Accidental Radiation Excursion at the Y-12 Plant, June 16, 1958: Final Report (open access)

Accidental Radiation Excursion at the Y-12 Plant, June 16, 1958: Final Report

This report describes the circumstances leading to the accident, attempts to reconstruct the nuclear reactivity conditions, and reviews the dosimetric means and results which were used to help determine the exposure of affected employees.
Date: September 12, 1958
Creator: Patton, F. S.; Bailey, J. C.; Callihan, A. D.; Googin, J. M.; Jasny, G. R.; McAlduff, H. J. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stepwise Calculation for the Determination of the Number of Transfer Units in Countercurrent Extraction Columns (open access)

Stepwise Calculation for the Determination of the Number of Transfer Units in Countercurrent Extraction Columns

Report discussing a method for the stepwise calculation of the number of transfer units utilized in a given solvent extraction operation. "Use of the method results in a very appreciable saving in time of calculation with an error of 1.5% for the runs tested. The error tends to become smaller with increasing total numbers of transfer units involved."
Date: September 12, 1949
Creator: Burns, W. A. & Eschbach, E. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zirconium Purification Pilot Plant (open access)

Zirconium Purification Pilot Plant

This report discusses the process of zirconium purification, providing an alternate method for converting ZrCl4 solution to the oxide in order to free it from small amounts of hafnium impurity that are naturally present.
Date: September 12, 1950
Creator: Lea, D. C.; Aykanian, A. A.; Abbanat, R. G. & Bowman, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Radiation-Induced Graft Copolymerization Untilizing Electron Accelerators and Isotope Sources as Radiation Initiators (open access)

Comparison of Radiation-Induced Graft Copolymerization Untilizing Electron Accelerators and Isotope Sources as Radiation Initiators

"A comparison of grafting to two thicknesses of polypropylene film is made using isotope and electron accelerator initiation. The results indicate that the grafting of methacrylic acid: styrene to polypropylene is mainly a surface reaction."
Date: September 12, 1961
Creator: Odian, George; Oliver, William F. & Pierre, Karl
System: The UNT Digital Library