic Shear Waves: Part 2 - Production Test Equipment, Its Operation and Test Results

Report describing Hanford Laboratories' second report regarding thin wall tubing tests. This part covers "the production [of] test equipment developed, its operation, and test results" (p. 2).
Date: June 30, 1964
Creator: Zeutschel, M. F. & Dixon, N. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library