Composition and Radioactivity of Reactor Films (open access)

Composition and Radioactivity of Reactor Films

The concentration of inert elements and radioisotopes contained by the films on both fuel elements and aluminum process tubes were measured in selected samples taken from specimens of varying in- reactor exposures. The amounts of radioisotopes contained on a unit surface at any particular location on the three tubes increased with longer exposures, however, the differences were less noticeable in the case of isotopes of shorter half-life. Inert element concentrations were quite constant at a given location in the three process tubes, and the linear distributions could be described as an exponential function of distance. The linear distribution of inert elements on a fuel column with sixty days exposure could also be described by this function although higher concentrations were present. A different deposition pattern was exhibited by two fuel columns of lower exposure. Film composition was uniform along the length of the various process channels, with relative values approximating the respective ratios of the parent isotopes in process water. Corrosion of aluminum process tubes was shown to contribute only minor amounts to the radionuclides contained by the films on the tube surfaces. It is therefore concluded that most of the materials comprising the in-reactor film originated as impurities in …
Date: November 18, 1968
Creator: Silker, W. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurement of the impedances of the inductotherm element coating furnaces (open access)

Measurement of the impedances of the inductotherm element coating furnaces

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Date: April 18, 1968
Creator: Malick, F.S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
NES steam line design demonstration tests. Phase I separator checkout. Spear team report (open access)

NES steam line design demonstration tests. Phase I separator checkout. Spear team report

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Date: October 18, 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
RMSF flatcar brake and spacecar coupler. NTO design report (open access)

RMSF flatcar brake and spacecar coupler. NTO design report

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Date: October 18, 1968
Creator: Fuchs, C.E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
XE-prime EP-1 initial criticality and EP-SL2 steam line. SPEAR report (open access)

XE-prime EP-1 initial criticality and EP-SL2 steam line. SPEAR report

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Date: December 18, 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering methods: practical approach to selecting design safety factors based on the distribution of stress and strength. Volume I (open access)
ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE IN THE VINCINITY OF HANFORD FOR AUGUST, 1968 (open access)

ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE IN THE VINCINITY OF HANFORD FOR AUGUST, 1968

This report contains information related to radioactive materials in the Columbia River, the atmosphere, and selected foods for August, 1968, Measurements of the Columbia River flow rate, temperature, and chemical characteristics are also shown. Data for the previous twelve months is included.
Date: October 18, 1968
Creator: Wooldridge,, C. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cryotrap Checkout Test Report (open access)

Cryotrap Checkout Test Report

This report presents the results of an evaluation of the data acquired during the checkout of the LN2 Cryotrap System, performed on 30 September 1968, and 4 October 1968.
Date: October 18, 1968
Creator: Brandt, H. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Practical approach to selecting design safety factors based on the distribution of stress and strength. Volume II (open access)

Practical approach to selecting design safety factors based on the distribution of stress and strength. Volume II

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Date: September 18, 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Douglas United Nuclear, Inc. monthly report, October 1968 (open access)

Douglas United Nuclear, Inc. monthly report, October 1968

This monthly report details Douglas United Nuclear, Inc. activities during the month of October 1968.
Date: November 18, 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Douglas United Nuclear, Inc. monthly report, November 1968 (open access)

Douglas United Nuclear, Inc. monthly report, November 1968

This report presents the details of the activities of Douglas United Nuclear at the Hanford site during the month of November 1968.
Date: December 18, 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library