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The Beta-Gamma Surface Dosage Rate from Natural Uranium (open access)

The Beta-Gamma Surface Dosage Rate from Natural Uranium

From summary: "Report discussing the beta-gamma dosage rate at the surface of a natural uranium disc. Measurements were taken using a Ryerson electrometer and an extrapolation ionization chamber."
Date: August 22, 1949
Creator: Kalmon, Ben
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radiation Damage in Boron Carbide (open access)

Radiation Damage in Boron Carbide

From introduction: "Report describing the study of radiation damage in boron carbide with an integrated thermal neutron flux of 3x10^20 neutrons/cm² in the Materials Testing Reactor (MTR)."
Date: August 18, 1953
Creator: Tucker, Charles W., Jr. & Senio, Peter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fabrication of Subassemblies for the Supercritical-Water Reactor (open access)

The Fabrication of Subassemblies for the Supercritical-Water Reactor

In studies of the fabrication of fuel subassemblies for the supercritical-water reactor, the limited ductility of stainless steel-UOâ‚‚ fuel sheet made the fabrication of corrugated-flat-plate-type subassemblies impractical. A fabricable MTR-type assembly, 5/8 in. square and 30 in. long, was developed. Methods for edge cladding fuel sheet were developed and a brazing alloy, GE-75, was found to be corrosion resistant in supercritical water.
Date: August 16, 1954
Creator: Keeler, J. R. & Hare, Alan W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energetic Neutral Injection into Thermonuclear Machines (open access)

Energetic Neutral Injection into Thermonuclear Machines

Abstract: "A scheme is discussed in which D+ ions would be accelerated to about 100 kev in a conventional accelerator, then be sent through a gas target frmo which about half the ions would emerge neutral with very little scattering or energy loss; the neutral beam would then cross into a magnetic field and part of the atoms would be ionized and trapped by colliding with the already trapped ions. The smallest mirror machine with a central field of 30-40 kilogauss, 2;1 mirror ratio and β = 01 to 0.5 that would trap most of the neutral beam in the steady state, would be about a meter in diameter and require the order of hundreds of amperes of D+ ions into the neutralizer. The smallest stellerator with a field of 30 kilogauss and β = 0.1 that would trap most of the neutral beam would be about a meter long and require about 10 amperes of D+ ions. A preliminary mirror machine experiment that might be done using the 1/2-ampere, 100-kev D+ beam from the UCRL spare MTA injector is discussed. A method of starting these machine is discussed."
Date: August 10, 1955
Creator: Lauer, Eugene J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Distribution of Uranium at Low Acid : Low Uranium Concentrations into 4-1/2 Percent TBP-AMSCO (open access)

Distribution of Uranium at Low Acid : Low Uranium Concentrations into 4-1/2 Percent TBP-AMSCO

Report wherein acid free uranyl nitrate hexahydrate was distributed into 4-1/2 percent TBP-Amsco 125-90W and combined with various concentrations of acid in order to study the distribution of uranium and hydrolysis effects.
Date: August 23, 1956
Creator: Andelin, Robert L.; Anderson, Edward L. & McVey, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nomograms for the Area Analysis of Neutron Self-Indication and Transmission Measurements (open access)

Nomograms for the Area Analysis of Neutron Self-Indication and Transmission Measurements

Abstract: An IBM-650 computer has been used to calculate series terms required for the area analysis of Doppler-broadened neutron cross section resonances according to the formulation of G. M. Roe.
Date: August 22, 1957
Creator: Morgan, E. L. & Yeater, M. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maintenance of ETR Coolant (open access)

Maintenance of ETR Coolant

Report describing the maintenance system in place for the coolant system of an Engineering Test Reactor (ETR).
Date: August 15, 1958
Creator: Haas, F. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential Applications of Nuclear Energy in a Marine Environment (open access)

Potential Applications of Nuclear Energy in a Marine Environment

Introduction: In January 1959, Stanford Research Institute was asked by the Office of Maritime Reactors, Division of Reactor Development, of the United States Atomic Energy Commission to identify potential applications of nuclear energy in a marine environment, excluding those involving standard commercial surface ships and direct defense applications, and to conduct a preliminary evaluation of these applications in order to determine which ones appeared most feasible for early implementation.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Duckstad, Eric E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: February-April 1959 (open access)

Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: February-April 1959

Report documenting the ongoing research and developments of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Homogeneous Reactor Project.
Date: August 8, 1959
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
300,000-KWE SGR Nuclear Power Plant of Current Technology (open access)

300,000-KWE SGR Nuclear Power Plant of Current Technology

Abstract: This report describes a 300,000-kwe, sodium-cooled, graphite-moderated nuclear power plant based on existing technical information.
Date: August 1, 1960
Creator: Renard, J.; Peckinpaugh, C. L. & Aronstein, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazards Summary Report for the Hanford Plutonium Critical Mass Laboratory (open access)

Hazards Summary Report for the Hanford Plutonium Critical Mass Laboratory

Report that summarizes the potential hazards of the Hanford Critical Mass Laboratory and presents operation procedures which will limit the probability of a nuclear accident. The report also outlines the planned experimental program, descriptions of the facility, and the administration of nuclear safety in the laboratory.
Date: August 1, 1960
Creator: Reardon, W. A.; Clayton, E. D.; Brown, C. L.; Masterson, R. H.; Powell, T. J.; Richey, C. R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculated Equilibrium Distributions for the Uranyl Nitrate - Tributyl Phosphate - Dilute Nitric Acid System for Temperatures Between 25 and 75 C (open access)

Calculated Equilibrium Distributions for the Uranyl Nitrate - Tributyl Phosphate - Dilute Nitric Acid System for Temperatures Between 25 and 75 C

Report discussing the "equilibrium uranium distribution between an aqueous nitric acid solution and a 30 per cent by volume solution of tributyl phosphate in a hydrocarbon diluent" (p. 2). This includes the necessary equations.
Date: August 12, 1960
Creator: Wilburn, N. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dissolution of Power Reactor Fuel Cores (open access)

Dissolution of Power Reactor Fuel Cores

Report discussing the dissolution of simulated fuel cores. Equipment and procedures are discussed along with significant characteristics of the core materials.
Date: August 26, 1960
Creator: Blaine, H. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Safeguards Summary Report for the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility (open access)

Final Safeguards Summary Report for the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility

Summary: This report contains a description of the final design of the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility (PNPF); an outline of the test and operating procedures, and the organization and responsibilities; and a summary of the hazards and safeguards analyses that have been conducted to evaluate the safety of the facility operations.
Date: August 1, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1961 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1961

Report regarding the ongoing research and development related to the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program. Includes status and progress of the program's projects, experiments, and data evaluations.
Date: August 10, 1961
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculated Costs of Fabrication of Plutonium-Enriched Fuel Elements (open access)

Calculated Costs of Fabrication of Plutonium-Enriched Fuel Elements

Report regarding the study of the calculated costs of fabricating plutonium-enriched fuel elements for Hanford Laboratories' Plutonium Recycle Program. Topics include descriptions of the process, design study of plants that use U235 and plutonium enriched fuel, and estimates of costs.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Hanthorn, H. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consolidated Nuclear Steam Generator for Merchant Ship Application: A Conceptual Design (open access)

Consolidated Nuclear Steam Generator for Merchant Ship Application: A Conceptual Design

Report concerning the economic feasibility of pressurized water reactors for use aboard merchant ships. This includes conceptual designs and work remaining for the future of a Pressurized Water Reactor.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-Reactor Monitoring of Zircaloy-2 Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Pressure Tubes: Part 2, May and June, 1962 (open access)

In-Reactor Monitoring of Zircaloy-2 Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Pressure Tubes: Part 2, May and June, 1962

Report containing the results of a two year program wherein the 85 zircaloy-2 pressure tubes in Hanford Laboratories' Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor (PRTR) were monitored. Experimental procedures and results are described.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Doman, D. R. & Pankaskie, P. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Superheat Quarterly Project Report: Eleventh Quarter, January-March 1962 (open access)

Nuclear Superheat Quarterly Project Report: Eleventh Quarter, January-March 1962

From introduction: "This is the eleventh of a series of quarterly reports which will cover the progress and results from the conceptual design, economic evaluations and research and development work performed by the General Electric Company as part of the Nuclear Superheat Project."
Date: August 1962
Creator: Pennington, R. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Second Refueling of Core I of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station (open access)

The Second Refueling of Core I of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

"This report tells the lessons learned from the second refueling of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station."
Date: August 1962
Creator: Center, C. E.; Feinroth, Herbert & Yingling, J. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Stress Testing of Beryllium Oxide Moderator Shapes (open access)

Thermal Stress Testing of Beryllium Oxide Moderator Shapes

Abstract: Perforated BeO plates were thermal shock tested to evaluate the effect of: (1) localized temperature variations adjacent to the perforations, and (2) radial gradients across the entire plate.
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Sujata, H. L.; King, M. & Waters, F. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capsule Irradiation of Unalloyed Uranium at High Temperatures (open access)

Capsule Irradiation of Unalloyed Uranium at High Temperatures

Abstract: Cast and Wrought specimens and restrained wrought specimens of unalloyed uranium were irradiated in the Materials Testing Reactor, as the first in a series of experiments to develop fuel materials for sodium cooled reactors.
Date: August 15, 1962
Creator: Harrington, D. G. & Newton, J. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1962 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1962

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: August 17, 1962
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Safety Program Semiannual Progress Report: for Period Ending June 30, 1962 (open access)

Nuclear Safety Program Semiannual Progress Report: for Period Ending June 30, 1962

Report that describes the research and developments of the Nuclear Safety Research and Development Program of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Date: August 24, 1962
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library