Final Design Report KAPL-120 High Pressure Recirculating Water Loop (open access)

Final Design Report KAPL-120 High Pressure Recirculating Water Loop

Basic information on the design of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) -120 loop.
Date: January 15, 1956
Creator: Wade, G. E. & Berberet, J. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Design for Making Root Pass Welds without Filler Material (open access)

Joint Design for Making Root Pass Welds without Filler Material

Investigation to evaluate some of the designs, techniques, and methods for fabrication of a root pass.
Date: July 9, 1956
Creator: Lemon, L. C. & Smith, W. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Surface Dosimetry and Effective Energy Calculations (open access)

Surface Dosimetry and Effective Energy Calculations

Methods of the Radiation Monitoring Operation of the Chemical Processing Department.
Date: September 8, 1956
Creator: Helgeson, G. L.
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.
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.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Affecting Fluidization of Uranium Trioxide Powders (open access)

Factors Affecting Fluidization of Uranium Trioxide Powders

Study of factors, such as the average particle size and particle-size distribution, which affect the fluidization properties of uranium trioxide powders.
Date: March 1, 1958
Creator: Johnson, B. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Installation of a High Precision Temperature and Intimate Contact Monitor for Experimental Vacuum Chucks (open access)

Design and Installation of a High Precision Temperature and Intimate Contact Monitor for Experimental Vacuum Chucks

Describes the design criteria, design details, and final installation of a high precision temperature and intimate contact monitor.
Date: May 15, 1958
Creator: Morrow, G. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Alpha, Beta, Gamma Hand and Shoe Counter - Model 2 (open access)

An Alpha, Beta, Gamma Hand and Shoe Counter - Model 2

Experimental combination hand and shoe counter redesign as a compact, simplified, register readout instrument no larger than the present Five-Fold called Model 2.
Date: June 2, 1958
Creator: Spear, W. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Temperature on the Neutron Attenuation of Magnetite Concrete (open access)

The Effect of Temperature on the Neutron Attenuation of Magnetite Concrete

Comparison of experimentally determined relaxation lengths to the value calculated from the concrete composition.
Date: December 11, 1958
Creator: Wood, D. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trans-Plutonium Isotope Buildup by Neutron Irradiation of Plutonium (open access)

Trans-Plutonium Isotope Buildup by Neutron Irradiation of Plutonium

Graphs for estimation of plutonium and trans-plutonium isotopic content of irradiated plutonium reactor fuel of various initial isotopic compositions.
Date: December 15, 1958
Creator: Brauer, F. P. & Burley, Helen H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Automatic Analyzing Monitor for Reactor Effluent Cooling Water (open access)

An Automatic Analyzing Monitor for Reactor Effluent Cooling Water

From objective: "The objective of this work was to design, develop, assemble, and test and automatic analyzing monitor for recording the prominent isotopes in reactor effluent cooling water."
Date: May 1, 1959
Creator: Rieck, H. G.; Ratcliffe, C. A. & Schwendiman, L. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on Design Tests PR-50 and PR-51: Reactor Piping Seal Testing and Reactor Piping Structural Integrity (open access)

Final Report on Design Tests PR-50 and PR-51: Reactor Piping Seal Testing and Reactor Piping Structural Integrity

A test program conducted to develop high integrity piping and seal components for Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor installation. Methods of preventing leakage of costly D2O coolant and maintaining operational safety were investigated.
Date: June 26, 1959
Creator: Jackson, P. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fabrication of the PRTR Zircaloy-2 High Pressure Process Tubes (open access)

Fabrication of the PRTR Zircaloy-2 High Pressure Process Tubes

Development of a fabrication process and the manufacture of 95 PRTR process tubes demonstrates that the commercial fabrication of high quality Zircaloy-2 pressure tubing is feasible.
Date: July 31, 1959
Creator: Knecht, R. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Distribution of the Actinide Elements in the Molten System: KCI-AICI3-AI (open access)

Distribution of the Actinide Elements in the Molten System: KCI-AICI3-AI

Report of data for the distributions of elements 90 through 96 between molten salt solutions of their chlorides and molten aluminum (or alloy) at 725 Celsius.
Date: October 20, 1959
Creator: Moore, R. H. & Lyon, W. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ultrasonic Resin Level Detector (open access)

Ultrasonic Resin Level Detector

This report describes the development of an ultrasonic instrument for resin level measurements in an ion exchange column.
Date: January 15, 1960
Creator: Hunter, D. O. & Pleasance, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pyrophoricity of Uranium in Reactor Environments (open access)

Pyrophoricity of Uranium in Reactor Environments

Report discussing information relative to the pyrophoricity of uranium for the purpose of reactor core fire safety. The report includes physical and chemical properties of uranium.
Date: January 22, 1960
Creator: Zima, G. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Mass Studies of Plutonium Solutions (open access)

Critical Mass Studies of Plutonium Solutions

Chain reacting conditions for plutonium nitrate in water solution have been examined experimentally for a variety of sizes of spheres and cylinders.
Date: February 15, 1960
Creator: Kruesi, F. E.; Erkman, J. O. & Lanning, D. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Halogen Collector Test Program (open access)

Halogen Collector Test Program

Report documenting the Halogen Collector Test program, which was undertaken to provide "methods of removing trace quantities of radioactive iodine from an air stream" (p. 1). The report includes designs of the program and the test facility, test results, analysis of these results, and encountered problems. Appendices begin on page 38.
Date: March 1, 1960
Creator: Arthur D. Little, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Specifications for Swaged UO2 19-Rod Cluster, PRTR Fuel Element Mark 1 (open access)

Specifications for Swaged UO2 19-Rod Cluster, PRTR Fuel Element Mark 1

Specifications including detail dimension, materials, fabrication steps, acceptance criteria, and final assembly steps for the swaged uranium dioxide, 19-rod cluster Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor fuel element.
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Millhollen, M. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Controlled Potential Coulometer (open access)

Hanford Controlled Potential Coulometer

Report describing the Hanford Laboratory controlled potential coulometer. This includes the theory behind the coulometer, details of its circuitry, and performance tests. Appendix begins on page 23.
Date: July 11, 1960
Creator: Connally, R. E. & Scott, F. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Core Tester - UT-2 (open access)

Fuel Core Tester - UT-2

Report that "describes an instrument that nondestructively tests uranium fuel element cores by ultrasonic methods" (p. 2).
Date: July 18, 1960
Creator: Frederick, C. L. & Waldkoetter, G. L.
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