Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Final Safeguard Analysis: Supplement 4, Gas-Cooled Loop Anaysis (open access)

Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Final Safeguard Analysis: Supplement 4, Gas-Cooled Loop Anaysis

Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor (PRTR) final safeguards analysis involving a gas-cooled loop.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Wittenbrock, N. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Specifications for Swaged UO2 19-Rod Cluster, PRTR Fuel Element Mark 1 (open access)

Specifications for Swaged UO2 19-Rod Cluster, PRTR Fuel Element Mark 1

Specifications including detail dimension, materials, fabrication steps, acceptance criteria, and final assembly steps for the swaged uranium dioxide, 19-rod cluster Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor fuel element.
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Millhollen, M. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Halogen Collector Test Program (open access)

Halogen Collector Test Program

Report documenting the Halogen Collector Test program, which was undertaken to provide "methods of removing trace quantities of radioactive iodine from an air stream" (p. 1). The report includes designs of the program and the test facility, test results, analysis of these results, and encountered problems. Appendices begin on page 38.
Date: March 1, 1960
Creator: Arthur D. Little, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Design Report: DR-1 Gas Loop (open access)

Final Design Report: DR-1 Gas Loop

Report describing the performance, fission product tolerance, design, and costs of the DR-1 Gas Loop, which is an in-reactor test facility.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Baars, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plutonium Spike Fuel Elements for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor: Part 1 - The Mark 1-G (open access)

Plutonium Spike Fuel Elements for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor: Part 1 - The Mark 1-G

Report describing "[t]he fabrication of of the first aluminum-plutonium spike enrichment fuel elements for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor (PRTR) at Hanford" Laboratory (p. 2).
Date: March 1961
Creator: Freshley, M. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Addendum to a Parametric Study of the Gas-Cooled Reactor Concept (open access)

An Addendum to a Parametric Study of the Gas-Cooled Reactor Concept

From introduction: "This report provides background information regarding the study results presented in the first volume of this report and provides information resulting from the studies made on the gas cooled reactor concept."
Date: March 1, 1958
Creator: Hanford Works
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Affecting Fluidization of Uranium Trioxide Powders (open access)

Factors Affecting Fluidization of Uranium Trioxide Powders

Study of factors, such as the average particle size and particle-size distribution, which affect the fluidization properties of uranium trioxide powders.
Date: March 1, 1958
Creator: Johnson, B. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnetic Force Welding Sintered Aluminum Powder Materials (open access)

Magnetic Force Welding Sintered Aluminum Powder Materials

Report discussing the use of sintered aluminum powder for nuclear fuel cladding. This report includes descriptions of pertinent materials and experimental procedures.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Mills, L. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library