Uncontrolled boiling of the water in a process tube might result in serious damage to a pile. Consequently, it is desirable to maintain header pressure generally sufficient to sweep out any steam which might be formed. Since the header pressure required to remove the steam depends upon the power output of the tube, the power level of a tube or pile is limited by the pressure available. In the past, tube power limitations have been specified and interpretations thereof. Recently a through study, both theoratical and experimental, has been made to determine the validity of these limitations. The purpose of this report is to present the results of the study must make recommendations for future operations. The limits presented herein are based on tube power levels.

This quarterly report details activities of chemical research by the Separations Technology Unit for the months of October, November, and December 1951.

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Tests indicate that of the various alloys tssted for corrosion resistance when exposed 10 an HF-HP atmosphere at 1070 F, the Cr-Ni alloys, as a group, give the best corrosion resistance where strength at high temperature is desired. Other alloys have given excellent results but the lack of strength at the higher temperatures or cost, is against their use in production equipment. (auth)

This report addresses the density-weight percent molarity conversion equations for Uranyl sulfate-water solutions at 25°C and between 100-300°C.

The GE Nucleonics Division Staff Department which now is called the Radiological Sciences Department was formerly known as the ``Health Instrument Divisions. A part of this department, presently known as the Biology Section, was formerly identified as the ``Biology Division.`` This project is concerned with a laboratory facility which is being built for the use of the Aquatic Biology Unit of the Biology Section. The Aquatic Biology group was established in 1945 to study the effect of the pile effluent on the Columbia River salmon industry. A hutment was erected to provide space for a laboratory, fish troughs, equipment, offices, and service. Thirteen outside ponds were built. Although minor improvements were subsequently added to the original facility, the expansion of the plant did not keep pace with the expansion in the operating program. This inadequacy gave rise to the project hereafter described.

A number of alloys of zirconium have been investigated as part of a program aimed at improving the high-temperature tensile and creep strength of zirconium. These alloys include aluminum, beryllium, lead, magnesium, molybdenum, niobium, tantalum, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, and zinc, binary and ternary alloys.

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An analysis is presented of the transfer of heat from a cylindrical fuel rod surrounded by a fast flowing coolant in an annular duct, with maximum power output limited by fuel rod temperatures, coolant pressure drop and pumping power requirements. A method is also presented for comparing and evaluating various liquid and gaseous coolants within these limitations. The report also shows and discusses some calculated results obtained for the systems considred in the study of natural U reactors for the production of Pu and useful power (NAA-SR-137).

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This is a progress report of the production reactors on the Hanford Reservation for the month of December 1951. This report takes each division (e.g., manufacturing, medical, accounting, occupational safety, security, reactor operations, etc.) of the site and summarizes its accomplishments and employee relations for that month.

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In 1946, it was recommended, by the district engineer for the War Department, United States Engineer Office, that it was desirable to transfer all of the functions of production to Hanford, a production installation; thereby relieving the Argonne National Laboratory, a research installation, from production duties. This decision was based on the belief by Argonne National Laboratories that the principal problems of production were solved, as a result of a meeting held at Clinton Laboratories, October 25, 1946, during which, Dr. T.S. Chapman discussed with Major F.A. Valente the possibility of Hanford assuming full production responsibility for the product extracted from the irradiation of Special Request. This responsibility was to include the procurement of lithium fluoride, the preparation and canning of the pellets, the irradiation of the slugs, the extraction of the product and its subsequent shipment to the consumer. This report details historical aspects of this program and the P-10 Project.

X-ray and microscopic examination of slags from U metal production bombs indicate that UO/sub 2/ results from reaction of the UF/sub 4/ with liner material and water. (auth)

It is the intent of this report to summarize Reactor Unit`s progress on RDA-DC-3 and Program X from the date of inception, October 6, 1951, through January 12, 1952. The report is divided into four sections covering: (1) basic reactor criteria; (2) process unit design; (3) building and services design; (4) electrical.

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Previous computations of cross sections for the D-D and D-T reactions were dependent on the knowledge of the energy loss of deuterons and tritons in D{sub 2}O ice targets. Recent Published experimental data on the energy loss dE/dx of protons in H{sub 2} and O{sub 2} have been sufficiently consistent to correct the results of the measurements of Bretscher, French and Sidel (Phys. Rev. 73, 815 (1948) and 75, 1154 (1949). Without describing the methods used to obtain the new data, the author uses the results of the dE/dx measurements to correct the cross sections of Bretscher et al. A simple correction factor is given, and the corrected values are tabulated for the D-D and D-T reactions. The Gamow formula, modified by a resonance factor, is applied to the revised data, and a good fit to the theoretical slope is obtained.

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The commutation relations of an arbitrary angular momentum vector can be reduced to those of the harmonic oscillator. This provides a powerful method for constructing and developing the properties of angular momentum eigenvectors. In this paper many known theorems are derived in this way, and some new results obtained. Among the topics treated are the properties of the rotation matrices; the addition of two, three, and four angular momenta; and the theory of tensor operators.