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Hazards Evaluation Report Associated with the Operation of EBWR at 100 MW (open access)

Hazards Evaluation Report Associated with the Operation of EBWR at 100 MW

From Introduction: "This hazards report covers the basic modifications to the EBWR plant as designed to increase the present operating design rating of 20 Mwt to a new rating of 100 Mwt. it is written as a supplement to ANL-5781 (the original hazards report) and follows the outline of that report for purposes of cross reference."
Date: October 1960
Creator: Wimunc, E. A. & Harrer, J. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Addendum to Hazard Summary Report Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) (open access)

Addendum to Hazard Summary Report Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II)

Report containing hazard and safety information regarding the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II in Idaho.
Date: June 1962
Creator: Koch, L. J.; Loewenstein, W. B. & Monson, H. O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design of the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) (open access)

Design of the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR)

Report containing "[a] description (...) of the design of a prototype "packaged" nuclear power plant. The purpose of the plant is to alleviate fuel oil logistics and storage problems posed by remote auxiliary DEW Line radar stations north of the Arctic Circle. The ALPR (redesignated SL-1) is a 3 Mwt, heterogeneous, highly enriched uranium- fueled, natural-circulation boiling water reactor, cooled and moderated with light water. Steam at 300 psig, dry and saturated (421 deg F) is passed directly from the reactor to a conventional turbine-generator to produce electric power (300 kw nominal) and space-heating (400 kw) requirements consistent with rigid mechanical and structural specifications prescribed by the military, and dictated by the extreme geophysics prevailing at the ultimate site. The over-all design criteria emphasize: simplicity and reliability of operation and maintenance, with minimum supervision; minimum on-site construction; maximum use of standard components; limited water supply; utilization of local gravel for biological shielding; transportability by air lift; and nominal 3-year fuel operating lifetime per core loading." (p. 15)
Date: May 1961
Creator: Hamer, Eberhard E.; Grant, N. R.; Hooker, H. H.; Jorgensen, G. L.; Kann, W. J.; Lipinski, W. C. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zero-Power Experiments on the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) (open access)

Zero-Power Experiments on the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR)

Report describing the zero-power experiments on the Argonne Low Power Reactor. It is a prototype of a natural-circulation, boiling-water-reactor nuclear power plant designed to supply the electrical power and space heat requirements of a proposed Auxiliary DEW Line radar station.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Shaftman, D. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Argonaut Automatic Flux Controller Design Report (open access)

Argonaut Automatic Flux Controller Design Report

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory over design studies conducted on Argonaut reactors for training and research purposes. As stated in the abstract, "the design presented in the form of a steady-state analysis based upon the small-signal linearization of the reactor kinetics transfer function. The measured controller performance and construction details of the equipment is given" (p. 7). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: January 1960
Creator: Gerba, A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Design of a Basic Radiation Effects Reactor (BRER) (open access)

Preliminary Design of a Basic Radiation Effects Reactor (BRER)

From Introduction: "Information has been accumulated about the property changes produced, but there are essentially no reliable quantitative data correlating property changes with the magnitude and energy distribution of the neutron fluxes responsible for the changes. The design of the Basic Radiation Effects Reactor (BRER) presented herein stems from the two main requirements: 1. a fairly high-level, high-energy neutron flux with minimal thermal neutron and gamma-ray background is desired; 2. the peak of the neutron-energy spectrum should be variable within the approximate range from 10 to 1000 kev."
Date: March 1961
Creator: MacFarlane, D. R.; Rohde, R. R.; Toppel, B.; Charak, I. & Unger, H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Process for the Recovery of Uranium From Nuclear Fuel Elements Using Fluid-Bed Drying and Volatility Techniques (open access)

A Process for the Recovery of Uranium From Nuclear Fuel Elements Using Fluid-Bed Drying and Volatility Techniques

From Summary: "The work described in this report is the application of this process to the recovery of uranium from highly enriched, low uranium-zirconium alloy plate-type fuels."
Date: November 1961
Creator: Levitz, N.; Barghusen, J.; Carls, E. & Jonke, A. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion Studies of Ternary Zirconium Alloys in High-Temperature Water and Steam (open access)

Corrosion Studies of Ternary Zirconium Alloys in High-Temperature Water and Steam

Report concerning the corrosion of several ternary zirconium alloys using distilled water at 350 degrees Celsius or ssteam heated to 540 degrees Celsius and 600 psi.
Date: July 1961
Creator: Misch, R. D. & Van Drunen, C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Participation in the OEEC Halden Reactor Project May 1959 to September 1960 (open access)

U.S. Participation in the OEEC Halden Reactor Project May 1959 to September 1960

From Introduction: "This report summarizes the activities of the OEEC Halden Reactor Project, Halden, Norway, during the period of participation in the project by the author, from May 21, 1959 to September 22, 1960. The review is presented here in the interest of completeness of this report, in an effort to provide an impression of the character of research being carried out at Halden."
Date: December 1960
Creator: Fromm, Leonard W., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazard Evaluation Report on the Fast Reactor Zero Power Experiment ZPR-III (open access)

Hazard Evaluation Report on the Fast Reactor Zero Power Experiment ZPR-III

Report documenting the fast zero power reactor experiment (ZPRG-III). This includes a description of the experiment and the reactor, hazards, and accidents.
Date: October 1961
Creator: Long, J. K.; McVean, R. L.; Thalgott, F. W. & Novick, M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Ultrasonic Measurement System for The Precise Determination of the Elastic Moduli of Single Crystals (open access)

An Ultrasonic Measurement System for The Precise Determination of the Elastic Moduli of Single Crystals

From Abstract: "The equipment described in this paper is based on the technique developed by McSkimin. Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the system. The oscilloscope presentation with no specimen present appears as shown in Figure 2a. At discrete frequencies, the pattern appears as shown in Figure 2b."
Date: May 1961
Creator: Renken, C. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Low Dead-Time Neutron-Counting-System (open access)

A Low Dead-Time Neutron-Counting-System

From Abstract: "This report describes a counting system capable of processing input pulses at an average rate in excess of 3 x 10 to the fifth power counts per second with less than 10 percent counting loss due to instrumental dead time."
Date: January 1961
Creator: Epstein, Robert J. & Thompson, Donald C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EBR-II Dry Critical Experiments Experimental Program, Experimental Procedures, and Safety Considerations (open access)

EBR-II Dry Critical Experiments Experimental Program, Experimental Procedures, and Safety Considerations

Report containing zero power (<1 kw) Dry Critical Experiments that were "to be conducted in the EBR-II Reactor prior to filling the Primary System with sodium coolant" (p. 7.) The two primary objectives of these experiments were to determine how well the system performed without sodium coolant and to "determine and/or verify certain operational data to permit modification or improvement of the system (neutron shield, instrumentation, etc.) prior to the introduction of sodium into the system" (p. 7.)
Date: February 1961
Creator: Koch, L. J.; Loewenstein, W. B.; Lovoff, A.; Hooker, H. H.; Monson, H. O.; Ramp, R. L. et al.
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
Recrystallization in Rolled Uranium Sheet (open access)

Recrystallization in Rolled Uranium Sheet

From Introduction: "To overcome the difficulties another investigation has been carried out wherein the rolling stock was subjected to step reduction and annealing treatments designed to develop a small, uniform grain size prior to the final rolling at room temperature. The results of metallographic, dilatometric, and X-ray diffraction studies of this material are given."
Date: March 1962
Creator: Lloyd, Lowell T. & Mueller, Melvin H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Reactor Concepts for Use As Separate Steam Superheaters (open access)

An Evaluation of Reactor Concepts for Use As Separate Steam Superheaters

Report estimating the merits of a variety of nuclear reactor concepts for use as external superheaters to be added on to a steam-producing nuclear power plant.
Date: October 1961
Creator: Lennox, D. H.; MacFarlane, D. R.; Brubaker, R. C.; Martinec, E. L.; Rohde, R. R.; Toppel, B. J. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status Report on the Argonne Advanced Research Reactor (open access)

Status Report on the Argonne Advanced Research Reactor

From Introduction: "This is a status report on the interim design and development for an advanced research reactor (AARR) that will produce a maximum thermal neutron flux of 5 x 10 to the fifteenth power neutrons/ (cm2) (sec). As a result, this report also contains sections covering shielding, plant layout, fuel charging, maintenance, and auxiliary facilities."
Date: November 1961
Creator: Lennox, D. H.; Barts, E. W.; Batch, R. V.; Beyer, F. C.; Jorgensen, G. L.; Kelber, C. N. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Facility For Photographing in-Pile Meltdown Experiments in TREAT (open access)

Facility For Photographing in-Pile Meltdown Experiments in TREAT

Report regarding the fabrication of a transparent meltdown facility for the purpose of photographing simulated meltdowns.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Golden, G. H.; Dickerman, C. E. & Robinson, L. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Facility 350 Helium-Atmosphere System (open access)

The Facility 350 Helium-Atmosphere System

Report describing the helium atmosphere system in the Argonne National Laboratory's Facility 350. The atmosphere's ability to remove moisture, oxygen, and other impurities, how the atmosphere is purified, and experimental data regarding the use of activated carbon to absorb oxygen from helium are discussed.
Date: December 1962
Creator: Mayfield, R. M.; Tope, W. G. & Shuck, A. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optimization of Efficiency of a Cesium Diode Converter (open access)

Optimization of Efficiency of a Cesium Diode Converter

From Introduction: "The efficiency of the converter is computed with the least possible assumptions. Thermal emissivity and the interelectrode heat-transfer coefficient are varied, and the effect on efficiency is investigated."
Date: March 1962
Creator: Sanathanan, C. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boiling Water Reactor Technology Status of the Art Report: Volume 1. Heat Transfer and Hydraulics (open access)

Boiling Water Reactor Technology Status of the Art Report: Volume 1. Heat Transfer and Hydraulics

Report discussing state of the art design and operation of heat transfer and hydraulics equipment and technology in boiling water reactor power plants.
Date: February 1962
Creator: Lottes, P. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description and Proposed Operation of the Fuel Cycle Facility for the Second Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR-II) (open access)

Description and Proposed Operation of the Fuel Cycle Facility for the Second Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR-II)

Report regarding "[t]he Fuel Cycle Facility for the Second Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR-II), the process equipment, and the operations to be conducted in the facility are described. The Fuel Cycle Facility is a plant for reprocessing, by pyro-metallurgical methods, the core and blanket material discharged from EBR-II. The reactor core alloy is uranium-5 percent fissium and contains about 46 wt.% Uranium-235 . The blanket material consists of uranium in which plutonium is bred. Core and blanket subassemblies contained in transfer coffins are transferred between EBR-II and the Fuel Cycle Facility, which is in an adjacent building." (p. 13)
Date: April 1963
Creator: Hesson, J. C.; Feldman, M. J. & Burris, L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) Shield Design (open access)

Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) Shield Design

Report describing the EBR-II shield and the methods employed in arriving at the final design. The major shield design problems for that reactor are enumerated and discussed.
Date: September 1962
Creator: Grotenhuis, M.; McArthy, A. E. & Rossin, A. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design Summary Report on the Juggernaut Reactor (open access)

Design Summary Report on the Juggernaut Reactor

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory over design studies conducted on the Juggernaut reactor. Design processes, and methods are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: September 1962
Creator: Folkrod, J. R.; Ember, G.; Kolb, W.; Saluja, J. & Moon, D. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library