"The structural analysis of the PWR Core 1 Seed 1 under prescribed thermal and mechanical loading with the object of predicting the structural reliability of the seed during actual service is described. Static and fatigue tests performed on fusion-welded Zircaloy specimens are described, and the results of these tests are incorporated in the reliability study. The applied stresses in the seed during operation of the reactor are quite low except at the end welds. Here, based upon the test data, a safely factor of about 4 1/2 appears to exist for 6000 cycles of loading."

"Uranium metal is produced by the bomb reduction of UF/sub 4/ with Mg. The slag from this reduction contains appreciable quantities of U, either in the metallic or the tetrafluoride form, in addition to the MgF/sub 2/. A process for recovering low enrichment U from this slag has gone into operation. A study of the causes of resin attrition and their relative magnitude both from an over-all point of view and with specific reference to the Higgins' Column and Dowex 21K resin is presented. Equipment was designed, assembled, and tested to investigate the effects of valve action, wall to resin and resin to resin friction, repeated chemical cycling, and column height. Certain mechanical properties of the resin beads were investigated, and some existing plant data were analyzed. A discussion of the probable mechanism of attrition and its contribution to the overall amount of attrition is presented."

"An apparatus designed to test aerosol filter efficiency at pressures equal to or less than atmospheric and at linear face velocities of 5 to 1000 ft/ min is described. Aerosol collection efficiency studies were completed for IPC paper at 20,000 and 40,000 ft. Data developed in these studies indicate that ia the impaction and diffusion regions collection efficiency increases with altitude for all linear face velocities less than 800 ft/min. A propeller-type flowmeter, calibrated to measure the volume of air moved by a blower in a balloon-borne system, was flown on five separate flights to obtain air flow data. These data sre presented. Flowmeter air flow measurement data were approximately 10% lower than telemetered data."

"The elementary steps in the photolysis of liquid ethyl iodide by light of wavelength 2537 A by determining initial rates of iodine production in the presence of added iodine and hydrogen iodide were analyzed at 25 and --70 d C to get information on the activation energies of competing elementary reactions. Investigations were also made of the effects of additives on the photolysis of glassy ethyl iodide at --180 d C, and evidence for the formation of trapped radicals during photolysis and radiolysis of the solid was sought by electron paramagnetic resonance measurements."

"Work towards the preparation of pure alkali halides is described. It was found that zone refining is an effective technique for the refinement of KCl. Four zone passed through one specimen of Harshaw KCl decreased its low- temperature conductivity by a factor of six. Kyropulos apparatus has been constructed to grow large single crystals in controlled atmospheres. It operates satisfactory in ambient atmospheres, but because of the high volatility of KCl at its melting point the viewing windows cannot be kept clear and large crystals have not been grown successfully in a controlled atmosphere. Only the simplest methods were used in attempting to prevent the deposition of KCl on the viewing and illuminating ports. In all other respects, the crystal growing apparatus is satisfactory. The last section of the report discusses the efforts made towards developing procedures of quantitative chemical analyses of the salts. Most effort has been directed at spectrochemical methods. The cathode layer technique was used to attain improved sensitivity but as yet a routine quantitative procedure has not been developed. A hollow cathode technique may improve both sensitivity and accuracy and work is being done along with the cathode layer method."

"Work has begun on the ADFR, a reactor using a new fuel form -- fissionable dust carried in an inent gas. Temperatures in the range 2,000 to 3,000 deg F appear feasible in an all-ceramic system. Experimental study of the fuel form was initiated, and a loop to circulate the fuel dust was constructed. Initial operation is encouraging. Theoretical studies were carried on in the areas of reactor physics, heat transfer, and safety."

"Critical mass calculations for a reactor are given. The numerical calculations are shown for fission product poisoning, heavy element formation, temperature coefficient of reactivity and average neutron fiux distribution."

"This is a progress report covering the first year of work on ARF Project B 080, "Corrosion Resistant Brazing Alloys for zircaloy". the objective of the work reported is the development of filler metals suitable for the brazing of zirconium base alloys in cases where the service environment of the brazement is to be high temperature water. The experimental approach has been necessarily a somewhat empirical one. During this first year of work some forty experiments of simple design for corrosion testing in 680 degrees F water. From these preliminary screening tests. Several allows have been selected for further study and possible modification. Results of preliminary shear strength tests of these promising alloys are reported. Metallography of the joints as brazed and after corrosion testing is shown. From the findings of this research, it is judged that there is now good reason to believe that acceptable alloys can be developed for the type of application contemplated. Plans for further work on this program are outlined."

"More than 80 experimental alloys and a few commercial alloys were used to prepare brazements of simple design for exposure in an autoclave to 600 or 680 deg F water. Alloys studied include alloys of Cu, Al, Ni, and Zr."

"The fuel rod bundle is a welded assembly of 120 fel rods and two supporting tube sheets. Each fuel rod contains 28 U0/sub 2/ pellets. Product and fabrication specifications for these bundles are given."

"Stacks of C-2 emulsion were exposed to neutral k mesons. These were produced by the charge exchange, in dense material, of K^+ mesons from the Berkeley Bovatron. Hyperfragments were found in these stacks. It is concluded that the hyperfragments were produced by K^o2 mesons in the K^o mode. These were generated by the decay of the K^o1 component of the K^o beam as would be expected from the Gell-Man Pais scheme. Other possible mechanisms of production of the hyperfragments have been considered and shown to be unimportant."

An analysis to screen the various particle-collection systems which might be used for sampling the upper atmosphere with a rocket sampling vehicle has been undertaken. Although the current model of the Goetz Aerosol Spectrometer is not suitable, a high-flow-rate sampler of this general type, if it can be designed, appears promising. The design of such a sampler will be undertaken in future work. If a workable design is possible, this method would appear to be the most promising of all.

The relation between the maximum permissible transverse energies of particles that can be focused, the azimuthal energy, and the beam width is discussed relative to Megatron coil design. It is shown that deep potential wells for focusing can be obtained only at the expense of a narrow beam. (C.J.G.)

Crystallographic data on intermetallic Pu compounds are presented. The compounds are described in alphabetical order of the alloying compound. A table is included in which all of the Pu compounds and isotopes mentioned in the report are listed along with the corresponding references.

Extraction of HNO3 by triaryl amine was studied by equilibrating equal volumes of aqueous and organic phases at 25C. At HNO3 concentrations of 2 to 10 N the acid in the organic phase in excess of that equivalent in the amine concentration was proportional to the concentration of HNO3 in the equilibrated aqueous phase. other workers report similar results with nitric acid and tri-n-octyl amine in benzene. Zirconium extractions carried out at 10g Zr/1 with 0.35 M TLA nitrate in toluene showed a fourth power dependence of EZR on HNO (aq) over the range 2 to 10N. Maximum distribution ratios calculated from samarium scouting experiments using amines in kerosene were about 5 x 10(-3) for Primene JMT, 10(-4) for TLA, 10(-5) for S-24, and less than zero for DTDA. Distribution rations in the extractions ranged from ERu = 0.12 for 0.35M TLA shaken with an initially new 2N HNO3 solution for 15 minutes. Data on Zr and Ru standardization in TLA solution for spectrophotometric analyses are included.

An electromagnetic quadrupole lane system been developed and constructed which will be used to study the focusing of beta-rays. A current-carrying wire analog has also been developed to make preliminary studies of the accessory lane parameters.

The corrosion of INOR-8 and Inconel dissolver components used in the fluoride volatility process for the dissolution of zirconium with anhydrous HF in molten salts was investigated. Ten dissolution runs were made using simulated subassemblies formed from Zircoloy-2. The dissolver and components were made from INOR-8. Both the dissolver vessel and draft tube were examined several times during the series of runs. The solids which formed at different areas in the system were also analyzed. The results showed that the corrosion of the INOR-8 dissolver was greatest at the salt-off gas interface and at the HF gas inlet. Almost all of the corrosion took place during run 10 when no zirconium was present. Portions of the dissolver were cleaned after run 10 and sent to BMI for evaluation. The results of the Battelle metallographic examinations of the portions are included along with several photographs. The results with Inconel tubes in the copper-lined hydro-fluorinator confirmed the observations that the liquid gas interface areas were the most susceptible to attack.

The chief purpose of this contract is the development of ceramic materials with high dielectric constant and high dielectric strength values, and suitable for use of dielectrics in capacitors capable of storing large amounts of energy in small volumes. Work performed during the fourth quarter included (1) Material development and sample preparation; (2) Sample testing; (3) discussion of ceramic density measurements; (4) Optical studies of titanates; (5) Fabrication of large ceramics; and (6) Capacitor design.

SNAP II is the designation for a 3 KW nuclear auxiliary power unit to be used in a satellite vehicle. The SNAP II system consists of a reactor heat source, a mercury Rankine engine and an alternator. A two stage, full admission, axial flow turbine was chose for the APU application. Design details and test results are presented in this report. This work was performed under a subcontract to to Atomics International as part of the Atomic Energy Commission Contract No. AT(11-1)-GEN-8.

The original goal of this investigation was to compare the thermodynamic characteristics of the gases in and behind the shock fronts in gases at initial pressures in the millimeter range and to compare these characteristics in the geometries of single and double discharges. The shock fronts were not visible, so it was not possible, at these pressures, to get visual data from the shock front itself. The parameters giving the properties of the gases were faces. Measurements made with an image converter camera (which is still in the development stage) agree well with these made with a photomultiplier tube. Differences are observed between the front velocities in the cases studied. These are of the order of 3 to 15 per cent. Considering the nature of the shot to shot fluctuations in the discharges and the inductance variation between the single and double discharges represent a physical difference. The mathematical treatment which says that two equal strength colliding with a wall behaves, has not been shown to be inadequate by this investigation. It was hoped that a stronger confirmation could be fien to the theory, but the accuracy of the data does not warrant it.

The lubrication equations for an arbitrary Newtonian fluid are derived directly from the general equations for conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. From the lubrication equations an inequality is obtained for the internal film temperature rise, after which the isothermal film equations are derived. Then, for perfectly-aligned self-acting journal bearings, a conservation equation is obtained. For gas bearings this condition gives: [formula] constant along the axis of the bearing. Application of this condition to the infinitely-long gas bearing gives more accurate pressure solutions for this case. The Katto-Soda form of the differential equation for the infinitely-long bearing is solved by a series expansion in the eccentricity ratio, the first terms of which give the original, approximate Katto-Soda solution. In addition, solutions obtained numerically by digital computations are presented in graphical and tabular form for eccentricity ratios from 0 to 0.9 and compressible bearing parameter [formula]. Design charts based on these calculations are provided.

During the past year, three papers covering results of a major series of experiments on intergenotype of blood-forming tissue have appeared, demonstrating successful implantation of isologues normal cells in anemic hosts, permanently correcting their genetic defect in hematopoiesis, both with and without irradiation of the host. Heavy host irradiation was shown ineffective as preparations for implantation of homologous cells of widely different antigenic types.

Results of an initial examination of non-fuel-bearing materials for the Marine Gas Cooled Reactor are presented. Areas given specific attention include structural and cladding materials and graphite moderator. Other areas not included because of classification include zirconium hydride moderator and control materials. In each report section, available pertinent information is summarized and a plan for future work is given.

A stainless steel autoclave for superheated water corrosion test was installed and "conditioned". Tests were begun to investigate the feasibility of densifying slip cast stainless steel by means of liquid phase sintering. Attempts to prepare tubular fuel elements by vacuum forming were resumed. Although thick-walled vacuum formed casting have been sintered on the aluminum mandrels without cracking, this has not yet been accomplished with the think sections of interest.