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As a starting point for planning the physics measurements to be made during the start up of the pile, this memorandum describes a procedure for each of three cases, a large poisoned pile, running at power with a small unpoisoned pile but marking physics measurements with the large pile before going to power, and a similar case except that the physics measurements on the large pile are done after running with power on the small pile This memorandum should by no means be taken as a final proposal. It has resulted in uncovering shortcomings in instrumentation which have been covered in other memoranda. Estimates of the time required for the physics measurements are given. These will furnish you with a basis for discussion with the Operating Supervision to estimate the total time required for each step.

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Preliminary meetings on coring of the graphite have been held with interested parties of the Technical and Production Divisions at which time the advantages and problems of coring were discussed. The advantages and the problems which must be surmounted in order to core have been presented to the working committee. A study of the means of accomplishing coring has been made considering only the central and maximum fringe coring. It is important that the minimum and maximum coring be established as soon as possible so that the coal coring pattern can be worked out and the design completed. From the studies that have been made thus far the 10 mil center core-60 mil fringe core appears to be the most favorable choice. The advantages and disadvantages of several possible coring combinations (central to fringe) are tabulated. The statements and graphs of temperatures made in this tabulation are based on the results of the analogue tests. The estimates of pile expansion resulting from various coring patterns are based on report HDC-1987 by R.K. Andersen. These results are summarized in Figures 1, 2, and 3. The results of the analysis which Technical plans to make on the DR graphite sample will be …

The occurrence of a fault April 7 caused a short in the stator winding of one of the main generators. Repairs will require at least one month and the total time the generator will be down can be determined only after a further inspection of the damage. In a week or two, after a thorough inspection of the generator and the ignitron system, Bevatron operation will be continued on one generator. Since the targets of use in a Bevatron experiment will depend greatly on the nature of the experiment and the techniques to be employed the ideas presented here relate primarily to the area of research which involves the detection with counters of heavy mesons emitted in the backward direction in the laboratory system. These mesons and their decay products have low kinetic energy over the entire range of Bevatron energies above threshold for production. For this reason discrimination by means of momentum resolution, collimating slits, ionization density and range will be possible.

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The purpose of this course is two-fold. It should serve as a review for the metallurgist of the classical metallurgical concepts applied to such metals as uranium, thorium, plutonium, and zirconium. These metals are relatively unfamiliar to the metallurgist, but the concepts are still the same ones applied to familiar metals. The second purpose is to acquaint the non-metallurgist with the reasons for selection, advantages, and disadvantages of the various fuels and structural materials used in a reactor. Thus, there are two purposes: the first is conceptual, and the second is explanatory. A blending of the two must inevitably result in an over-simplification of the metallurgical concepts and an assumption of certain background material which, actually, may not be available to the non-metallurgist. The present lecture is an introduction to the material to be covered. This lecture will have two purposes. The material to be presented in the remaining lectures will be outlined briefly, and the various concepts to be covered in this course will be discussed.

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High-absorbancy spectrophotometry was applied to the precise determination of about 0.15% cobalt in aluminum by the 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2- naphthol method. The absorbancies of sample aliquots were measured versus a standard containing 50 mu g of cobalt. The relative concentration error for a single measurement, assuming a 1% transmittancy error, is 0.93% and the coefficient of variation of 5 cobalt determinations is 0.5%. (auth)

Power rate of rise measuring instrumentation is being procured for all of the Hanford piles, and a prototype installation is now in service at D reactor. This instrumentation is expected to provide valuable assistance to the pile operator during the start-up rise to operating power; in order to best utilize the instrument, procedures and limits must be determined on the basis of the relationship between the flux rate of change and the instrument response. As with any measuring instrument, there is an inherent delay in the power rate meter circuitry; in addition there are greater delays associated with the beat capacity of the metal and water and the transit time of the cooling water. Furthermore, reactivity changes from rod withdrawal and metal coefficient draping are not instantaneous, and the flux is not a simple function of the reactivity changes. Because of the time lags involved the rate meter response cannot be identical to the actual flux rate of change; however, an exact solution for this response in terms of all of the variables would be inordinately complex. The purpose of this study is to show approximately the changes in power level or rate which might occur in practice relative to …

Neutral hyperons produced by 5-Bev The effects of /sup -/ mesons incident on a large propane bubble chamber are analyzed in detail with respect to production cross sections and angular distributions of production and decays and the A lifetime is measured. The cross section for neutralhyperon (Y/sup 0/) production by the reaction The effects of /sup -/ + p 1100 deg C are Y/sup 0/ + K is 0.98 sintering time 0.16 mb. The cross section for carbon mpacting ( The effects of - + C 1100 deg C are Y/sup 0/ + K) is 6.05 sintering time 0.89 mb. The mean Svlvania Electr decay time is (3.12 sintering time 0.34) x 10/sup -10/ sec. The corrected lifetime is observed to be (3.23 sintering time 0.36) x 10/sup -10/ sec. Although the up-down decay asymmetry for Svlvania Electr hyperons is not significantly different from zero, the fore-aft decay angular distribution is asymmetric; alpha P = -0.31 sintering time 0.12 where the decay proton distribrtion along the Svlvania Electr direction of motion has been examined. This is suggested as evidence for nonconservation of parity in the production interaction. The Svlvania Electr -production angular distribution is peaked backward in the production center …

EWR-ESE-144, Fifty MC-890 type final assemblies were subjected to irradiation at low temperature test in order to determine if irradiation would reduce the frequency of high voltage breakdowns. A control lot of a like number of units was subjected to low temperature test in the same manner except without irradiation.

This monthly document details activities of the Hanford Operations Office during the month of March 1960. (FI)

The formation constants of the RChOH/sup -/ species, formed by interaction of individual rare-earth nitrilotriacetate species and KOH at 25 deg C and an ionic strength of 0.1 were determined by the potentiometric method, i.e., computed from the pH values of equilibrium mixtures containing varying proportions of rare-earth complex and base. The relations of these constants to the ion-exchange separation of rare earths at high pH were discussed. (auth)

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Equations were derived by strain-energy methods for analyzing the stress and deflection in the boiler fuel element boxes used in the Pathfinder nuclear reactor. These boxes are of two types, both constructed of Zircaloy lI. One box is approximately 5 in. sq. The second is approximately 10 1/2 in. sq divided internally into four compartments (5 in. sq) by a cruciform control-rod guide structure. Stress and deflection in the box walls are caused by pressure differences across the walls. The equations were verified by testing an aluminum model of the single-element box and a Plexiglas model of the four-element box. There was less than 10% difference between theoretical and measured values for the maximum stress and deflection, and therefore, use of the equations for designing the Pathfinder fuel element boxes is justified. (auth)

This report details activities of the Irradiation Processing Department during the month of March 1964.

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One of the most important investigations to be conducted during the early operation of NAL is the search for quarks. Several experiments have been proposed which will investigate quark production via the strong interaction. As we discuss below, however, there are serious arguments to suggest that the mass limits obtained will not be significantly higher than the current limits of 4 to 5 GeV. To circumvent these objections we propose a simple experiment based on e1ectromagnetic production of quarks. It would run inside the main ring with photons produced in the rotating c-o target. No presently approved quark experiment is sensitive to such production without modification of its proposed set-up.

Proper laser infrared irradiation of ball targets 10 to 100 ..mu..m in diameter requires micrometre-step positioning of the system's optical elements. A central control console has been designed that gives the operator nearly complete control of this complex operation. Twin alignment lasers can be operated from the console. Devices can be inserted in the beam lines, mirrors moved, and the target ball aligned, all with fine precision. The focus position can be viewed by closed-circuit TV monitors; disk recording of the TV waveforms is available. The main capacitor banks can be charged for rod shots. Communications with laser operators can be maintained by intercom or radio, and video signals can be sent to remote areas. The console has been instrumental in saving many hours of manual labor.

This is a catalog of all samples which have been collected and the presently available results of chemical and other analyses. Types covered include: air quality, water quality, ecosystem quality, subsidence and seismicity, remotely sensed data, socioeconomic effects, and measurements of radioactivity. (MHR)