ON NUCLEAR PHYSICS LABORATORY AT CANEL. The critical experiment facility at CANEL is described. Information of the mature of experimental assemblies and operations is included. Safety features of the building, equipment, and operations are pointed out. Possible accidents and the resulting hazards to surrounding areas are analyzed. The make-up of the surrounding area is described. (M.C.G.)

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking coal reserves of Marion County, Tennessee. Testing to determine suitability for producing metallurgical coke is also presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Brooke County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Ohio County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.

This report describes the optical analogue that contains an optical filtering system which controls the intensity of light according to the assumed initial distribution of activity over height and particle size and according to the assumed decay rate, a size control system which depends on the lateral dimensions of the cloud of debris and adjusts the size of the light beam accordingly, and a position control system which moves the beam to the correct position on the plate as determined by the wind structure and the time of fall of the particles.

Abstract: "This report gives (1) a simple empirical equation which should yield critical mass values of homogeneous, partially moderated, unreflected spherical assemblies with an accuracy of a factor two, and (2) critical mass estimates obtained from from (1) for Oy-C-H and Oy-W-CH2 systems."

Abstract: Developmental production of approximately 500 pounds of 2,2-dinitropropanol and 250 pounds of 2,2-dinitropropyl acrylate was carried out in a 50-gallon capacity stainless-steel reactor system. The intermediate alcohol was produced in a yield of 73%. The ester was made with a yield of 78%. Cost studies show that the manufacturing cost for DNPA monomer should approximate $2.70 per pound on a production basis of 30,000 pounds, with an indicated plant cost of $4.60 per pound for the polymeric form.

Report discussing a study of various resistance-welding methods for end capping PWR uranium oxide fuel rods. Flash, upset, and spot welding were all investigated.

From introduction: "At the request of WAPD, a study has been made of the effect of minor compositional variables on the corrosion behavior of uranium-molybdenum alloys in 650 F degassed water."

The following report analyzes the results taken from studies on the characteristics of the bond interface formed between zircaloy 2 and uranium-12 w/o molybdenum alloys.

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A meeting of the Thorium Working Committee was held at FMPC on September 20, 1955. The current status of the thorium production program was discussed and a limited development and evaluation program was outlined which it is felt will (1) clear up some of the more important question marks in thorium metal quality and (2) develop a more satisfactory method for processing solid metal scrap. The basic parts of this immediate program are (1) SRL would evaluate ingot sections of as-cast double arc-melted virgin metal in order to classify typical ingot defects and determine their frequency of occurrence; (2) Du Pont would request for evaluation purposes ingot sections from typical recycle ingots which incorporated vacuum-induction melting for the consolidation of recycle metal in the form of consumable electrodes for arc-melting; (3) after completion of item (2), du Pont would then request approximately 200 slugs, made from suitably processed recycle metal, which would be used for canning and steam autoclave tests. This program should lead to definite specifications (and/or classifications) for ingots to be stockpiled for future AEC use.

Abstract: Several uranium occurrences have been discovered in the Coso lake beds, Owens Valley, California, along the west flank of the Coso Range.

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Abstract: Ten days were spent during June 1955, examining the sedimentary rocks along the San Juan and Colorado Rivers between Mexican Hat, Utah, and Lee's Ferry, Arizona. The most favorable area for uranium deposits occurs in the Shinarump member of the Chinle formation between Clay Hills Crossing and Spencer Camp along the San Juan River. Mineralization is spotty and deposits are small and almost all below ore-grade. Only one small mine, the Whirlwind, is currently producing ore. Gray-green alteration of the underlying Moenkopi is moderately developed in the vicinity of the Whirlwind mine; elsewhere alteration is weakly developed.

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Summary: Enid Dam, a unit in the flood-control plan for the Yazoo River, is a rolled-fill structure about 85 ft high and 8400 ft long, and contains about 5-3/4 million cu yd of fill.

This document presents a summary of work and progress at the Hanford Engineer Works for September 1955. The report is divided into sections by department. A plant wide general summary is included at the beginning of the report, after which the departmental summaries begin. The Manufacturing Department reports plant statistics, and summaries for the Metal Preparation, Reactor and Separation sections. The Engineering Department`s section summarizes work for the Technical, Design, and Project Sections. Costs for the various departments are presented in the Financial Department`s summary. The Medical, Radiological Sciences, Utilities and General Services, Employee and Public Relations, and Community Real Estate and Services departments have sections presenting their monthly statistics, work, progress, and summaries.

This report brings together certain temperature information of the Columbia River which is related to the Hanford plant of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. The temperature of the Columbia River is important for a number of reasons including the possible effect on aquatic life especially the habitat for salmon and the supply of cooling water for the Hanford reactors. Since the heated cooling waters from these atomic reactors are returned to the Columbia River without substantial cooling, the re suiting river water temperature increase is monitored. Climatic conditions influence greatly the temperature and flow of the river. Of these, the solar heating effects are very important. In this review the flow and temperature of both the Columbia and Snake Rivers are considered.

This report details a meeting at Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. to discuss the status of uranium fuel element fabrication by power metallurgical techniques.

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