High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Alternatives Section 1: Summary, Section 2: Background and Data Base, Section 3: Evaluation Methodology (open access)

High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Alternatives Section 1: Summary, Section 2: Background and Data Base, Section 3: Evaluation Methodology

From foreword: "This report is a comprehensive overview study of potential alternative methods for long-term management of high-level radioactive waste."
Date: May 1974
Creator: Schneider, K. J. & Platt, A. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Alternatives Section 4: Geologic Disoposal (open access)

High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Alternatives Section 4: Geologic Disoposal

From foreword: "This report is a comprehensive overview study of potential alternative methods for long-term management of high-level radioactive waste...Disposal in terrestrial locations."
Date: May 1974
Creator: Schneider, K. J. & Platt, A. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 9: 1966 (open access)

Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 9: 1966

The following progress report describes the examination of elements removed in comparison to a previous study on the power facility reactor operations.
Date: May 1969
Creator: North American Aviation. Atomics International Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety Evaluation of PNPF Modifications (open access)

Safety Evaluation of PNPF Modifications

"The purpose of this report is to examine the safety aspects of PNPF restart on continued operation, after completion of the core cleanup and system modifications."
Date: May 1, 1969
Creator: Huntsinger, M. & Hart, R. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Expulsion of Liquid from a Rapidly Heated Channel (open access)

The Expulsion of Liquid from a Rapidly Heated Channel

Report documenting experiments in order to determine the "behavior of a partially confined liquid in contact with a rapidly heated surface" (p. 7). These liquids include water, methanol, ethylene bromide, and acetone.
Date: May 1967
Creator: Singer, Ralph M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of Radioisotopes Program, 1964 (open access)

Review of Radioisotopes Program, 1964

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing a review of the Radioisotopes Program during 1964. Research and experimental projects conducted during 1964 is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1965
Creator: Gillette, J. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equilibrium Dissociation Pressures of the Delta and Epsilon Phases in the Zirconium-Hydrogen System (open access)

Equilibrium Dissociation Pressures of the Delta and Epsilon Phases in the Zirconium-Hydrogen System

Abstract: Pressure-temperature isochores were obtained for zirconium-hydrogen alloys, spanning the H/Zr composition range of 1.430 to 1.910. The studies were confined to the temperature limits of 300 to 900ºC, and the pressure limits of 0.01 to 10.0 atm.
Date: May 31, 1964
Creator: Raymond, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Portable Neutron Counter for Determining Weights of Deposits of Uranium-Fluorine Compounds (open access)

A Portable Neutron Counter for Determining Weights of Deposits of Uranium-Fluorine Compounds

Abstract: A high sensitivity, portable fast neutron counter has been developed for determining the weights of solid accumulations of uranium-fluorine compounds in closed process equipment.
Date: May 11, 1964
Creator: Stevens, R. H. & Smith, R. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The High Flux Isotope Reactor: Volume 1, A Functional Description (open access)

The High Flux Isotope Reactor: Volume 1, A Functional Description

Report containing a description of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High-Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and its operation.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Binford, F. T. & Cramer, E. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Technology Report Number 24: Metallurgy (open access)

Reactor Technology Report Number 24: Metallurgy

Quarterly report issued by the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory to report to the industry on developments in unclassified reactor technology. This issue focuses on metallurgy information.
Date: May 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
SNAP 2: Structural and Dynamic Analysis (open access)

SNAP 2: Structural and Dynamic Analysis

Abstract: The structural design criteria and the system basic loads for the SNAP 2 compact power unit are presented.
Date: May 1, 1964
Creator: Castle, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Radioactivity-Level Waste Treatment. Part II: Pilot Plant Demonstration of the Removal of Activity from Low-Level Process Wastes by a Scavenging-Precipitation Ion-Exchange Process (open access)

Low-Radioactivity-Level Waste Treatment. Part II: Pilot Plant Demonstration of the Removal of Activity from Low-Level Process Wastes by a Scavenging-Precipitation Ion-Exchange Process

Report documenting the process of decontaminating low-activity fuel waste water via the Scavenging-Precipitation Ion-Exchange process. This includes analyses of the costs of the process as well as a description of the operation of the pilot plant.
Date: May 27, 1963
Creator: Brooksbank, R. E.; Browder, F. N.; Holcomb, R. R. & Whitson, W. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Physics Instrument Manual (open access)

Health Physics Instrument Manual

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing a Health Physics Instrument Manual. Descriptions, characteristics, and applications of different instruments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 16, 1963
Creator: Davis, D. M. & Gupton, E. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dynamic Void Fraction Measurement System (open access)

Dynamic Void Fraction Measurement System

Abstract: Various methods and techniques of measuring void fractions in boiling heat transfer media are discussed.
Date: May 15, 1963
Creator: Kendron, J. H.; Stoner, E. E. & Taylor, G. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Superheat Quarterly Project Report: Thirteenth Quarter, July-September 1962 (open access)

Nuclear Superheat Quarterly Project Report: Thirteenth Quarter, July-September 1962

From introduction: "This is the thirteenth in a series of quarterly reports which will cover the progress and results from the conceptual design, economic evaluations and research and development work performed by the General Electric Company as part of the Nuclear Superheat Project."
Date: May 15, 1963
Creator: Pennington, R. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Development Program Progress Report: April 1963 (open access)

Reactor Development Program Progress Report: April 1963

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing progress made by the Reactor Development Program during April 1963. Reactor physics, experiments, and safety studies are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: May 15, 1963
Creator: Adams, R. M. & Glassner, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Pulsed Neutron Application to Power Reactor Start-Up Procedures. Fourth Quarterly Progress Report, January 1-March 31, 1963 (open access)

Development of Pulsed Neutron Application to Power Reactor Start-Up Procedures. Fourth Quarterly Progress Report, January 1-March 31, 1963

Activities in a program to develop techniques in the use of pulsed neutron sources to measure shutdown parameters related to large thermal power reactors are reported. The experimental work centers around aspects of detecting neutrons in the presence of 10/sup 7/ r/hr gamma fields. Boric acid experiments and Humboldt Bay experiments are reported.
Date: May 13, 1963
Creator: Garelis, Edward & Meyer, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feed Materials Production Center Summary Technical Report: January 1, 1963-March 31, 1963 (open access)

Feed Materials Production Center Summary Technical Report: January 1, 1963-March 31, 1963

This is a summary report of various technical projects relating to uranium.
Date: May 10, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion Studies in Simulated N-Reactor Secondary System Water Environment (open access)

Corrosion Studies in Simulated N-Reactor Secondary System Water Environment

Report containing the procedures and results of tests made to determine the corrosion resistance of materials in a simulation of Hanford Laboratories' N-Reactor secondary system water environment.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Larrick, A. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas-Metal Reactions with Iron- and Nickel-Base Heat Resistant Alloys: An Interpretive Literature Survey (open access)

Gas-Metal Reactions with Iron- and Nickel-Base Heat Resistant Alloys: An Interpretive Literature Survey

Report reviewing literature that concerns "the compatibility of stainless steels and nickel-base alloys with various gases which might be present in or around a high temperature nuclear reactor" (p. 2).
Date: May 1963
Creator: Jones, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UT-4: An Automatic Ultrasonic Tester for Closures of Hanford I&E Fuels (open access)

UT-4: An Automatic Ultrasonic Tester for Closures of Hanford I&E Fuels

Report that "describes the equipment, technologies of use, and reliability of an ultrasonic tester - designated UT-4 - capable of detecting very small defects in the brazed closures of reactor fuel elements" (p. 2).
Date: May 1963
Creator: Hunter, D. O. & Zeutschel, M. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Computer Program for Determining First-Collision Neutron Doses (open access)

A Computer Program for Determining First-Collision Neutron Doses

Data processing program written to compute the neutron dose received by individuals exposed in a nuclear excursion.
Date: May 21, 1962
Creator: McMurray, C. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermonuclear Division Semiannual Progress Report, January 31, 1961 (open access)

Thermonuclear Division Semiannual Progress Report, January 31, 1961

Report describing ongoing progress made at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Thermonuclear Division.
Date: May 31, 1961
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development Studies on Waste Storage Process (open access)

Research and Development Studies on Waste Storage Process

Report documenting "the determination of the thermal stability of various fission product oxides and nitrates, and an investigation of the gas phase decomposition of ruthenium tetroxide" (p. 4).
Date: May 19, 1961
Creator: Ortner, M. H.; Anderson, C. J. & Campbell, P. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library