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20,000 KW Nuclear Power Plant Study for United States Atomic Energy Commission (open access)

20,000 KW Nuclear Power Plant Study for United States Atomic Energy Commission

Introduction: In September of 156, Gilbert Associates, Inc., entered into a contract with the United States of America, acting through the United States Atomic Energy Commission, for the study and preliminary design of a nuclear power plant being considered for integration into a central station power system at an overseas site.
Date: July 7, 1957
Creator: Gilbert Associates, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study [Part 1]: Phase 1 Report (open access)

Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study [Part 1]: Phase 1 Report

From preface: This report covers Phase I of the authorized work, consisting of determination of the specific reactor concept and size for the most economic reactor, preparation of a reference design of the most promising concept and estimated capital and generating costs, evaluation of the variations in cost as a function of unit size, and evaluation of the reductions in ultimate costs for a power station having multiple units of the same type.
Date: July 1959
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Reactor Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study [Part 3]: 235 Mw Coal-fired Generating Plant (open access)

Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study [Part 3]: 235 Mw Coal-fired Generating Plant

"This study is one of four initiated in 1958 by the Division of Reactor Development, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, to assess the feasibility of power generation through the use of certain types of nuclear reactors. These studies are available from the Office of Technical Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D.C."
Date: July 1959
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Reactor Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Alpha Scintillation Tester for Uranium Surface Contamination of N-Reactor Fuel (open access)

An Alpha Scintillation Tester for Uranium Surface Contamination of N-Reactor Fuel

Report that "describes a nondestructive tester and some of its applications in measuring 10 to 100 µg of uranium surface contamination on unirradiated, low enrichment, uranium fuel elements" (p. ii).
Date: July 1963
Creator: Jackson, C. N., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1959 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1959

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile, low-power, nuclear power plant for Military field operation.
Date: July 31, 1959
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1960 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1960

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: July 31, 1960
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Semiannual Progress Report: March 1964 (open access)

Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Semiannual Progress Report: March 1964

Report documenting ongoing research and developments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Gas-Cooled Reactor Project. From summary: "A study was made of the effect of the energy of extraneous source neutrons on the amplitudes of higher modes in the flux distribution of a subcritical reactor."
Date: July 1964
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attenuation in Water of Radiation from the Bulk Shielding Reactor: Measurements of the Gamma-Ray Dose Rate, Fast Neutron Dose Rate, and Thermal-Neutron Flux (open access)

Attenuation in Water of Radiation from the Bulk Shielding Reactor: Measurements of the Gamma-Ray Dose Rate, Fast Neutron Dose Rate, and Thermal-Neutron Flux

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory displaying a single chart showing measurements of the gamma-ray, fast-neutron, and thermal-neutron dose rates.
Date: July 8, 1958
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 1]: 306 Mw Power Reactor Conceptual Design (open access)

Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 1]: 306 Mw Power Reactor Conceptual Design

From introduction: In general, the objective of this study is to provide for the development of the conceptual design criteria for the most promising type of boiling water reactor and associated complete electrical generating plant consistent with a schedule calling for start of construction in July 1960.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 2]: Separate Studies (open access)

Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 2]: Separate Studies

From introduction: This section presents the principal results of the optimization study done to establish the economic basis for selection of the core and fuel design.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 3]: 306 Mw Coal-Fired Installation (open access)

Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 3]: 306 Mw Coal-Fired Installation

From introduction: The objectives of this study are to determine the estimated capital and energy costs of this typical conventional coal-fired installation, consistent with a schedule calling for completion of construction April 1964.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Gas-Turbine and Steam-Turbine Power Plants for Use with All-Ceramic Gas-Cooled Reactors (open access)

A Comparison of Gas-Turbine and Steam-Turbine Power Plants for Use with All-Ceramic Gas-Cooled Reactors

Report that "compares gas turbines with steam turbines as means of producing electric power from gas-cooled reactors with all-ceramic fuel elements." (p. 1)
Date: July 1965
Creator: Fraas, A. P. & Ozisik, M. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cost Study of a 100-Mw(e) Direct-Cycle Boiling Water Reactor Plant (open access)

Cost Study of a 100-Mw(e) Direct-Cycle Boiling Water Reactor Plant

Report issued by the Argonne national Laboratory discussing a technical and economic evaluation of a direct-cycle light-water boiling reactor designed for natural circulation and internal steam-water separation. The reference 100-Mw(e) reactor power plant design evolved from the study should have the best chance (compared to similar plants) of approaching the 8 to 9 mill/kwh total power-cost level. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: July 1960
Creator: Bullinger, C. F. & Harrer, J. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Design of a Dynamic Corrosion and Chemical Control Test Loop and Preliminary Out-of-Pile Test Results (open access)

The Design of a Dynamic Corrosion and Chemical Control Test Loop and Preliminary Out-of-Pile Test Results

From abstract: "This report describes the overall loop design and the means by which this design was developed. These include critical facility measurements, analog computer calculations, hydraulic and heat transfer computations, and the construction and operation of an out-of-pile mock-up loop to determine the dynamic characteristics of the loop."
Date: July 12, 1963
Creator: Zelezny, W. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
EDP Procedures in Technical Library Operations (open access)

EDP Procedures in Technical Library Operations

Systems for circulation control, book ordering, journal renewal, printing a book catalog, preparing monthly acquisitions lists.
Date: July 30, 1963
Creator: Griffin, Hillis L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Test Reactor : Engineering Design and Safeguards Report (open access)

Engineering Test Reactor : Engineering Design and Safeguards Report

From abstract: "Detail and engineering drawings for the Engineering Test Reactor."
Date: July 1956
Creator: Kaiser Engineers
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental Investigation of Two-Phase, Two-Component Flow in a Horizontal, Converging-Diverging Nozzle (open access)

An Experimental Investigation of Two-Phase, Two-Component Flow in a Horizontal, Converging-Diverging Nozzle

Report that "describes an investigation of the flow characteristics in a horizontal, converging-diverging nozzle for a two-phase, two-component system" (p. 1) using air and water and "attempting to determine the effects of accelerating the liquid phase by the gaseous phase" (p. 1).
Date: July 1963
Creator: Vogrin, Joseph A., Jr.
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
Final Report : Large Reactor Study for Sea Water Distillation (open access)

Final Report : Large Reactor Study for Sea Water Distillation

From introduction: This report presents the results of a study of large nuclear reactor systems for supplying energy for the distillation of sea water.
Date: July 1963
Creator: Bechtel Corporation
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
Fundamentals in the Operation of Nuclear Test Reactors: Volume 3 Engineering Test Design and Operation (open access)

Fundamentals in the Operation of Nuclear Test Reactors: Volume 3 Engineering Test Design and Operation

Engineering test reactor design and operation.
Date: July 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Semiannual Progress Report: March 1963 (open access)

Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Semiannual Progress Report: March 1963

Report documenting the design and testing progress of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Gas-Cooled Reactor Program.
Date: July 23, 1963
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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
The Hanford Isotopes Production Plant Engineering Study (open access)

The Hanford Isotopes Production Plant Engineering Study

Report presenting the conceptual design, estimates of capital and operating costs, and details of the operation of a plant "capable of high volume production of encapsulated heat sources" (p. 3) of radioisotopes Sr90, Cs137, Ce144, and Pm147.
Date: July 1963
Creator: La Riviere, J. R.; Michels, L. R.; Riches, H. C.; Rohrmann, C. A.; Smith, C. W. & Swift, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library