N-Reactor Operational Safety Review (open access)

N-Reactor Operational Safety Review

Report describing a series of tests performed to review the safety procedures and systems of Hanford Laboratories' N-Reactor.
Date: August 19, 1963
Creator: Trumble, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
EOCR Control Rod and Driver Fuel Hydraulic Tests (open access)

EOCR Control Rod and Driver Fuel Hydraulic Tests

Report discussing the results of experiments on an EOCR prototype control rod, control rod drive, and driver fuel assembly that were extensively tested in 500 deg F Santowax and 132 deg F water. These tests not only established the operating characteristics of these assemblies but also revealed a number of deficiencies in the various components. It includes descriptions of the control rod, control rod drive, and driver fuel assembly together with descriptions of their method of operation.
Date: October 19, 1962
Creator: Harrison, L. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boiling of Freon-114 in a Three-Foot Straight Tube Evaporator (open access)

Boiling of Freon-114 in a Three-Foot Straight Tube Evaporator

Introduction: this report covers two series of tests run on a Freon evaporator containing a vertical copper tube having an outside diameter of 7/8 of an inch, heated externally for a length of 35 inches by steam condensing in a concentric jacket.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Allen, Charles F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development Studies on Waste Storage Process (open access)

Research and Development Studies on Waste Storage Process

Report documenting "the determination of the thermal stability of various fission product oxides and nitrates, and an investigation of the gas phase decomposition of ruthenium tetroxide" (p. 4).
Date: May 19, 1961
Creator: Ortner, M. H.; Anderson, C. J. & Campbell, P. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Industrial Gamma Irradiator for Medical Supplies (open access)

An Industrial Gamma Irradiator for Medical Supplies

From foreword: This report presents the preliminary design of an industrial gamma irradiator for the sterilization of medical supplies.
Date: February 19, 1960
Creator: Frankfort, J. Harry; Haram, S. & Wallach, S.
System: The UNT Digital Library