Establishing Site X: Letter, Arthur H. Compton to Enrico Fermi, September 14, 1942 (open access)

Establishing Site X: Letter, Arthur H. Compton to Enrico Fermi, September 14, 1942

This letter from Compton to Fermi describes developments bearing on the establishment of ``site X`` (which, as of the letter date, is definitely determined as at the Tennessee Valley) for the construction of a pile and associated pilot plant buildings, describes the situation as of the letter date, and offers counsel as to how to proceed.
Date: September 14, 1942
Creator: Compton, A. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Engineer Work technical progress letter No. 14, October 6--October 12 (open access)

Hanford Engineer Work technical progress letter No. 14, October 6--October 12

This barely legible document contains information on slug testing results and autoclave performance. Reactor physics, corrosion, chemistry and instrument development are also discussed.
Date: October 14, 1944
Creator: Bugbee, S. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS OF PLUTONYL NITRATE AND PLUTONIUM OXALATE (open access)

DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS OF PLUTONYL NITRATE AND PLUTONIUM OXALATE

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Date: November 14, 1944
Creator: Moulton, G.H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
THE PREPARATION OF UF$sub 6$ FROM UF$sub 4$ AND O$sub 2$ (open access)

THE PREPARATION OF UF$sub 6$ FROM UF$sub 4$ AND O$sub 2$

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Date: November 14, 1944
Creator: Fried, S. & Davidson, N.R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of observed and calculated flattening at 105-D (open access)

Comparison of observed and calculated flattening at 105-D

The total power output of a unit may be represented by the power output of the most productive tube or tubes multiplied by a quantity designated as the ``number of effective tubes.`` The number of effective tubes observed at 105-D under two different arrangements of poisoned columns has been compared with values of this quantity calculated from theory. It was found that in each case the observed number of effective tubes was about 5% less than the ideal number obtainable by an optimum arrangement of the poison. In the case in which two poisoned columns in the pile took up 110 ih it was found that the loss consisted of 2% due to the necessary presence of a control rod in the pile and 3% due to the fact that the actual arrangement of the poison was not the optimum one. In the case in which a single, off center, poison column took up 60 ih, it was found that very little of the loss was due to the presence of the control rod and almost all of it was due to the eccentric position of the P-column. As a further result of this study, it was found that, apart …
Date: February 14, 1945
Creator: Gast, P. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Work Completed at Yale on AAA Pitchblende Ore. Progress Report Covering the Period April 2 to May 11, 1945 (open access)

Work Completed at Yale on AAA Pitchblende Ore. Progress Report Covering the Period April 2 to May 11, 1945

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Date: May 14, 1945
Creator: Miller, E.; Wibbels, H. & Yeager, H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A System of Methods for the Spectrochemical Analysis of Uranium-Base Materials (open access)

A System of Methods for the Spectrochemical Analysis of Uranium-Base Materials

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Date: September 14, 1945
Creator: Scribner, B. F. & Mullin, H. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of stainless steel thimbles on pile reactivity (open access)

Effect of stainless steel thimbles on pile reactivity

Failure of a vertical safety rod thimble at 105-B has led to consideration of a stainless steel (SS) thimble as replacement. 1/16 in. SS would result in 4% loss in control power of that safety rod. If all thimbles were replaced by 1/16 in. SS, there would be a reactivity loss of 790 ih.
Date: December 14, 1945
Creator: Marshall, L. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Identification of the by-Products From the Reaction of Tuballoy Trioxide With Hexachloropropene. Summary Report (open access)

The Identification of the by-Products From the Reaction of Tuballoy Trioxide With Hexachloropropene. Summary Report

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Date: December 14, 1945
Creator: McBee, E. T. & Evans, L. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary Report on Determination on Non-Volatile Matter in Tuballoy Tetrachloride (open access)

Summary Report on Determination on Non-Volatile Matter in Tuballoy Tetrachloride

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Date: December 14, 1945
Creator: McBee, E.T.; DeVries, T. & Rothrock, G.M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
THE REACTION OF HEXACHLOROPROPYLENE WITH METALLIC OXIDES (open access)

THE REACTION OF HEXACHLOROPROPYLENE WITH METALLIC OXIDES

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Date: January 14, 1946
Creator: Pitt, B. M.; Wagner, E. L. & Miller, A. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
100 Areas: (For Technical Progress Letter No. 101), June 4--10 (open access)

100 Areas: (For Technical Progress Letter No. 101), June 4--10

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Date: June 14, 1946
Creator: Jordan, W. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress (A-1) Report for Month of May 1946 (open access)

Progress (A-1) Report for Month of May 1946

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Date: June 14, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method for Measuring Fast Decay of a Near Critical Assembly (open access)

Method for Measuring Fast Decay of a Near Critical Assembly

This paper contains a description of the apparatus and theories of the methods successfully used for determining the fast decay periods of near-critical assemblies. The methods described are: (1) the modulation method and (2) the delayed coincidence or Rossi method
Date: July 14, 1946
Creator: Woodward, W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Columbia River temperature survey at Hanford Engineer Works. Final report (open access)

Columbia River temperature survey at Hanford Engineer Works. Final report

It was agreed during a meeting on July 10, 1945, investigation should be made to determine how fast and in what fashion the temperature of the effluent water from the 100 Areas is dissipated in the Columbia River. A preliminary report on these investigation was issued March 1, 1946: it discussed the testing techniques developed and the results of a survey made at the 100-B Area. Following a review of the data and tentative conclusions resented therein, it was agreed to extend the survey using similar technique: to the D and F Areas, and to determine if the tentative conclusions were substantiated.
Date: August 14, 1946
Creator: Osterloh, R. H. & Lewis, W. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
PROGRESS (A-1) REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1946 (open access)

PROGRESS (A-1) REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1946

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Date: November 14, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim report on production test No. 105-97-1: Determination of reactivity coefficients and Rod Calibrations of F Pile (open access)

Interim report on production test No. 105-97-1: Determination of reactivity coefficients and Rod Calibrations of F Pile

This report describes a test performed on April 2, 1947 to determine the reactivity power coefficients and the graphite relaxation period of the F Pile in accordance with the procedure described by this Production Test.
Date: April 14, 1947
Creator: Staebler, U. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Peroxide (open access)

Uranium Peroxide

It was desired to investigate the precipitation of UO{sub 4} in acid solution, in order to determine the suitability of this reaction for use in the purification of uranium. A series of tests was performed to establish the conditions for precipitation of UO{sub 4}. It was found that uranium could be completely precipitated from pure uranyl sulfate solution at a pH of 2.5 to 3.5, with only silght excess of H{sub 2}O{sub 2}. The presence of sodium sulfate interferred with complete precipitation. It was established that vanadium was preferentially oxidized, when present.
Date: April 14, 1947
Creator: Brimm, E. O., Dr. & Nohr, P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determination of plutonium in human urine (open access)

Determination of plutonium in human urine

Report is made of chemical procedures for determination of plutonium in human urine. The procedures are provided in outline form and statistical methods are provided for interpretation of the results.
Date: August 14, 1947
Creator: Langham, W. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix to RSC--Hanford report. Trip report, Hanford Works, March 30--April 14, 1948; see also GEH-14040, 14712 (open access)

Appendix to RSC--Hanford report. Trip report, Hanford Works, March 30--April 14, 1948; see also GEH-14040, 14712

This trip was to provide an answer to these questions: Are Hanford meteorological instrumentation, methods, and records adequate? Do they conform to generally recognized practice? Are they effectively utilized? What is the percentage frequency of wind classified according to conditions normal, least favorable and most favorable for dilution? What is the habitability of the Wahluke Slope north and northeast of the Columbia River, considering stack gases, various stack heights, any pertinent meteorological features? What is the habitability if the only contaminating sources are the piles? In preparation for and in the event of a major catastrophe with attendant relief and evacuation operations, which additional observation should be taken: What weather data should be assembled from the general vicinity of Hanford: What sampling program should take place immediately after the event. To these may be added a question raised by Dr. Parker in connection with the high level of contamination at the ground in the vicinity of the separations. areas.
Date: April 14, 1948
Creator: Wanta, R. C. & White, F. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Formation of U232 by Helium Ions of Thorium (open access)

The Formation of U232 by Helium Ions of Thorium

The production of U{sup 232} by the sum of {alpha},4n and {alpha},p 3n reactions on thorium has been studied. The cross section at an average energy of 37.5 Mev was 0.013 barns and the threshold for the reaction was about 30 Mev.
Date: April 14, 1948
Creator: Newton, Amos S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Structure of the Heaviest Elements (open access)

Electronic Structure of the Heaviest Elements

All of the available evidence leads to the view that the 5f electron shell is being filled in the heaviest elements giving rise to a transition series which begins with actinium in the same sense that the rare earth or 'lanthanide' series begins with lanthanum. Such an 'actinide' series is suggested on the basis of evidence in the following lines: (1) chemical properties, (2) absorption spectra in aqueous solution and crystals, (3) crystallographic structure data, (4) magnetic susceptibility data and (5) spectroscopic data. The salient point is that the characteristic oxidation state (i.e., the oxidation state exhibited by the member containing seven 5f and presumably also by the member containing fourteen 5f electrons, curium and element 103) is the III state, and the group is placed in the periodic table on this basis. The data also make it possible to give a suggested table of electronic configurations of the ground state of the gaseous atom for each of the elements from actinium to curium inclusive.
Date: July 14, 1948
Creator: Seaborg, G. T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic and Strategic Considerations of Metals (open access)

Economic and Strategic Considerations of Metals

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Date: September 14, 1948
Creator: Grant, N. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Graphite expansion committee meeting minutes No. 30, September 26, 1948 (open access)

Graphite expansion committee meeting minutes No. 30, September 26, 1948

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Date: October 14, 1948
Creator: Lewis, W. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library