HASL Contributions to the Study of Fallout in Food Chains (open access)

HASL Contributions to the Study of Fallout in Food Chains

Report compiling data from previous HASL reports regarding the radioactive contamination of foods. Individual food items as well as total diets are analyzed.
Date: July 1, 1964
Creator: Rivera, Joseph & Harley, John H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1964 - June 1, 1964 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1964 - June 1, 1964

Report that summarizes multiple laboratories' reports on global fallout deposition. Reports include data on Strontium-90 deposition recorded by the Health and Safety Laboratory, data from other laboratories, related interpretive reports, and recent publications related to fallout.
Date: July 1, 1964
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.; Rivera, Joseph & Collins, William R., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1965 - June 1, 1965 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1965 - June 1, 1965

Report that summarizes multiple laboratories' reports on global fallout deposition. Reports include data on Strontium-90 deposition recorded by the Health and Safety Laboratory, data from other laboratories, related interpretive reports, and recent publications related to fallout.
Date: July 1, 1965
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr. & Rivera, Joseph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1960 - June 1, 1960 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1960 - June 1, 1960

Report that summarizes multiple laboratories' reports on global fallout deposition. Reports include data on Strontium-90 deposition recorded by the Health and Safety Laboratory, data from other laboratories, related interpretive reports, and recent publications related to fallout.
Date: July 1, 1960
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.; Klein, Stanley & Rivera, Joseph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1961 - June 1, 1961 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1961 - June 1, 1961

Report that summarizes multiple laboratories' reports on global fallout deposition. Reports include data on Strontium-90 deposition recorded by the Health and Safety Laboratory, data from other laboratories, related interpretive reports, and recent publications related to fallout.
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.; Rivera, Joseph & Frankel, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1962 - June 1, 1962 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1962 - June 1, 1962

Report that summarizes multiple laboratories' reports on global fallout deposition. Reports include data on Strontium-90 deposition recorded by the Health and Safety Laboratory, data from other laboratories, related interpretive reports, and recent publications related to fallout.
Date: July 1, 1962
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.; Rivera, Joseph & Frankel, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1963 - June 1, 1963 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1963 - June 1, 1963

Report that summarizes multiple laboratories' reports on global fallout deposition. Reports include data on Strontium-90 deposition recorded by the Health and Safety Laboratory, data from other laboratories, related interpretive reports, and recent publications related to fallout.
Date: July 1, 1963
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.; Rivera, Joseph & Collins, William R., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Gamma Ray Detector of Variable Geometry for Whole Body Counting of Small Animals (open access)

A Gamma Ray Detector of Variable Geometry for Whole Body Counting of Small Animals

Report documenting the design and operation of a gamma ray detector for use in counting small animals housed in metabolism cages.
Date: July 1964
Creator: Goodrich, R. M.; Thomas, R. G. & Wright, S. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental Investigation of Two-Phase, Two-Component Flow in a Horizontal, Converging-Diverging Nozzle (open access)

An Experimental Investigation of Two-Phase, Two-Component Flow in a Horizontal, Converging-Diverging Nozzle

Report that "describes an investigation of the flow characteristics in a horizontal, converging-diverging nozzle for a two-phase, two-component system" (p. 1) using air and water and "attempting to determine the effects of accelerating the liquid phase by the gaseous phase" (p. 1).
Date: July 1963
Creator: Vogrin, Joseph A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cost Study of a 100-Mw(e) Direct-Cycle Boiling Water Reactor Plant (open access)

Cost Study of a 100-Mw(e) Direct-Cycle Boiling Water Reactor Plant

Report issued by the Argonne national Laboratory discussing a technical and economic evaluation of a direct-cycle light-water boiling reactor designed for natural circulation and internal steam-water separation. The reference 100-Mw(e) reactor power plant design evolved from the study should have the best chance (compared to similar plants) of approaching the 8 to 9 mill/kwh total power-cost level. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: July 1960
Creator: Bullinger, C. F. & Harrer, J. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Irradiation of an Aluminum Alloy-Clad, Aluminum-Uranium Alloy-Fueled Plate (open access)

Irradiation of an Aluminum Alloy-Clad, Aluminum-Uranium Alloy-Fueled Plate

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing irradiation tests of an aluminum alloy-clad, aluminum-uranium alloy fuel plate. As stated in the introduction, "calculations were made to determine the lowest possible pressure which would allow the maximum possible local boiling on the plate and still assure a margin of safety against burnout" (p. 9). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: July 1960
Creator: Gavin, A. P. & Crothers, C. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance Characteristics of a Liquid Metal MHD Generator (open access)

Performance Characteristics of a Liquid Metal MHD Generator

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing the performance of magnetohydrodynamic generators. As stated in the abstract, "an experimental study was made of the performance characteristics of a liquid metal MHD generator utilizing single-phase sodium-potassium and two-phase sodium-potassium-nitrogen fluids. The purpose of this study was to compare the generator performance with theory for single-phase flow and to determine the effects of the introduction of the gaseous phase on the generator output and efficiency" (p. 9). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: July 1964
Creator: Petrick, Michael & Lee, Kung-You
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Progress Report on Reactor Development: 4000 program (open access)

Quarterly Progress Report on Reactor Development: 4000 program

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing progress made on reactor development. Progress made on the core, pressure vessel and shield, and the power plant are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1954
Creator: McLain, Stuart
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scintillation Spectrometry : Gamma-Ray Spectrum Catalogue (open access)

Scintillation Spectrometry : Gamma-Ray Spectrum Catalogue

Report presenting a collection of gamma spectra containing samples of the response of NaI(TI) scintillation detectors to a large number of the more frequently encountered radioactive nuclides.
Date: July 1, 1957
Creator: Heath, R. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report, January 31, 1964 (open access)

Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report, January 31, 1964

Report containing ongoing projects and experiments undertaken by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Molten-Salt Reactor Program.
Date: July 1964
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1960 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1960

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: July 31, 1960
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1959 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1959

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile, low-power, nuclear power plant for Military field operation.
Date: July 31, 1959
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Core Tester - UT-2 (open access)

Fuel Core Tester - UT-2

Report that "describes an instrument that nondestructively tests uranium fuel element cores by ultrasonic methods" (p. 2).
Date: July 18, 1960
Creator: Frederick, C. L. & Waldkoetter, G. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Controlled Potential Coulometer (open access)

Hanford Controlled Potential Coulometer

Report describing the Hanford Laboratory controlled potential coulometer. This includes the theory behind the coulometer, details of its circuitry, and performance tests. Appendix begins on page 23.
Date: July 11, 1960
Creator: Connally, R. E. & Scott, F. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The RBU Reactor-Burnup Code: Formulation and Operation Procedures (open access)

The RBU Reactor-Burnup Code: Formulation and Operation Procedures

Report discussing the computer program RBU, which calculates the neutron, reactivity, and isotopic history of a nuclear reactor in such a way as to facilitate the predictions of fuel costs and reactor performance. This report documents RBU's various calculations and operating procedures.
Date: July 1961
Creator: Triplett, J. R.; Merrill, E. T. & Burr, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
MINIMIZER: A Computer Code for Determining Minimum Fuel Cost (open access)

MINIMIZER: A Computer Code for Determining Minimum Fuel Cost

Report that describes the Hanford Laboratories MINIMIZER code and demonstrates its accuracy in providing fissile fuel costs in a precise and automatic manner.
Date: July 1965
Creator: Eschbach, E. A.; Deonigi, D. E. & McConiga, A. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hanford Isotopes Production Plant Engineering Study (open access)

The Hanford Isotopes Production Plant Engineering Study

Report presenting the conceptual design, estimates of capital and operating costs, and details of the operation of a plant "capable of high volume production of encapsulated heat sources" (p. 3) of radioisotopes Sr90, Cs137, Ce144, and Pm147.
Date: July 1963
Creator: La Riviere, J. R.; Michels, L. R.; Riches, H. C.; Rohrmann, C. A.; Smith, C. W. & Swift, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Alpha Scintillation Tester for Uranium Surface Contamination of N-Reactor Fuel (open access)

An Alpha Scintillation Tester for Uranium Surface Contamination of N-Reactor Fuel

Report that "describes a nondestructive tester and some of its applications in measuring 10 to 100 µg of uranium surface contamination on unirradiated, low enrichment, uranium fuel elements" (p. ii).
Date: July 1963
Creator: Jackson, C. N., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Strain Aging and Heat Treatment Properties of N-Reactor Connector Tubes (open access)

The Strain Aging and Heat Treatment Properties of N-Reactor Connector Tubes

Report regarding the determination of "the susceptibility to strain aging and the effect of stress-relief annealing on the properties of N-reactor connecting tubes made from ASTM A-106 Grade B high carbon steel" (p. 2).
Date: July 30, 1963
Creator: Pessl, H. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library