Failure Test of a Double Chambered NaK-Filled Irradiation Capsule (open access)

Failure Test of a Double Chambered NaK-Filled Irradiation Capsule

Report describing tests "in which a double chambered irradiation capsule containing NaK (sodium-potassium alloy) in its inner chamber was deliberately perforated to allow NaK (the heat transfer medium) and water to react within the capsule chambers" (p. 2). The report includes descriptions of the materials used in the tests, test procedures, and results.
Date: September 1961
Creator: Kosut, B. S.; Leggett, R. D. & Marshall, R. K.
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
Heat Transfer Calculations for the PRTR Pressurized Gas-Cooled Loop Facility (open access)

Heat Transfer Calculations for the PRTR Pressurized Gas-Cooled Loop Facility

A series of calculations are described which evaluated the heat transfer and fluid flow aspects of the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Pressurized Gas-Loop Facility.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Muraoka, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Iron- and Nickel-Base Alloys for Medium and High Temperature Reactor Applications, Part 1 (open access)

Evaluation of Iron- and Nickel-Base Alloys for Medium and High Temperature Reactor Applications, Part 1

Report discussing the evaluation of the "behavior of austenitic and ferritic stainless steels, iron-chromium-aluminum base alloys and nickel-base superalloys, in medium and high temperature simulated reactor environments" (p. 2).
Date: February 1961
Creator: Pessl, H. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Evaluation of a 300-Mw(e) Supercritical Pressure Power Reactor (open access)

Economic Evaluation of a 300-Mw(e) Supercritical Pressure Power Reactor

Report describing a 300-Mw(e) Supercritical Pressure Power Reactor's facilities, physics, economics, and problems encountered during its development. Appendix begins on page 103.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Harty, H.; Regimbal, J. J.; Toyoda, K. G. & Widrig, R. D.
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
Pneumatic Injection Casting of Aluminum-Plutonium Fuel Elements (open access)

Pneumatic Injection Casting of Aluminum-Plutonium Fuel Elements

This report summarizes only that portion of the injection-casting experiments in which the castings were made with air pressure.
Date: April 1961
Creator: Koler, R. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallographic Study of the Annealing Behavior of Aluminum-Silicon Eutectic Alloy (open access)

Metallographic Study of the Annealing Behavior of Aluminum-Silicon Eutectic Alloy

This purpose of this report is to establish a means of determining the mean effective temperature at which any specimen of Al-Si had been annealed.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Todd, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory at Hanford (open access)

The Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory at Hanford

Report describing the experimental facilities of Hanford's Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory, its equipment, personnel, operating schedules, and safety procedures. Appendix begins on page 49.
Date: November 1961
Creator: Batch, J. M.; Toyoda, K. G. & Hanthorn, H. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steam Cooled Power Reactor Evaluation - Beloyarsk (Ural) Reactor (open access)

Steam Cooled Power Reactor Evaluation - Beloyarsk (Ural) Reactor

Report evaluating "the effects of nuclear steam superheating, as utilized in the Russian design, on the economics of electric power production, assuming the use of such a design in the United States" (p. 1). This report includes a description of the Beloyarsk Station and modifications made to the Russian designs for use in the United States.
Date: April 1961
Creator: Hanford Works
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
Plutonium Spike Fuel Elements for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor: Part 2 - The Mark 1-H (open access)

Plutonium Spike Fuel Elements for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor: Part 2 - The Mark 1-H

Report describing the fabrication of of the I-H aluminum-plutonium spike enrichment fuel elements for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor (PRTR), including the materials used and design specifications. Appendix begins on page 28.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Sharp, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library