Calculation of the Doppler Coefficient Plutonium-Oxide-Fueled Fast Reactors (open access)

Calculation of the Doppler Coefficient Plutonium-Oxide-Fueled Fast Reactors

Report issued by the APDA over studies conducted on Doppler coefficient fast reactors. Calculations, methods, and results of the studies are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: November 1, 1963
Creator: Fischer, E. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conceptual Design of an In-Pile Package Loop for Fast Reactor Fuel Testing (open access)

Conceptual Design of an In-Pile Package Loop for Fast Reactor Fuel Testing

Report issued by the APDA over a design study conducted on an "in-pile package loop for use as a reactor fuel test facility" (p. 5). The results are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1961
Creator: Blessing, W. G.; Balsbaugh, R. R.; Bloomfield, D. E.; Busch, J. S.; Hennig, R. J.; Jens, W. H. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conceptual design of an in-pile package loop for sodium-cooled thermal reactor fuel testing (open access)

Conceptual design of an in-pile package loop for sodium-cooled thermal reactor fuel testing

Report issued by the APDA over a design study "of a facility for testing sodium-cooled thermal reactor fuel assemblies in the Advanced Test Reactor" (p. 5). The results are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1961
Creator: Blessing, W. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description and Some Safeguard Aspects of Proposed Developmental Fast Neutron Breeder Reactor (open access)

Description and Some Safeguard Aspects of Proposed Developmental Fast Neutron Breeder Reactor

Report that generally describes sodium cooled fast reactors, the features and facilities of such a reactor proposed by Atomic Power Development Associates, and then its safety and siting considerations.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Atomic Power Development Associates
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of Developmental Fast Neutron Breeder Power Reactor Plant (open access)

Description of Developmental Fast Neutron Breeder Power Reactor Plant

Report that generally describes sodium cooled fast reactors, the features and facilities of such a reactor proposed by Atomic Power Development Associates, and then its safety and siting considerations.
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Atomic Power Development Associates
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Economic Evaluation of Fixed Blankets for Fast Reactors (open access)

Design and Economic Evaluation of Fixed Blankets for Fast Reactors

Report evaluating the design characteristics and limitations of fixed blankets for breeder reactors. This also includes economic considerations for each tested blanket.
Date: August 30, 1963
Creator: Klickman, A. E.; Ball, G. L.; Edwards, J. J.; Jens, W. H.; Segal, B. M.; Stanford, R. E. L. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Economic Evaluation of Mobile Blankets for Fast Reactors (open access)

Design and Economic Evaluation of Mobile Blankets for Fast Reactors

Report evaluating the design characteristics and limitations of mobile blankets for breeder reactors. This also includes economic considerations for each tested blanket. Appendices begin on page 40.
Date: March 10, 1964
Creator: Klickman, A. E.; Ball, G. L.; Edwards, J. J.; Jens, W. H.; Segal, B. M.; Amorosi, A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Doppler Effect in Fast Neutron Reactors (open access)

The Doppler Effect in Fast Neutron Reactors

Report issued by the APDA over studies conducted on the Doppler Effect in fast neutron reactors. Methods and results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: June 1960
Creator: Nicholson, Richard Benjamin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant (open access)

Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant

Report describing the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant, its fast breeder reactor, and heat transport systems.
Date: March 1960
Creator: Atomic Power Development Associates
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equation of State and Heat Content of Uranium (open access)

Equation of State and Heat Content of Uranium

Report issued by the APDA regarting studies conducted on the state of uranium at different temperature and pressure. Calculations are presented for the differing pressures of uranium; it includes tables.
Date: February 20, 1957
Creator: Brout, Robert H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the Blake Sodium Resistivity Meter (open access)

Evaluation of the Blake Sodium Resistivity Meter

Report issued by the APDA over an evaluation of the toroid sodium resistivity meter. Studies were conducted on carbon and oxygen contamination. As stated in the introduction, "the meter was also subjected to extensive testing in which variations in temperature, flow rate, and supply voltage were made in order to determine signal stability and effective range" (p. 5). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: October 15, 1962
Creator: Atomic Power Development Associates
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fast Reactor Control and Safety Meeting November 10-11, 1954 (open access)

Fast Reactor Control and Safety Meeting November 10-11, 1954

Report issued by the APDA over a 2 day reactor safety meeting during November, 1954. A modified transcript of the safety meeting is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1955
Creator: Thalgott, F. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fast Reactor Core Design Parameter Study (open access)

Fast Reactor Core Design Parameter Study

Report describing parametric studies of eleven fast reactor fuel systems undertaken to determine the design and economic factors for producing electricity. The methods used for making the parametric studies are described, as well as the results of these studies. Appendices begin on page 103.
Date: March 1960
Creator: Atomic Power Development Associates
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Costs and Temperature Coefficients of Reactivity for PuO2-SS and PuO2-UO2 (open access)

Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Costs and Temperature Coefficients of Reactivity for PuO2-SS and PuO2-UO2

Report comparing the fuel cycle costs and temperature coefficients of reactivity for PuO2-UO2 fuel in multiple megawatt reactors.
Date: April 25, 1963
Creator: Edwards, J. J.; Fischer, E. A.; Jens, W. H.; Nims, J. B.; Palmer, R. G.; Shoudy, A. A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Enrichment for the Enrico Fermi Reactor (open access)

Fuel Enrichment for the Enrico Fermi Reactor

Report issued by the APDA over fuel enrichment processes at the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant. As stated in the introduction, "the results that directly apply to the determination of the enrichment will be given" (p. 6). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1959
Creator: Garelis, Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
HAFEVER: An Inelastic Scattering Code for the IBM 704 Computer (open access)

HAFEVER: An Inelastic Scattering Code for the IBM 704 Computer

Report issued by the APDA over HAFEVER, a code developed for the IBM 704 computer. As stated in the introduction, "HAFEVER is an IBM 704 code which calculates the energy exchange inelastic scattering cross section" (p. 3). Descriptions of the code and the theory behind the code are discussed. This report includes tables.
Date: September 1960
Creator: Friedman, M. A. & Zweifel, P. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Report by Atomic Power Development Associates Covering Work from the Period August 1, 1954 to January 31, 1955 (open access)

Information Report by Atomic Power Development Associates Covering Work from the Period August 1, 1954 to January 31, 1955

Report issued by the APDA over the work conducted between August 1954 and January 1955. Descriptions of the studies, facilities, and equipment used during this time are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: January 31, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Irradiation Testing of Enrico Fermi Prototype Fuel Pins in the CP-5, 1957-1959 (open access)

Irradiation Testing of Enrico Fermi Prototype Fuel Pins in the CP-5, 1957-1959

Report issued by the APDA over studies conducted on the irradiation of fuel pins in nuclear reactors. As stated in the introduction, "results of these tests have verified predicted high-temperature allowable burn-ups and showed that under certain conditions, excessive swelling could occur at low temperatures" (p. 5). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: April 1960
Creator: Silliman, M. A.; Shoudy, A. A.; Blessing, W. G. & Huebotter, P. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods for Determining the Energy Release in Hypothetical Reactor Meltdown Accidents (open access)

Methods for Determining the Energy Release in Hypothetical Reactor Meltdown Accidents

Report and dissertation issued by the APDA over hypothetical reactor meltdown accidents. Methods for the determination of the energy release from reactor meltdowns are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: December 1962
Creator: Nicholson, Richard Benjamin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operation of the Sodium Technology Loop for Contamination Meter Evaluations (open access)

Operation of the Sodium Technology Loop for Contamination Meter Evaluations

Report issued by the APDA over studies conducted on the Sodium Technology Loop. Methods, equipment, and results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: March 25, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on Sodium Temperature Coefficients in Large Fast Reactors (open access)

Preliminary Report on Sodium Temperature Coefficients in Large Fast Reactors

Report issued by the APDA over preliminary studies conducted on temperature coefficients in fast breeder reactors. Methods and results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1959
Creator: Nims, J. B. & Zweifel, P. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report of Research and Development Activities: April - June 1957 (open access)

Quarterly Report of Research and Development Activities: April - June 1957

Progress report issued by the APDA over research and development activities of the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant. Materials, fuel engineering, and test operations of the plant are presented and discussed.
Date: 1957
Creator: Atomic Power Development Associates
System: The UNT Digital Library
Removal of Sodium from Core Subassemblies with White Oil and Ultrasonics (open access)

Removal of Sodium from Core Subassemblies with White Oil and Ultrasonics

Report issued by the APDA over methods "for removing sodium from fuel and blanket sub-assemblies that have been irradiated in the reactor of the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant" (p. 3). The cleaning methods are described, as well as experimental studies conducted on them. This report includes illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1961
Creator: Kanaan, Z. R. & Nash, C. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Possible Effects on the Surrounding Population of an Assumed Release of Fission Products into the Atmosphere from a 300 Megawatt Nuclear Reactor Located at Lagoona Beach, Michigan (open access)

Report on the Possible Effects on the Surrounding Population of an Assumed Release of Fission Products into the Atmosphere from a 300 Megawatt Nuclear Reactor Located at Lagoona Beach, Michigan

Report issued by the APDA over studies conducted on the release of radioactive particles near Lagoona Beach, Michigan in 1955. "The possible effects on the surrounding population of a release of fission products at the Lagoona Beach site" (p. 1) are discussed. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Gomberg, Henry J.; Bassett, Thomas; Velez, Carlos & Donnell, Alton P.
System: The UNT Digital Library