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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Dilution On-Stream Isotopic Tracers Annual Report: 1961 (open access)

High Dilution On-Stream Isotopic Tracers Annual Report: 1961

Introduction: The primary objective of the work of this report was research and development leading to large-scale applications of low level isotope tracer technology.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Aebersold, Paul C. & Bizzell, Oscar M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
30 Megawatt Heat Exchanger and Steam Generator for Sodium Cooled Reactor System: Volume 4, Operation and Maintenance Procedures (open access)

30 Megawatt Heat Exchanger and Steam Generator for Sodium Cooled Reactor System: Volume 4, Operation and Maintenance Procedures

Operation and maintenance procedures for 30 megawatt heat exchanger and steam generator for sodium cooled reactor system.
Date: May 15, 1962
Creator: Alco Products (Firm)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scale "Up or Down" Analysis for Prototype Test (open access)

Scale "Up or Down" Analysis for Prototype Test

Introduction: In conjunction with the final design and development of a 70 MW sodium intermediate heat exchanger and a sodium steam generator, an analysis is required which can be used as a basis for a determination to scale up or scale down the designs. Included in this analysis are those considerations leading to the recommendation of the best prototype test unit and to some of the limits imposed on scaling up or down when considering future applications of designs other than those actually tested. In addition, these considerations include aspects required to accurately predict the performance, operation, mechanical reliability, and feasibility of fabrication of the 70 MW design.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: Alco Products (Firm).
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary petrographic study of rock from Nevada Test Site - Basalt Mesa (open access)

Preliminary petrographic study of rock from Nevada Test Site - Basalt Mesa

Discussing photographs of rocks from Basalt Mesa
Date: May 6, 1960
Creator: Anderson, E. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Isotopic Composition on the Maximum in the Cosmic Ray Energy Spectra (open access)

The Influence of Isotopic Composition on the Maximum in the Cosmic Ray Energy Spectra

"The previously found maximum in the cosmic radiation energy spectrum is discussed, and the possibility that it arises in part from a misinterpretation of the data due to oversimplifying assumptions about the composition of the beam is examined. The importance that lack of recognition of isotopic composition may have is pointed out, and it is clear that this importance is strongly dependent on the measurements made and on the cut-off rigidity."
Date: May 8, 1961
Creator: Appa Rao, M.V.K. &
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chlorotriammineplatinum(II) Ion : Acid Hydrolysis and Isotopic Exchange of Chloride Ligand (open access)

Chlorotriammineplatinum(II) Ion : Acid Hydrolysis and Isotopic Exchange of Chloride Ligand

Abstract: The acid hydrolysis of [Pt(NH3)3Cl] has been shown to occur to a measurable extent. for this reaction: [APt(NH3)cCl]+ + H2O [chemical equilibrium symbol with rate constant k-1 above and k1 below] [Pt(NH3)c(H2O)]++ + Cl-, the equilibrium quotient was measured at 25 degree C and 35 degree C. At 25 degree C this quotient was 8.4 x 10-5 at [Mu] (ionic strength) = 0 and 25 x 10-5 at [mu] = .318 M. This variation is consistent with the expected changes in activity coefficients. [Delta]H for the reaction was found to be approximately 0. The rate constant, k1 was 2.3 x 10-5 sec.-1 at 25 degree C and it was nearly independent of ionic strength. The acid hydrolysis provides a mechanism for the exchange of the chloride ligand and Cl-. Exchange experiments with Cl36 showed that in addition to the acid hydrolysis, a process, first order in both, [Pt(NH3)3Cl] and Cl- with a rate constant of 6. 10-5 sec.-1M.-1 contributes to the exchange. The behavior of the entire series of chloro-ammines of platinum(II) toward acid hydrolysis and chloride exchange has been summarized, and a likely mechanism for the process has been discussed.
Date: May 15, 1961
Creator: Aprile, Ferruccio. & Martin, Don S., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Hazards Summary Report Boiling Reactor Experiment V (BORAX V) (open access)

Design and Hazards Summary Report Boiling Reactor Experiment V (BORAX V)

Report describing the design and usage of the BORAX V nuclear reactor, its surrounding facility, systems, experimental programs, and possible hazards.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conceptual Design Study of a Mobile Gamma Irradiator for Fruit Produce (open access)

Conceptual Design Study of a Mobile Gamma Irradiator for Fruit Produce

From introduction: This report covers the results of a study of a mobile irradiator for fruit grown in California.
Date: May 31, 1962
Creator: Associated Nucleonics (Garden City, N.Y.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas-Phase Radiolysis of Propane (open access)

Gas-Phase Radiolysis of Propane

Abstract. the direct and inert-gas radiolysis, as well as the vacuum ultra-violet photolysis of CD3CH2CD3, CH3CD2CH3 and C3H2+C3D3 mixtures have been investigated in the presence of radical scavengers. The major conclusions are : (a) at atmospheric pressures, neutral propane decomposition contributes to the observed products although to a lesser extent than parent ion decompositions ; (b) a variation in pressure has a pronounced effect on the fragmentation of the parent ion ; (c) the hydrogen atoms in the ethyl ion are randomized in the direct as well as in the inert-gas sensitized radiolysis ; (d) rearrangement in the parent ion is of minor importance in the radiolysis ; (e) although the formation of propylene is related to the propyl ion, it is not necessarily produced by the neutralization of this ion.
Date: May 31, 1963
Creator: Ausloos, Pierre J.; Lias, Sharon G., 1935- & Sandoval, L. B., (Mrs.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Correlative Studies - Operation Bren (open access)

General Correlative Studies - Operation Bren

Report summarizing "the utilization of the Health Physics Research reactor and a Co60 source during Operation BREN" and offers related meteorological data relating radiation emissions.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Auxier, J. A.; Haywood, F. F. & Gilley, L. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report: The Cesium-137 Power Program (open access)

Final Report: The Cesium-137 Power Program

From introduction: The technology of isotopic power generation, though recent, is a logical extension of the search for power from the atom. Controlled fission of uranium utilizes only a fraction of the total energy made available from this nuclear process.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Banks, Hampden O., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Cycling and Leakage Tests of 12-inch Valves for Sodium Service (open access)

Thermal Cycling and Leakage Tests of 12-inch Valves for Sodium Service

Abstract: Tests were performed to determine the effect of thermal cycling on the across-the-seat leakage characteristics of commercially available valves considered for use in the sodium coolant system of the Hallam Nuclear Power Facility.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: Baroczy, C. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physics Calculations for the Consumers Big Rock Point Process Computer (open access)

Physics Calculations for the Consumers Big Rock Point Process Computer

The physics calculations to be performed on the Consumers On-Line Process Computer are reported. As a result of these calculations, a three-dimensional power shape is simulated, a reactivity balance is approximated, and the neutron exposure of each third of fuel bundle and control rod are accumulated. The work was reported as a part of the Consumers Research and Development Program.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Barth, N. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phase Diagrams of Zirconium-Beryllium and Related Systems (open access)

Phase Diagrams of Zirconium-Beryllium and Related Systems

Introduction. The phase diagram data reported in this paper were obtained during an investigation of the beryllium-metal compounds of the titanium group transition elements. Several compounds in these systems had been previously reported but their compositions and structures were not all known. In the course of this study many details of the phase diagrams of the system were observed. Tentative diagrams consistent with this data will be presented.
Date: May 31, 1960
Creator: Bedford, Ray Gilbert, 1928-
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Needle in a Haystack (open access)

A Needle in a Haystack

Abstract: "Production of [rho]'s and [omega]'s in [pi]- + p and p + [letter p with a bar over it] interactions is discussed. The [rho] is presumably a J = 1-, 1 = 1 state and thus can decay into 2[pi]'s via a strong coupling. The [omega] is probably J = 1-, 1 = 0 which can also decay into 2[pi]'s via electromagnetic coupling. A theoretical description of this situation is presented in terms of coupled time-dependent Schroedinger equations which mix [rho] and [omega] states that are assumed to be isotopically pure at the time of production. The interference between the two resonances was found to have the effect of extending the 2[pi] spectrum toward the [omega] mass."
Date: May 25, 1962
Creator: Bernstein, J. & Feinberg, Gerald, 1933-1992
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Remark on the Radiative Muon Decay in the Theory With an Intermediate Vector Meson (open access)

Remark on the Radiative Muon Decay in the Theory With an Intermediate Vector Meson

"The problem of explaining the lack of radiative muon decay in an intermediate charged vector meson theory is discussed. A possible way of introducing the charged vector meson to the theory of weak interactions is outlined in which renormalization is retained. However, if this way is used, the anomalous magnetic moment is calculated to be large, which is in contradiction with expectation."
Date: May 16, 1961
Creator: Bialynicka-Birula, Z
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Effects of Mineral Content in Municipal Water Supplies (open access)

Economic Effects of Mineral Content in Municipal Water Supplies

Report describing the application of conventional cost experience to physical features of source of supply, treatment, pumping, transmission, distribution, and storage for community water supply sources. Some costs due to readily removable water quality characteristics like suspended solids, color, taste, and order are measurable, as are other conventional costs of operation and maintenance. Other costs related to an excess of dissolved solids, however, tend to be unknown and are the subject of this study.
Date: May 1967
Creator: Black & Veatch
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report of Nuclear Analysis Performed on SM-2 Core and Vessel : September 1, 1958 to December 31, 1959. (open access)

Interim Report of Nuclear Analysis Performed on SM-2 Core and Vessel : September 1, 1958 to December 31, 1959.

Abstract: This technical report contains a description of the nuclear analysis performed upon the SM-2 core and vessel for the period September 1, 1958 to December 31, 1959. Calculations are given for core reactivity, power distributions, lifetime, reactor control, kinetics, radiation problems, fuel and poison burn-ups, and the nuclear effects of poisons, temperature, and geometry. Wherever possible, experimental data is included in order to test the validity of the analytical models. The SM-2 nuclear analysis was performed by Alco Products, in. under Tasks 1, 8, and 10 of Contract No. AT(30-2)-326 for the Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: May 27, 1960
Creator: Bobe, P. E.; Birken, S. H.; Byrne, B. J.; Clancy, E. F. & Fried, B. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Related Surface Geology of Parts of the Los Angeles Region, California (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Related Surface Geology of Parts of the Los Angeles Region, California (ARMS-I)

Report regarding an airborne gamma-radioactivity survey that took place in the 2,800 square mile area around the Los Angeles region in California. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Books, Kenneth G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Related Surface Geology of Parts of the San Francisco Region, California (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Related Surface Geology of Parts of the San Francisco Region, California (ARMS-I)

This report follows an aeroradioactivity survey that took place in the San Francisco region, California.
Date: May 1966
Creator: Books, Kenneth G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operation of a Reverse Osmosis Desalination Unit at Webster, South Dakota (open access)

Operation of a Reverse Osmosis Desalination Unit at Webster, South Dakota

From Introduction: "This report covers the operation at Webster, South Dakota of an Aerojet Model 1-56OB-2 reverse osmosis (RO) unit purchased by the office of Saline Water (OSW) from Aerojet-General Corporation under Contract 14-0100001-1112."
Date: May 1969
Creator: Bossert, Warren H. & Fluke, Gordon A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aluminum Alloy Work at Hanford (open access)

Aluminum Alloy Work at Hanford

Investigation of aqueous and steam corrosion at elevated temperature has been carried on at Hanford for several tears. A number of reports have been published on various phases of the corrosion program but, except for monthly reports, little has been written on the progress of the Corrosion and Coatings Operation alloy development program. This interim report will outline the more important current phases of the aluminum alloy program.
Date: May 6, 1960
Creator: Bowen, H. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library