Introduction: The United States Atomic Energy Commission is considering the establishment of a townsite in the vicinity of Mercury, Nevada, to facilitate operations at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station on the Nevada Test Site.

The Irradiated Rupture Prototype (IRP) has been used for rupture testing irradiated NPR prototype fuel elements. Most of the tests have been made to determine the rupture effect of different reactor exposures, fuel element geometries and water cooldown rates following the start of the rupture. This report summarizes the results obtained to date, mentions where information is lacking and gives further tests scheduled for the IRP.

The instructions described in this procedure are typical of the operation of Test Cell A relative to the KIWI-B4A. Operation of Test Cell A relative to the NRX reactor will require modifications dictated by specific test requirements. Under NRX conditions, it will be the responsibility of the test cell manager to evaluate the capabilities of Test Cell A in terms of given test requirements and then set forth detailed checklists which will be compatible with the test requirements.

This report details activities of the N-Reactor Department during the month of August 1963.

Americium (atomic weight 241) grows into plutonium as a result of the 13-year half-life beta decay of Pu{sup 241}. An appreciable quantity of Am{sup 241} has.grown into the scrap that accumulated following shut-down of the Recuplex facility, and which will be processed during the initial period of operation of the plutonium reclamation facility. Current interests in trans-plutonium research and in isotopic heat sources make it desirable to consider the recovery of this Am{sup 241}. The americium contained in scrap that is processed through the reclamation facility should appear almost quantitatively in the aqueous waste stream (CAW). Subsequent processing of the CAW through the DBBP extraction column (CW) of the waste treatment facility should result in further separation of plutonium and americium by extracting some of the plutonium while most of the americium remains in the aqueous waste stream (CWW). The fact that a low free nitric acid concentration will favor the extraction of americium into TBP-type solvents can be used to recover americium from the large volume, high salt concentration CWW stream. The flowsheets in this document present the chemical conditions for effecting this recovery.

These criteria delineate objective, bases, and functional requirements governing preparation of design of the bauxite-sulfuric acid feed facilities installed in the 183-KE and KW Buildings. These facilities produces the chemical coagulant used in the treatment of Columbia River water in the K Area water plants and thus replaces the existing liquid alum feed systems used for this purpose.

The report is divided into: Present reactor fuel production, N-RD production fuels, N-fuel development, and current reactor fuel development.

The objectives of this production test are: (1) to authorize the irradiation of enriched uranium hot-die-size diffusion-bonded fuel elements; (2) to provide information for further evaluation of the hot-die-size process; (3) to evaluate the relative corrosion behavior of the enriched hot-die-sized fuel as compared to the corresponding Al-Si fuel model; and (4) to determine the gross dimensional stability of the fuel under irradiation. This test authorizes irradiation of 19 monitor columns of enriched self-support fuel elements in the C Reactor. The columns will contain 28 fuel elements each; each of the columns will contain 14 fuel elements fabricated by the hot-die-size diffusion-bonded process and 14 elements of the standard Al-Si type. Ten of the columns will contain, in alternate positions in the downstream half of the charge, ``paired`` Al-Si and hot-die-size elements -- elements containing cores from adjacent ingot rod positions. The remaining nine columns will contain hot-die-sized and Al-Si elements, paired by ingot only, in alternate positions in the downstream half of each column. The upstream portion of all charges will contain hot-die-sized and Al-Si elements in alternate column positions. All of the columns of this test will be irradiated to an average column exposure of 1000 Mwd/t. The …

This document defines codes which are for use with the data processing program developed for calculating isotopic analyses from raw data out put of a thermal ionization mass spectrometer.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Texas Department of Corrections could include advertisements of breweries in the souvenir programs in connection with its Annual Prison Rodeo.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority to execute a lease for a term beyond current appropriations.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a former member of the Judicial Retirement System is eligible for a retirement annuity under the stated facts.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the term “batch cement” in a specialized motor carrier’s certificate includes “cement”.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Power of the State Insurance Board to promulgate joint policies of insurance under and by virtue of Article 5.35 of the Insurance Code.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of House Bill 95, compensation and salary raises of Crane County officials.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Highway Commission to refuse permits to place gas pipelines on highway right of ways.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Interpretation of H.B. 86 as regards longevity pay to commissioned law enforcement personnel of the Texas Liquor Control Board.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Can a county issue time warrants to finance the purchase of a site for and construction of a building to house the offices of certain county officers and agencies?

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether under the current appropriations bill the Liquor Control Board is authorized to construct two collection booths in the City of El Paso, one at the Ysleta Port of Entry, the other at the Cordova Port of Entry.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether certain notice is a sufficient act to prevent running of limitation under Art. 16.01, Title 122A, Taxation-General, R.C.S., as amended in 1963.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Construing H. B. 413, 58th Leg. Relating to court costs in the Commutation of Time and Other Privileges Granted Inmates of the County Jail for Good Conduct.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a pre-existing road district can call a bond election, due to the fact that the newly created road district has never functioned.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a married woman may legally be a surety on the various types of bonds used by the Sheriff’s Department and related question.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Expiration date of current term of the Judge of the Court of Domestic Relation for Galveston County.