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The Attenuation of Natural Environmental Radiation by an Automobile (open access)

The Attenuation of Natural Environmental Radiation by an Automobile

Report presenting a large number of measurements of natural environmental radiation in various parts of the United States using a 20-liter air filled polyethylene-walled ionization chamber at atmospheric pressure. The ionization current was measured with a vibrating reed electrometer connected as a continuously reading voltmeter driving a pen recorder" (p. 1).
Date: April 19, 1961
Creator: Shambon, Arthur; Lowder, Wayne M. & Solon, Leonard R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Area, Tennessee and Kentucky (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Area, Tennessee and Kentucky (ARMS-I)

Report regarding an airborne radioactivity survey that took place over a 10,000 square mile area around the Oak Ridge National Laboratory near Knoxville, Tennesse. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Bates, Robert G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Related Surface Geology of Parts of the Los Angeles Region, California (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Related Surface Geology of Parts of the Los Angeles Region, California (ARMS-I)

Report regarding an airborne gamma-radioactivity survey that took place in the 2,800 square mile area around the Los Angeles region in California. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Books, Kenneth G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Model Designed to Predict the Motion of Objects Translated by Classical Blast Waves (open access)

A Model Designed to Predict the Motion of Objects Translated by Classical Blast Waves

From Introduction: "The purpose of this report is to describe, step by step, the theoretical studies that have resulted in a mathematical model capable of predicting the motion of objects utilizing selected basic blast parameters."
Date: January 1961
Creator: Bowen, I. Gerald; Albright, Ray W.; Fletcher, E. Royce & White, Clayton S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Provided by an Earth-Covered Shelter (open access)

Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Provided by an Earth-Covered Shelter

Report investigating the protection offered by an earth-covered shelter against fallout radiation. Radiation was simulated by pumping a sealed source of Co60 through tubing.
Date: April 1961
Creator: Burson, Z. G. (Zolin G.) & Borella, H. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Las Vegas Area (ARMS-II) (open access)

Las Vegas Area (ARMS-II)

From Abstract: "An Aerial Radiological Measuring Survey (ARMS) of the Las Vegas area was made for the Civil Effects Test Operations, Division of Biology and Medicine, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, by Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc., between May 21 and June 23, 1961. The survey was part of a nationwide program to measure present environmental levels of gamma radiation. Approximately 6000 traverse miles were flown, at an attitude of 500 ft above the ground, in a 100-mile square centered near Las Vegas. The EG&G ARMS-II instrumentation was used in the survey."
Date: October 1961
Creator: Guillou, R. B.; Hand, J. E. & Borella, H. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Norfolk-Peninsula Area (ARMS-II) (open access)

Norfolk-Peninsula Area (ARMS-II)

From Introduction: "The ARMS-II Norfolk - Peninsula area survey was one many that have been flown for the CETO since the nationwide ARMS program was started (1958). Figure 2 shows the location of the areas that have been completed to date. The purpose of the program is to measure the present environmental levels of gamma radiation in areas around nuclear facilities and planned nuclear activities."
Date: December 6, 1961
Creator: Guillou, R. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: September 1, 1961 - December 1, 1961 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: September 1, 1961 - December 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: December 30, 1961
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.; Rivera, Joseph & Frankel, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: Part 2. Performance, Calibration, and Operational Check-Out of the EG&G ARMS-II Revised System (open access)

Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: Part 2. Performance, Calibration, and Operational Check-Out of the EG&G ARMS-II Revised System

Report describing "the design, installation, and performance of the Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc., Aerial Radiological Monitoring System used in Phase II of the Aerial Radiological Monitoring Survey (ARMS-II)" (p. 5). Contains descriptions and photographs of its components and descriptions of test runs.
Date: October 1961
Creator: Hand, J. E.; Guillou, R. B. & Borella, H. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Hanford Plant Area, Washington and Oregon (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Hanford Plant Area, Washington and Oregon (ARMS-I)

Report regarding an airborne gamma-radioactivity survey that took place over a 9,000 square mile area in south-central Washington and north-central Oregon. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Schmidt, Robert George
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Evaluation of the Fallout-Radiation Protection Afforded by a Southwestern Residence (open access)

Experimental Evaluation of the Fallout-Radiation Protection Afforded by a Southwestern Residence

Report regarding experiments made to determine the fallout-radiation protection offered by a "single-story stucco and frame house with a heavy shake roof and no basement," (p. 5) which is noted as being popular in the southwestern United States.
Date: March 14, 1961
Creator: Burson, Z.; Parry, D. & Borella, H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design of the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) (open access)

Design of the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR)

Report containing "[a] description (...) of the design of a prototype "packaged" nuclear power plant. The purpose of the plant is to alleviate fuel oil logistics and storage problems posed by remote auxiliary DEW Line radar stations north of the Arctic Circle. The ALPR (redesignated SL-1) is a 3 Mwt, heterogeneous, highly enriched uranium- fueled, natural-circulation boiling water reactor, cooled and moderated with light water. Steam at 300 psig, dry and saturated (421 deg F) is passed directly from the reactor to a conventional turbine-generator to produce electric power (300 kw nominal) and space-heating (400 kw) requirements consistent with rigid mechanical and structural specifications prescribed by the military, and dictated by the extreme geophysics prevailing at the ultimate site. The over-all design criteria emphasize: simplicity and reliability of operation and maintenance, with minimum supervision; minimum on-site construction; maximum use of standard components; limited water supply; utilization of local gravel for biological shielding; transportability by air lift; and nominal 3-year fuel operating lifetime per core loading." (p. 15)
Date: May 1961
Creator: Hamer, Eberhard E.; Grant, N. R.; Hooker, H. H.; Jorgensen, G. L.; Kann, W. J.; Lipinski, W. C. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zero-Power Experiments on the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) (open access)

Zero-Power Experiments on the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR)

Report describing the zero-power experiments on the Argonne Low Power Reactor. It is a prototype of a natural-circulation, boiling-water-reactor nuclear power plant designed to supply the electrical power and space heat requirements of a proposed Auxiliary DEW Line radar station.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Shaftman, D. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Design of a Basic Radiation Effects Reactor (BRER) (open access)

Preliminary Design of a Basic Radiation Effects Reactor (BRER)

From Introduction: "Information has been accumulated about the property changes produced, but there are essentially no reliable quantitative data correlating property changes with the magnitude and energy distribution of the neutron fluxes responsible for the changes. The design of the Basic Radiation Effects Reactor (BRER) presented herein stems from the two main requirements: 1. a fairly high-level, high-energy neutron flux with minimal thermal neutron and gamma-ray background is desired; 2. the peak of the neutron-energy spectrum should be variable within the approximate range from 10 to 1000 kev."
Date: March 1961
Creator: MacFarlane, D. R.; Rohde, R. R.; Toppel, B.; Charak, I. & Unger, H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Process for the Recovery of Uranium From Nuclear Fuel Elements Using Fluid-Bed Drying and Volatility Techniques (open access)

A Process for the Recovery of Uranium From Nuclear Fuel Elements Using Fluid-Bed Drying and Volatility Techniques

From Summary: "The work described in this report is the application of this process to the recovery of uranium from highly enriched, low uranium-zirconium alloy plate-type fuels."
Date: November 1961
Creator: Levitz, N.; Barghusen, J.; Carls, E. & Jonke, A. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion Studies of Ternary Zirconium Alloys in High-Temperature Water and Steam (open access)

Corrosion Studies of Ternary Zirconium Alloys in High-Temperature Water and Steam

Report concerning the corrosion of several ternary zirconium alloys using distilled water at 350 degrees Celsius or ssteam heated to 540 degrees Celsius and 600 psi.
Date: July 1961
Creator: Misch, R. D. & Van Drunen, C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazard Evaluation Report on the Fast Reactor Zero Power Experiment ZPR-III (open access)

Hazard Evaluation Report on the Fast Reactor Zero Power Experiment ZPR-III

Report documenting the fast zero power reactor experiment (ZPRG-III). This includes a description of the experiment and the reactor, hazards, and accidents.
Date: October 1961
Creator: Long, J. K.; McVean, R. L.; Thalgott, F. W. & Novick, M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Ultrasonic Measurement System for The Precise Determination of the Elastic Moduli of Single Crystals (open access)

An Ultrasonic Measurement System for The Precise Determination of the Elastic Moduli of Single Crystals

From Abstract: "The equipment described in this paper is based on the technique developed by McSkimin. Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the system. The oscilloscope presentation with no specimen present appears as shown in Figure 2a. At discrete frequencies, the pattern appears as shown in Figure 2b."
Date: May 1961
Creator: Renken, C. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Low Dead-Time Neutron-Counting-System (open access)

A Low Dead-Time Neutron-Counting-System

From Abstract: "This report describes a counting system capable of processing input pulses at an average rate in excess of 3 x 10 to the fifth power counts per second with less than 10 percent counting loss due to instrumental dead time."
Date: January 1961
Creator: Epstein, Robert J. & Thompson, Donald C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
EBR-II Dry Critical Experiments Experimental Program, Experimental Procedures, and Safety Considerations (open access)

EBR-II Dry Critical Experiments Experimental Program, Experimental Procedures, and Safety Considerations

Report containing zero power (<1 kw) Dry Critical Experiments that were "to be conducted in the EBR-II Reactor prior to filling the Primary System with sodium coolant" (p. 7.) The two primary objectives of these experiments were to determine how well the system performed without sodium coolant and to "determine and/or verify certain operational data to permit modification or improvement of the system (neutron shield, instrumentation, etc.) prior to the introduction of sodium into the system" (p. 7.)
Date: February 1961
Creator: Koch, L. J.; Loewenstein, W. B.; Lovoff, A.; Hooker, H. H.; Monson, H. O.; Ramp, R. L. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Hazards Summary Report Boiling Reactor Experiment V (BORAX V) (open access)

Design and Hazards Summary Report Boiling Reactor Experiment V (BORAX V)

Report describing the design and usage of the BORAX V nuclear reactor, its surrounding facility, systems, experimental programs, and possible hazards.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Reactor Concepts for Use As Separate Steam Superheaters (open access)

An Evaluation of Reactor Concepts for Use As Separate Steam Superheaters

Report estimating the merits of a variety of nuclear reactor concepts for use as external superheaters to be added on to a steam-producing nuclear power plant.
Date: October 1961
Creator: Lennox, D. H.; MacFarlane, D. R.; Brubaker, R. C.; Martinec, E. L.; Rohde, R. R.; Toppel, B. J. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status Report on the Argonne Advanced Research Reactor (open access)

Status Report on the Argonne Advanced Research Reactor

From Introduction: "This is a status report on the interim design and development for an advanced research reactor (AARR) that will produce a maximum thermal neutron flux of 5 x 10 to the fifteenth power neutrons/ (cm2) (sec). As a result, this report also contains sections covering shielding, plant layout, fuel charging, maintenance, and auxiliary facilities."
Date: November 1961
Creator: Lennox, D. H.; Barts, E. W.; Batch, R. V.; Beyer, F. C.; Jorgensen, G. L.; Kelber, C. N. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Report on Some Attempts to Case Centrifugally Fuel Elements of Small Diameter (open access)

A Report on Some Attempts to Case Centrifugally Fuel Elements of Small Diameter

From Abstract: "The applicability of the centrifugal casting technique to the production of multiple castings of fuel pins of small diameter and of thin fuel plates was investigated."
Date: March 1961
Creator: Yaggee, F. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library