Pilot Plant Fluorination of Uranium Fuel Elements by Bromine Trifluoride (open access)

Pilot Plant Fluorination of Uranium Fuel Elements by Bromine Trifluoride

Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing methods of processing reactor fuels such as uranium. As stated in the objective, "the primary objective of the project was to determine the effect of temperature, solution composition, and flow rate on the dissolving time for natural uranium slugs of varying history" (p. 2). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: Strickland, G.; Horn, F. L. & Johnson, R.
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
Liquid Metal Reactor Experiment Preliminary Hazards Evaluation, July 1957 (open access)

Liquid Metal Reactor Experiment Preliminary Hazards Evaluation, July 1957

Report containing descriptions of the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment's reactor, containment, and plant design. Includes analyses of associated environmental hazards.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Neutron Absorption Alignment Chart (open access)

A Neutron Absorption Alignment Chart

From introduction: "Neutron absorption alignment chart for the measurement of neutron flux density."
Date: July 30, 1957
Creator: Nisle, Robert G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
20,000 KW Nuclear Power Plant Study for United States Atomic Energy Commission (open access)

20,000 KW Nuclear Power Plant Study for United States Atomic Energy Commission

Introduction: In September of 156, Gilbert Associates, Inc., entered into a contract with the United States of America, acting through the United States Atomic Energy Commission, for the study and preliminary design of a nuclear power plant being considered for integration into a central station power system at an overseas site.
Date: July 7, 1957
Creator: Gilbert Associates, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
HASL Aerial Survey System (open access)

HASL Aerial Survey System

Radioactive debris from nuclear detonations may fall out over an extensive area. A rapid evaluation of the distribution of such surface contamination cam be obtained by an aircraft mounted detector. The gamma field measured in the aircraft can be related to the intensity on the ground. The HASL Top Hat'' system measures the radiation intensity, in an aircraft, at any altitude up to 1500 feet. The data are continuously compensated to the reading that would be obtained if the measurements were taken at three feet from thc ground surface. It will record the ground radiation field intensities from 0.01 mr/hr to 1000 r/hr. The Telepulse Coding Unit converts this information to a signal suitable for transmission to a plotting center via a standard voice radio transmitter. The transmitted signal is decoded by a Telepulse Receiving Unit and is automatically recorded on a strip chart. The radiation data must be correlated with the aircraft position to determine the location amd intensity distribution of the contaminated area.
Date: July 29, 1957
Creator: Cassidy, M. E.; Graveson, R. T. & LeVine, H. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Basic Chemistry of High Temperature Inorganic Systems, Semiannual Progress Report: July-December 1956 (open access)

Basic Chemistry of High Temperature Inorganic Systems, Semiannual Progress Report: July-December 1956

From abstract: The vapor pressure determination of solid ThF4 has been completed. Experiments to determine the heat of formation of ThF4 by studying the reaction of ThF4 with SiO2 are described.
Date: July 15, 1957
Creator: Yosim, S. J. & Milne, T. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: July, 1957 (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: July, 1957

A monthly report summarizing work perform by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. In this months report includes specifications a utility loop, further calculations for fuel rods, drawings were reviewed and specifications for the core reactor were reviewed.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Irradiation of Wrought Uranium Plate (open access)

Irradiation of Wrought Uranium Plate

From abstract: "Wrought uranium plate, clad in 1100 aluminum with a nickel bonding layer, was irradiated to a maximum exposure of 1600 MWD/T in the MTR and was demonstrated to be suitable as a fuel element material. Beta-transformed plate, or beta-transformed plate that was cold stretched 2-1/4 per cent, did not change appreciably in dimensions but roughened on the surface. As-rolled plate increased in length, but did not roughen. Irradiation reduced the strength and virtually eliminated the ductility of the plate. Abrasion of the cladding caused corrosion pitting. The strength of the nickel diffusion bond between core and cladding was unimpaired by the irradiation."
Date: July 1957
Creator: McDonell, William R. & Marshall, Robert P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shearing Irradiated Uranium Plates - Part II (open access)

Shearing Irradiated Uranium Plates - Part II

From abstract: "Radioactive contamination was confined and controlled in an isolation tank when irradiated plates of natural uranium were cut under water."
Date: July 1957
Creator: Olcott, Roland B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adsorption of Zirconium-Niobium on Silica Gel (open access)

Adsorption of Zirconium-Niobium on Silica Gel

From abstract: "Adsorption of radioactive zirconium-niobium from uranyl nitrate solutions by silica gel was increased by increasing the temperature and time the solution contacts silica gel, and decreased by "aging" the solutions before contacting the silica gel."
Date: July 1957
Creator: Karraker, David G. & Parker, Sidney G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Uranium Deposits in the Cochetopa District, Saguache County, Colorado (open access)

Geology of the Uranium Deposits in the Cochetopa District, Saguache County, Colorado

Discussing the geology of uranium deposits in the Cochetopa District, in Saguache. County, Colorado
Date: July 1957
Creator: Malan, Roger C.; Ranspot, Henry W. & Spengler, Ralph G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium occurrences on the Goodner Lease, Sandoval County, New Mexico (open access)

Uranium occurrences on the Goodner Lease, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Discussing the occurrence of Visible Uranium minerals in the Morrison Formation of the Nacimiento Mountains.
Date: July 15, 1957
Creator: Kittleman, L. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Uranium Deposits in the Copper Mountain Area: Fremont and Hot Springs Counties, Wyoming (open access)

A Study of Uranium Deposits in the Copper Mountain Area: Fremont and Hot Springs Counties, Wyoming

Report documenting a study of the Copper Mountain area to "evaluate the potential uranium production to determine, if possible, the origin and conditions of deposition of the uranium; and suggest possible guides to prospecting in this and geologically similar areas. All known radioactive deposits were examined and samples were collected for special studies and for assay of uranium content" (p. 5).
Date: July 1957
Creator: Loomis, Tom H. W. & Marks, Lawrence Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the A-2-Compiler System (open access)

Notes on the A-2-Compiler System

"An account is given of an extensive study of the A-2 Compiler System for the Remington Rand Univac digital computer. In particular, the following topics are discussed: application and performance of subroutines, segmenting, and introduction of subroutines to the library."
Date: July 15, 1957
Creator: Lanza, G. &
System: The UNT Digital Library
Betatron Oscillation Frequency Shift Due To "N-Errors" (open access)

Betatron Oscillation Frequency Shift Due To "N-Errors"

"Expressions are found to relate DELTA gamma to the n-errors.'' It is demonstrated that the integral n-value concept'' is of no use in the present case. A modification of integrated n-value'' is suggested."
Date: July 1, 1957
Creator: Lanza, G. & Steffen, Klaus G.
System: The UNT Digital Library