Improved Zirconium Alloys : Ninth Monthly Report Covering the Period December 1 to December 31, 1960 (open access)

Improved Zirconium Alloys : Ninth Monthly Report Covering the Period December 1 to December 31, 1960

The following report is the ninth in a series of monthly reports covering the program with the objective of developing alloys having superior 680 F water and/or 750 to 900 F steam corrosion resistance, as well as developing higher strength alloys for current temperature ranges while still maintaining corrosion resistance comparable to that of Zircaloy-2. This report was made covering the period December 1 to December 31, 1960.
Date: January 5, 1961
Creator: Weinstein, Daniel & Van Thyne, R. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Compensation With Directional Couplers (open access)

The Use of Compensation With Directional Couplers

Abstract: The accurate measurement of voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) is of prime importance in the production of microwave systems. The work reported in this memorandum was undertaken in the development of a faster system for measuring VSWR.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Lincoln, Roland Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sandia Corporation 12-inch Transonic Wind Tunnel Analog-to-Digital Data Gathering System (open access)

The Sandia Corporation 12-inch Transonic Wind Tunnel Analog-to-Digital Data Gathering System

Abstract: This memorandum describes the components and presents the operating and maintenance instructions for the 12-inch transonic wind tunnel analog-to-digital data gathering systems.
Date: January 1961
Creator: MacKenzie, Donald R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shock Signatures and Spectra from Railroad Switching Loads (open access)

Shock Signatures and Spectra from Railroad Switching Loads

Abstract: This report describes two tests made to obtain data on the loads that equipment is subjected to during railroad switching.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Adams, P. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spinning of Columbium & Columbium 1%- Zirconium Tubing (open access)

Spinning of Columbium & Columbium 1%- Zirconium Tubing

The following objectives were planned for this project. (1) Development of spinning data necessary for spinning Columbium and Columbium-1% Zirconium tubing from ingot, forged or welded tube blanks. (2) Determine mechanical & metallurgical properties of spun Columbium and Columbium-1% Zirconium tubing. (3) Determine dimensional and tolerance limits possible to attain on spun Columbium and Columbium-1% Zirconium tubing based on our present equipment, tooling limitations, and the spinning tests performed for objective No. 1.
Date: January 19, 1961
Creator: Barker, Wharton R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor Final Safeguards Report, Volume 6: Environmental Analysis OF NS "Savannah" Operation at Camden (open access)

Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor Final Safeguards Report, Volume 6: Environmental Analysis OF NS "Savannah" Operation at Camden

"An analysis is presented of the accidental release of activity following the operation of the NS "Savannah" at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation docks in Camden, New Jersey. Although a number of accidents are considered, the report is primarily concerned with the environmental activity levels and subsequent exposures which would result from the "maximum credible accident" (p. v).
Date: January 24, 1961
Creator: Cottrell, W. B.; Parker, F. L.; Mann, L. A. & Schmidt, G. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proceedings of the ANPP Reactor Analysis Seminar, October 11 and 12, 1960 (open access)

Proceedings of the ANPP Reactor Analysis Seminar, October 11 and 12, 1960

From foreword: Seminar to afford personnel associated with work in the field of reactor analysis within the various programs an opportunity to more thoroughly acquaint themselves with current activities and experience throughout the ANPP.
Date: January 1961
Creator: O'Brien, J. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salton Sea Meteorological Instrumentation Test Series, Salton Sea, California, Conducted in September 1959 (open access)

Salton Sea Meteorological Instrumentation Test Series, Salton Sea, California, Conducted in September 1959

Abstract: "This report discusses tests conducted to determine the accuracy of meteorological equipment which is used to gather upper air data. Equipment tested was the GMD-2, SMD-1A, GMD-1B, and the WBRT-57. A four-station phototheodolite network was used as a standard for point-in-space determinations."
Date: January 1961
Creator: Jones, L. E.; Levesque, R. L., Jr.; Niper, E. D. & Willis, John T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Investigations in Support of Project Chariot, Phase 3, in the Vicinity of Cape Thompson, Northwestern Alaska: Preliminary Report (open access)

Geologic Investigations in Support of Project Chariot, Phase 3, in the Vicinity of Cape Thompson, Northwestern Alaska: Preliminary Report

From introduction: This report details the results of geologic investigations in support of Project Chariot.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Kachadoorian, Reuben; Campbell, Russell H.; Moore, George W.; Scholl, David W.; Lachenbruch, Arthur H.; Greene, Gordon W. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Results of a Survey for Thick High-Calcium Limestone Deposits in the United States (open access)

Preliminary Results of a Survey for Thick High-Calcium Limestone Deposits in the United States

From introduction: This report contains the results of a preliminary study of limestone deposits in the United States and Alaska for the purpose of selecting those deposits of sufficient size, relief, and purity in which to conduct an underground nuclear test.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Davis, Robert E.; Williams, W. P.; Johnson, Robert Britten & Emerick, W. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Investigations of Radioactive Deposits, 1942-1960 : A Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey Publications on the Geology of Radioactive Deposits (open access)

Geologic Investigations of Radioactive Deposits, 1942-1960 : A Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey Publications on the Geology of Radioactive Deposits

The following report is the last in a series of periodic reports covering investigations made by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Divisions of Raw Materials and Research of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The following is a bibliography of Geological Survey publications stemming from investigations on radioactive materials and deposits since 1942.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Brown, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fast-Neutron and Gamma Spectrum and Dose in Beryllium Oxide (open access)

Fast-Neutron and Gamma Spectrum and Dose in Beryllium Oxide

This report follows a series of tests run to determine the shielding properties of beryllium oxide, conducted at the Battelle Lid-Tank Shielding Facility. Neutron and gamma penetrations through and behind beryllium oxide were measured.
Date: January 11, 1961
Creator: Klingensmith, Raymond W.; Jung, Richard G.; Lindgren, William A.; Epstein, Harold M. & Chastain, Joel W., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Hooded and Ion Source With a Magnetic Mirror Feature (open access)

A Hooded and Ion Source With a Magnetic Mirror Feature

"The ion source used for hydrogen and deuterium ions in the variable energy cyclotron at the University of Rochester is of the hooded arc type. For the past year it has been operating with a new feature which has greatly improved its performance. The new feature is a magnetic mirror built into the upper end of the arc hood by a simple insertion of a steel bearing ball 1/8" in diameter. The magnetic field gradient near the ball provides a magnetic mirror action on electrons moving up the arc channel toward the ball, reflecting may of them."
Date: January 4, 1961
Creator: Fulbright, H.W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sparker, a Divice to Overcome the Multipactor Difficulty in Starting the Oscillator of a Cycloton (open access)

The Sparker, a Divice to Overcome the Multipactor Difficulty in Starting the Oscillator of a Cycloton

"Evacuated electrical oscillating cavities frequently are found to exhibit a strong loading due to electron (or iron) multiplications, the so-called multipactor effect. This effect tends to prevent the buildup of dee voltage in cyclotrons. In conventional cyclotrons driven from external oscillators having their own resonant tank circuits the difficulties are usually slight, but in cyclotrons using a simple dee system as the tank circuit difficulties are encountered in getting the oscillator to break into full oscillation."
Date: January 3, 1961
Creator: Fulbright, H.W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Singularities of the Riemann Function (open access)

The Singularities of the Riemann Function

"This paper deals with the Riemann function for linear hyperbolic systems of first-order equations. the leading term in the singularity of the Riemann function is determined and interpreted. In addition to equations with distinct characteristics, certain equations with multiple characteristics are treated."
Date: January 1, 1961
Creator: Ludwig, Donald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Gamma Radiation on the Physical Properties of Elastics (open access)

Effect of Gamma Radiation on the Physical Properties of Elastics

This article presents data on the effects of gamma radiation on the physical properties of a number of different classes of plastics materials of construction which were screened to determine their capabilities and limitations for service in applications where ionizing radiation exists. The irradiations were carried out in air at ambient temperature at normal atmospheric pressure to various gamma radiation doses up to 1*10^9 r depending upon the stability of the materials to radiation exposure. The different classes of materials and materials within a class are compared.
Date: January 20, 1961
Creator: Harrington, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments and Analysis for SM-1 Core II With Special Components (open access)

Experiments and Analysis for SM-1 Core II With Special Components

Abstract: This technical report contains a summary of analytical and experimental work performed on SM-1 Core II, with special components is presented. The effects of these special assemblies upon power distribution and core reactivity were calculated and compared to experimental measurements. A thermal analysis was conducted to determine steady state and transient performance of the special test components of the core as well as some of the hotter standard Core II components. Experimental work discussed includes individual reactivity effects of all the special elements and the total effect of all of the elements. Power mappings were also made and are reported.
Date: January 1, 1961
Creator: Lee, D. H.; Robinson, R. A. & Segalman, I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: September 1, 1960 - December 1, 1960 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: September 1, 1960 - December 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: January 9, 1961
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.; Rivera, Joseph & Frankel, Robert
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
Application of Amides as Extractants (open access)

Application of Amides as Extractants

Technical report. From Abstract : "Laboratory data are given and discussed that outline the potential application of N, N-distributed amides to the separation of uranium, neptunium, and plutonium from fission products."
Date: January 1961
Creator: Siddall, Thomas H., III
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Adiabatic Motion Of Charged Particles In Electromagnetic Fields (open access)

An Adiabatic Motion Of Charged Particles In Electromagnetic Fields

The guiding center motion and the adiabatic invariants of charged particle trajectories in electromagnetic fields are treated in this review. General and specific theories of charged particle motion are also reviewed.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Northrop, Theodore G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Response And Physical Properties Of NTA* Personnel Neutron Dosimeter Nuclear Track Film (open access)

Energy Response And Physical Properties Of NTA* Personnel Neutron Dosimeter Nuclear Track Film

This paper reports the chemical and physical properties of the NTA film packet. It correlates with these properties the response of this packet to neutrons of various energies. In this correlation the concept of the track unit is introduced as a basic unit for reporting film-packet response.
Date: January 13, 1961
Creator: Lehman, Richard L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diffusion of Krypton Through Uranium Carbide - Final Report (open access)

Diffusion of Krypton Through Uranium Carbide - Final Report

This program was established to develop new information concerning the mechanism of diffusion of fission gases (krypton and xenon) through UO2 and UC. The work was to concentrated on measurements of diffusion rates in unirradiated materials in the temperature range of 1000°C to above 2000°C, these determinations being important to the projected use of refractory fuel materials in high-temperature, high-burnup reactors.
Date: January 10, 1961
Creator: Weinstock, J. J.; Pinkerton, A. P. & Ziegel, K. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Study of the Potential Applications of Radioisotope Technology to Water Resource Investigations and Utilization (open access)

The Study of the Potential Applications of Radioisotope Technology to Water Resource Investigations and Utilization

The study which has been carried out under Contract AT(30-1)2477 has as its objective the review of all work which has been done on the application of radionuclear techniques to research in water resources and supply, the evaluation of this work, and the suggestions of specific experiments which must be performed if these applications are to be extended.
Date: January 31, 1961
Creator: Feely, Herbert W., 1928-
System: The UNT Digital Library