High heat flux heater development status report (open access)

High heat flux heater development status report

The development of a high heat flux heater for use in corrosion rate and stress-rupture tests of fuel cladding materials in a sodium environment is described.
Date: June 15, 1968
Creator: McKisson, R. L. & Babbe, E. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Construction of Hydraulic Test Well U3cn-5, Nevada Test Site (open access)

A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Construction of Hydraulic Test Well U3cn-5, Nevada Test Site

The following report summarizes the hydrologic data collected during the nuclear detonation, the Bilby event, that took place in the U3cn emplacement hole.
Date: September 15, 1967
Creator: Garber, M. S. & Johnston, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Realistic Uncertainties and the Mass Measurement Process: An Illustrated Review (open access)

Realistic Uncertainties and the Mass Measurement Process: An Illustrated Review

From Abstract: "This paper gives a review of the concepts and operations involved in measuring the mass of an object. The importance of viewing measurement as a production process is emphasized and methods of evaluating process parameters are presented."
Date: August 15, 1967
Creator: Pontius, P. E. & Cameron, J. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Near-Zone Electric Field-Strength Meter (open access)

A New Near-Zone Electric Field-Strength Meter

Design and performance of a new near-zone electric field-strength meter.
Date: November 15, 1966
Creator: Greene, Frank M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbide Fuels in Fast Reactors (open access)

Carbide Fuels in Fast Reactors

Abstract: Cladding and fuel material processing prospects are reviewed, and fuel system possibilities for near-term (~1 mill/kwh) and long-range (<0.5 mil/kmh) fuel cycles are described.
Date: September 15, 1965
Creator: Wheelock, C. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical Properties of Fused Salt Mixtures (open access)

Physical Properties of Fused Salt Mixtures

Foreword: The purpose of the present work was to collect and tabulate data on fused salt mixtures.
Date: June 15, 1965
Creator: Clark, Paul V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 5: July-December 1964 (open access)

Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 5: July-December 1964

Progress report for the Piqua Reactor Operations Analysis Program describing observations and analyses at the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility (PNPF). The program goals are to monitor operations and collect data in order to ensure that the plant's operation is safe, to improve design and performance, to evaluate the performance and lifetime of the plant's components and systems, to evaluate plant safety and safeguards, and to disseminate all information to the scientific community.
Date: June 15, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
SNAP 10A FSEM-3 Agena Compatibility Test (open access)

SNAP 10A FSEM-3 Agena Compatibility Test

From abstract: This report summarizes the results of SNAP-10A/Agena developmental testing and final vehicle systems tests.
Date: June 15, 1965
Creator: Teresa, M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallurgy Research Operation: Quarterly Progress Report, January - March 1965 (open access)

Metallurgy Research Operation: Quarterly Progress Report, January - March 1965

Quarterly progress report on a project to test the radiation effects on metallurgy.
Date: April 15, 1965
Creator: Cadwell, J. J.; Bierlein, T. K.; Bement, A. L.; Dillon, R. L. & Wheeler, R. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Progress Report Research and Development Activities Fixation of Radioactive Residues: October - December, 1964 (open access)

Quarterly Progress Report Research and Development Activities Fixation of Radioactive Residues: October - December, 1964

Report presenting research and development activities in the field of radioactive wastes. This particular report is concerned with the fixation of radioactive residues when the failure of a pot liner destroyed the furnace.
Date: April 15, 1965
Creator: Platt, A. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Sequence for Predicting Waste Transport by Ground Water (open access)

A Sequence for Predicting Waste Transport by Ground Water

From introduction: "This paper describes a sequence for analyzing the effects of ground water flow on waste transport in natural soils."
Date: April 15, 1965
Creator: Nelson, R. William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1964 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1964

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: February 15, 1965
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Fuel Cycle Evaluations, Low Decontamination Pyroprocessing, and Aqueous Reprocessing: Part 2. UC Fuel in a Thermal Reactor (open access)

Comparative Fuel Cycle Evaluations, Low Decontamination Pyroprocessing, and Aqueous Reprocessing: Part 2. UC Fuel in a Thermal Reactor

From abstract: Preliminary cost estimates for fuel cycles using both aqueous and CARBOX reprocessing are presented.
Date: February 15, 1965
Creator: Mattern, K. L. & Colby, L. J., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design, Construction, and Initial Operation of General Atomic In-Pile Loop (open access)

Design, Construction, and Initial Operation of General Atomic In-Pile Loop

From preface: To test the HTGR fuel-element design under environmental conditions of radiation, temperature, and pressure that approximate those in the Peach Bottom core and to test the operability of a dynamic system containing a vented graphite-clad fuel element.
Date: February 15, 1965
Creator: Simon, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lithologic Log of the U12g.06-U1 Core Drill Hole, Area 12, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Lithologic Log of the U12g.06-U1 Core Drill Hole, Area 12, Nevada Test Site

The following report presents the lithologic log of the description of the tuff penetrated by the U12g.06-U1 core drill hole located at the end of the U12g main tunnel at the Area 12, Nevada Test Site.
Date: February 15, 1965
Creator: Emerick, W. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The HASL Surface Air Sampling Program Summary Report For 1963 (open access)

The HASL Surface Air Sampling Program Summary Report For 1963

Report that summarizes the first year of the Surface Air Sampling Program, including the results of analyzing 1,700 air filter samples and 400 precipitation samples.
Date: January 15, 1965
Creator: Volchok, Herbert L. (Herbert Lee), 1926-1987
System: The UNT Digital Library
Standard Cells: Their Construction, Maintenance, and Characteristics (open access)

Standard Cells: Their Construction, Maintenance, and Characteristics

From Abstract: "This Monograph contains information on the construction, maintenance, and characteristics of standard cells. The effects of temperature, pressure, electric current, light, shock, and vibration on standard cells are discussed."
Date: January 15, 1965
Creator: Hamer, Walter J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microwave Spectral Tables: [Volume 2.] Line Strengths of Asymmetric Rotors (open access)

Microwave Spectral Tables: [Volume 2.] Line Strengths of Asymmetric Rotors

From Abstract: "Procedures for interpolation as a function of k and extrapolation to larger J values are discussed."
Date: December 15, 1964
Creator: Wacker, Paul F. & Pratto, Marlene R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 4: January-June 1964 (open access)

Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 4: January-June 1964

Progress report for the Piqua Reactor Operations Analysis Program describing observations and analyses at the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility (PNPF). The program goals are to monitor operations and collect data in order to ensure that the plant's operation is safe, to improve design and performance, to evaluate the performance and lifetime of the plant's components and systems, to evaluate plant safety and safeguards, and to disseminate all information to the scientific community.
Date: December 15, 1964
Creator: Cole, H. S.; Hausknecht, D. F.; Jenkins, O. G., Jr.; Lew, D. E.; Mandel, H.; Pearson, E. N. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Stresses in Bellows (open access)

Analysis of Stresses in Bellows

Abstract: Design charts and systematic design forms are presented for simplified calculations to check the number of convolutions and thickness required to limit the deflection and pressure stress range in three types of bellows.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Anderson, W. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boiling Studies for Sodium Reactor Safety: Part 2, Pool Boiling and Initial Force Convection Tests and Analyses (open access)

Boiling Studies for Sodium Reactor Safety: Part 2, Pool Boiling and Initial Force Convection Tests and Analyses

Abstract: In fulfillment of the general objective of developing information on two-phase flow required in the safety evaluation of sodium cooled reactors, pool and forced-convection boiling of sodium were studied both experimentally and analytically.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Lurie, H. & Noyes, R. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construction Completion Report: CAI-816, 100-N Reactor Plant (open access)

Construction Completion Report: CAI-816, 100-N Reactor Plant

Report from Hanford Laboratories concerning "the design and construction of the 100-N Reactor and heat dissipation plant complete with the necessary auxiliaries" (p. 2). Details of its construction and the plant's systems and instrumentation are described as well as economic considerations.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Buckner, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Criticality-Accident Dosimetry Studies (open access)

Criticality-Accident Dosimetry Studies

Experiments were carried out to (1) explore possibilities for developing a less expensive device than the Hurst threshold detector unit (TDU) for monitoring possible accidental critical reactions in uranium-processing facilities, (2) to study the precision and accuracy of the TDU, and (3) to evaluate the ORNL film badge in mixed neutron-gama radiation fields.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Bailey, J. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design of an Experimental Bowable Fuel Element for the SRE (open access)

Design of an Experimental Bowable Fuel Element for the SRE

Abstract: An experimental bowable fuel element was developed to study temperature oscillations in the second core loading of the SRE.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Peckinpaugh, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library