Reactor Development Program Progress Report: April 1963 (open access)

Reactor Development Program Progress Report: April 1963

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing progress made by the Reactor Development Program during April 1963. Reactor physics, experiments, and safety studies are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: May 15, 1963
Creator: Adams, R. M. & Glassner, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Development Program Progress Report: March 1963 (open access)

Reactor Development Program Progress Report: March 1963

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing progress made by the Reactor Development Program during March 1963. Reactor physics, experiments, and safety studies are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1963
Creator: Adams, R. M. & Glassner, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: July 1 - December 31, 1959 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: July 1 - December 31, 1959

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: February 15, 1960
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: July 1 - September 30, 1963 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: July 1 - September 30, 1963

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: November 15, 1963
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1963 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1963

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: February 15, 1963
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1964 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1964

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: February 15, 1965
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design Analysis of a Prepackaged Nuclear Power Plant for an Ice Cap Location (open access)

Design Analysis of a Prepackaged Nuclear Power Plant for an Ice Cap Location

Report describing a the design requirements of a proposed nuclear power plant for use on an ice cap.
Date: January 15, 1959
Creator: Alco Products (Firm)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hot-Pressure Bonding of OMR Fuel Plates (open access)

Hot-Pressure Bonding of OMR Fuel Plates

Abstract: An alluminum-clad low-enrichment, uranium-alloy fuel element of flat plate configuration has been proposed for the Organic Moderated Reactor (OMR).
Date: November 15, 1959
Creator: Alm, G. V.; Binstock, M. H. & Garrett, E. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Stresses in Bellows (open access)

Analysis of Stresses in Bellows

Abstract: Design charts and systematic design forms are presented for simplified calculations to check the number of convolutions and thickness required to limit the deflection and pressure stress range in three types of bellows.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Anderson, W. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 3: July-December 1963 (open access)

Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 3: July-December 1963

Progress report for the Piqua Reactor Operations Analysis Program describing observations and analyses at the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility (PNPF). The program goals are to monitor operations and collect data in order to ensure that the plant's operation is safe, to improve design and performance, to evaluate the performance and lifetime of the plant's components and systems, to evaluate plant safety and safeguards, and to disseminate all information to the scientific community.
Date: July 15, 1964
Creator: Auleta, J. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Criticality-Accident Dosimetry Studies (open access)

Criticality-Accident Dosimetry Studies

Experiments were carried out to (1) explore possibilities for developing a less expensive device than the Hurst threshold detector unit (TDU) for monitoring possible accidental critical reactions in uranium-processing facilities, (2) to study the precision and accuracy of the TDU, and (3) to evaluate the ORNL film badge in mixed neutron-gama radiation fields.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Bailey, J. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The FAIM Code: a Multigroup, One-Dimensional Diffusion Equation Code (open access)

The FAIM Code: a Multigroup, One-Dimensional Diffusion Equation Code

Abstract: FAIM is a general multigroup, one-dimensional diffusion equation code programmed in FORTRAN language for the IBM 7090 computer.
Date: April 15, 1962
Creator: Baller, D. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallurgical Aspects of SRE Fuel Element Damage Episode (open access)

Metallurgical Aspects of SRE Fuel Element Damage Episode

Abstract: An investigation of the metallurgical aspects of the SRE fuel element episode, that occurred July 26, 1959, has been completed.
Date: October 15, 1961
Creator: Ballif, J. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Coolant Impurity Removal Equipment at the OMRE (open access)

Evaluation of Coolant Impurity Removal Equipment at the OMRE

Abstract: The experimental application of centrifugal clarification, precoat filtration, conventional filtration, and adsorption to the removal of impurities from a bypass stream of irradiated reactor coolant at the Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment is described and evaluated.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Barbour, P. & Davis, W. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mechanical Properties of Zircaloy-2 Weld Metal (open access)

Mechanical Properties of Zircaloy-2 Weld Metal

Abstract: Zircaloy-2 weld metal, obtained by inert gas non-consumable-electrode welding, was subjected to tensile, strain fatigue, and creep-rupture testing.
Date: April 15, 1961
Creator: Beitscher, S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mechanical Properties of Zircaloy-2 - Niobium - Oxygen Alloys (open access)

Mechanical Properties of Zircaloy-2 - Niobium - Oxygen Alloys

Introduction: The effects of temperature on the mechanical properties of Zircaloy-2 containing up to 7.5 wt % niobium and 3500-ppm oxygen were studied and are presented herein.
Date: January 15, 1963
Creator: Bibb, A. E. & Fascia, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
QUICKIE: A Computer Program for Spatially Independent Multigroup Slowing-Down and Thermalization Calculations (open access)

QUICKIE: A Computer Program for Spatially Independent Multigroup Slowing-Down and Thermalization Calculations

Introduction: QUICKIE is a computer program designed to solve the multigroup neutron slowing down and thermalization equations without consideration of spatial dimensions.
Date: April 15, 1964
Creator: Boling, M. & Rhoades, W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbide Fuel Development: Phase 1 Report, Period of May 15 to September 15, 1959 (open access)

Carbide Fuel Development: Phase 1 Report, Period of May 15 to September 15, 1959

From foreword: This report describes the work accomplished including the Conceptual Design task and the initial results of the tasks on Facility Design and Fabrication, Fuel Fabrication and Evaluation, and Fuel Reprocessing.
Date: October 15, 1959
Creator: Bolomey, R.; Lazerus, S.; Sapir, J.; Sofer, G.; Steinmetz, H.; Strasser, A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
SNAP 10A Structural Analysis (open access)

SNAP 10A Structural Analysis

Abstract: this report discusses and summarizes all stress analysis done on the SNAP 10A system; it also mentions many of the structural tests which were accomplished.
Date: July 15, 1964
Creator: Boulanger, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construction Completion Report: CAI-816, 100-N Reactor Plant (open access)

Construction Completion Report: CAI-816, 100-N Reactor Plant

Report from Hanford Laboratories concerning "the design and construction of the 100-N Reactor and heat dissipation plant complete with the necessary auxiliaries" (p. 2). Details of its construction and the plant's systems and instrumentation are described as well as economic considerations.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Buckner, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallurgy Research Operation: Quarterly Progress Report, January - March 1965 (open access)

Metallurgy Research Operation: Quarterly Progress Report, January - March 1965

Quarterly progress report on a project to test the radiation effects on metallurgy.
Date: April 15, 1965
Creator: Cadwell, J. J.; Bierlein, T. K.; Bement, A. L.; Dillon, R. L. & Wheeler, R. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Advanced Sodium-Graphite Reactor Nuclear Power Plant (open access)

An Advanced Sodium-Graphite Reactor Nuclear Power Plant

Abstract: This report describes an advanced sodium-cooled, graphite-moderated nuclear power plant which utilizes high-pressure, high-temperature steam to generate electricity at a high thermal efficiency.
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Churchill, J. R. & Renard, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 4: January-June 1964 (open access)

Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 4: January-June 1964

Progress report for the Piqua Reactor Operations Analysis Program describing observations and analyses at the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility (PNPF). The program goals are to monitor operations and collect data in order to ensure that the plant's operation is safe, to improve design and performance, to evaluate the performance and lifetime of the plant's components and systems, to evaluate plant safety and safeguards, and to disseminate all information to the scientific community.
Date: December 15, 1964
Creator: Cole, H. S.; Hausknecht, D. F.; Jenkins, O. G., Jr.; Lew, D. E.; Mandel, H.; Pearson, E. N. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
ABWR: PL-2 Design Report (open access)

ABWR: PL-2 Design Report

From preface: This report satisfies the quarterly progress report requirements for PL-1 and PL-2 plant design work for the period ending September 30, 1960 At present time a SL-1 Core 2 is under construction. This is a replacement core for SL-1 (ALPR) and will be identical to a PL-2 core; a PL condenser is under test at the SL-1 facility; final construction plans for PL components and modules which are not site sensitive will be completed in March 1961.
Date: October 15, 1960
Creator: Combustion Engineering, inc. Nuclear Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library