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Analysis of Meteorological Tower Data, April 1950 - March 1952, Brookhaven National Laboratory (open access)

Analysis of Meteorological Tower Data, April 1950 - March 1952, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing data collected from two BNL meteorological towers. As stated in the introduction, "results are presented in graphic form rather than tabular form" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 1957
Creator: Singer, Irving A. & Raynor, Gilbert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pilot Plant Fluorination of Uranium Fuel Elements by Bromine Trifluoride (open access)

Pilot Plant Fluorination of Uranium Fuel Elements by Bromine Trifluoride

Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing methods of processing reactor fuels such as uranium. As stated in the objective, "the primary objective of the project was to determine the effect of temperature, solution composition, and flow rate on the dissolving time for natural uranium slugs of varying history" (p. 2). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: Strickland, G.; Horn, F. L. & Johnson, R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instrumentation and Controls Division Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending July 31, 1956 (open access)

Instrumentation and Controls Division Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending July 31, 1956

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing semiannual progress made by the Instrumentation and Controls Division. Descriptions of progress and studies conducted are presented. This report includes illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 25, 1957
Creator: Borkowski, C. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physics Division Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending September 10, 1956 (open access)

Physics Division Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending September 10, 1956

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing semiannual progress made by the Physics Division. Descriptions of progress and studies conducted are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: February 12, 1957
Creator: Snell, A. H.; Fowler, J. L. & Wollan, E. O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Standard Practices for Design of MTR and ETR Safety Circuits (open access)

Standard Practices for Design of MTR and ETR Safety Circuits

Report containing notes for designing safety circuits for the Materials Testing Reactor (MTR) and Engineering Test Reactor (ETR).
Date: September 15, 1957
Creator: Jones, L. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Startup Operation of a Production Facility for Separating Barium-140 from MTR Fuel (open access)

Startup Operation of a Production Facility for Separating Barium-140 from MTR Fuel

Report describing "the startup operation of a batch production facility for separating and purifying barium-140 from short-cooled MTR fuel" (p. 3).
Date: September 1, 1957
Creator: Legler, Billy Mason; Fairbourne, S. F.; Kelly, P. N. & Robinson, R. A.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Reactor Experiment Research and Development Program, June 1957 (open access)

Liquid Metal Reactor Experiment Research and Development Program, June 1957

Report containing research and development undertaken regarding the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment. This includes engineering information concerning the design, construction, and operation of the experiment.
Date: June 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Reactor Experiment Preliminary Hazards Evaluation, July 1957 (open access)

Liquid Metal Reactor Experiment Preliminary Hazards Evaluation, July 1957

Report containing descriptions of the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment's reactor, containment, and plant design. Includes analyses of associated environmental hazards.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process Waste Water Treatment Plant: Preliminary Report (open access)

Process Waste Water Treatment Plant: Preliminary Report

Preliminary report on waste water treatment plant to treat the low level radioactive liquid waste from the various laboratory processes.
Date: February 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Investigations for an Advanced Engineering Test Reactor (open access)

Preliminary Investigations for an Advanced Engineering Test Reactor

Study carried out to determine a suitable reactor system or systems for the testing of water, gas, and liquid-metal cooled fuel assemblies.
Date: February 22, 1957
Creator: Elgert, O. J.; Leyse, C. F. & Ott, D. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Investigations for an Advanced Engineering Test Reactor: Addendum (open access)

Preliminary Investigations for an Advanced Engineering Test Reactor: Addendum

More detailed study of an advanced engineering test reactor.
Date: April 16, 1957
Creator: Leyse, C. F. & Leonard, B. H., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subcritical and Critical Flow Through Straight-Through, Elbow, and Tee "AN" Fittings and Sharp-Edged Orifices at Elevated Temperatures (open access)

Subcritical and Critical Flow Through Straight-Through, Elbow, and Tee "AN" Fittings and Sharp-Edged Orifices at Elevated Temperatures

Investigation of the flow through straight-through , elbow, and tee "AN" fittings at negligible approach velocity with approach temperatures up to 1100 degrees F.
Date: March 6, 1957
Creator: Ducoffe, Arnold L.; Bennett, John R. & Ray, C. Gable
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safeguard Report: Livermore Pool Type Reactor (open access)

Safeguard Report: Livermore Pool Type Reactor

Safety measures of the Livermore Pool Type Reactor in reaction to certain meteorological conditions and following the improbable rupture of the reactor building.
Date: January 17, 1957
Creator: Detterman, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Purex process : a Solvent Extraction Reprocessing Method for Irradiated Uranium (open access)

The Purex process : a Solvent Extraction Reprocessing Method for Irradiated Uranium

Purex process which utilizes solvent extraction to separate and purify uranium and plutonium from each other and from fission products contained in irradiated uranium fuel elements.
Date: April 8, 1957
Creator: Irish, E. R. & Reas, W. H.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Physics Primer (open access)

Reactor Physics Primer

Report that describes the reactor physics of the processes used to produce plutonium at Hanford Laboratories. This includes a basic explanation of nuclear physics and the principles of the reactor process.
Date: November 15, 1957
Creator: Lockwood, E. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plating Thickness Tester (open access)

Plating Thickness Tester

An electromagnetic eddy current instrument is described that is capable of measuring copper and nickel plating 1 to 8 mils thick plated on bismuth mandrils of various sizes and shapes.
Date: November 15, 1957
Creator: Fitch, C. E., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shielding of a Fast Breeder Reactor, [Part] 1: The Primary Shield (open access)

Shielding of a Fast Breeder Reactor, [Part] 1: The Primary Shield

From introduction: "Report discussing the necessity for shielding of a fast breeder reactor, primary, graphite, and thermal shields, and safety considerations in the design of a primary shield."
Date: 1957
Creator: Hungerford, H. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Initial Operation and Testing of the Army Package Power Reactor APPR-1 (open access)

Initial Operation and Testing of the Army Package Power Reactor APPR-1

Startup and initial operation of the APPR-1 and summary of the results of the test program on the reactor.
Date: August 9, 1957
Creator: Meem, J. L.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
APPR-1: Design, Construction and Operation (open access)

APPR-1: Design, Construction and Operation

"This document includes papers covering technical problems involved in the design, construction and operation of the APPR-1" (p. 4).
Date: November 20, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library