Assembly of Fifty Prototype Fuel Elements for the Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor (open access)

Assembly of Fifty Prototype Fuel Elements for the Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor

Report that describes the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor, problems with the procurement and assembly of its components, and its economic feasibility.
Date: December 23, 1960
Creator: Wick, E. A. & Heestand, R. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molten-Salt Reactor Program Quarterly Progress Report: July 1960 (open access)

Molten-Salt Reactor Program Quarterly Progress Report: July 1960

Report containing ongoing projects and experiments undertaken by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Molten-Salt Reactor Program.
Date: December 22, 1960
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Device for Continuous Detection of Hydrogen in Sodium (open access)

A Device for Continuous Detection of Hydrogen in Sodium

Abstract: A device to detect the presence of hydrogen in sodium has been developed. Such a device, installed in a sodium heated steam generator, would signal the presence of water in the sodium resulting from a leak in the sodium-water barrier.
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Strahl, H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steady-State Tests of a Reactor Safety Device (open access)

Steady-State Tests of a Reactor Safety Device

Introduction: This is the fourth report in a series of reports dealing in particular with a reactor safety device of a double diaphragm type.
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Springer, T. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-Pile Tests of GCRE-IB Prototype Fuel Elements: Interim Report, 1958-1959 (open access)

In-Pile Tests of GCRE-IB Prototype Fuel Elements: Interim Report, 1958-1959

Interim report for the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program, discussing various tests in a project to "develop and evaluate a ceramic-core, pin-type fuel element" (p. 1).
Date: December 1960
Creator: Watanabe, H. T.; Janne, J. E. & Wilson, W. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: September 1960 (open access)

Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: September 1960

Report documenting ongoing research and developments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Gas-Cooled Reactor Project.
Date: November 11, 1960
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safe Handling of Chlorine Trifluoride and the Chemistry of the Chlorine Oxides and Oxyfluorides (open access)

Safe Handling of Chlorine Trifluoride and the Chemistry of the Chlorine Oxides and Oxyfluorides

Abstract: A discussion of the potential hazards of chlorine trifluoride is presented and a series of safe handling procedures is recommended.
Date: November 11, 1960
Creator: Farrar, R. Lynn, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas-Cooled Reactors in the USA: A Survey and Recommendation (open access)

Gas-Cooled Reactors in the USA: A Survey and Recommendation

Report that provides "an understanding of the status of gas-cooled reactors as used for unclassified applications" and determining "phases of advanced research and development needed in the field and from these to recommend a program for high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors" (p. 5).
Date: November 1960
Creator: Armstrong, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Feasibility Study for the Use of an Extended Pm¹⁴⁷ Source for Analytical Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Final Report (open access)

A Feasibility Study for the Use of an Extended Pm¹⁴⁷ Source for Analytical Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Final Report

From summary: The design of a spectrometer with the requisite improvement in crystals facilitates X-ray tube fluorescence.
Date: October 31, 1960
Creator: Brech, Frederick
System: The UNT Digital Library
ABWR: PL-2 Design Report (open access)

ABWR: PL-2 Design Report

From preface: This report satisfies the quarterly progress report requirements for PL-1 and PL-2 plant design work for the period ending September 30, 1960 At present time a SL-1 Core 2 is under construction. This is a replacement core for SL-1 (ALPR) and will be identical to a PL-2 core; a PL condenser is under test at the SL-1 facility; final construction plans for PL components and modules which are not site sensitive will be completed in March 1961.
Date: October 15, 1960
Creator: Combustion Engineering, inc. Nuclear Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Fossil Superheat for Nuclear Power Plants (open access)

An Evaluation of Fossil Superheat for Nuclear Power Plants

From introduction: This report sets forth the results of a study of the evaluation of fossil fuel superheat in nuclear power plants.
Date: October 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: June 1, 1960 - September 1, 1960 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: June 1, 1960 - September 1, 1960

Report that summarizes multiple laboratories' reports on global fallout deposition. Reports include data on Strontium-90 deposition recorded by the Health and Safety Laboratory, data from other laboratories, related interpretive reports, and recent publications related to fallout.
Date: October 1, 1960
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.; Rivera, Joseph & Frankel, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Temperature Corrosion of Some Metals and Ceramics in Fluorinating Atmospheres (open access)

High Temperature Corrosion of Some Metals and Ceramics in Fluorinating Atmospheres

Abstract: The results of this investigation leave little doubt that diffusion of the fluorinating gas along the grain boundaries of the nickel fluoride film to react at the metal-scale interface is the primary mechanism of attack upon pure nickel and its more promising alloys.
Date: September 30, 1960
Creator: Hale, C. F.; Barber, E. J.; Bernhardt, H. A. & Rapp, Karl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallurgy Division Annual Progress Report, July 1, 1960 (open access)

Metallurgy Division Annual Progress Report, July 1, 1960

Report documenting ongoing research and development undertaken by the Metallurgy Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Date: September 30, 1960
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Metallurgy Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Mechanical Seal Pump Operating Experience: September, 1959 Through August, 1960 (open access)

Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Mechanical Seal Pump Operating Experience: September, 1959 Through August, 1960

Report documenting experience gained by operating the spare PRTR Primary Process Pump. This includes descriptions of equipment used, testing procedures, and operating history.
Date: September 16, 1960
Creator: Scott, P. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Multichannel Digital Recording System (open access)

A Multichannel Digital Recording System

Abstract: This report is a description of a 200 channel digital recording system used to record high temperature strain gage outputs and associated temperatures.
Date: September 15, 1960
Creator: Truitt, R. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Control of T7 Tanker Boiling Water Reactor Propulsion System: Preliminary Design and Economic Evaluation (open access)

Automatic Control of T7 Tanker Boiling Water Reactor Propulsion System: Preliminary Design and Economic Evaluation

From introduction: "This report sets forth the results of a technical and economic analysis of automatic propulsion system control as a possible design improvement in the direct cycle boiling water reactor propulsion system in a T7 tanker."
Date: September 1, 1960
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Superheat Quarterly Project Report: Second Quarter, October-December 1959 (open access)

Nuclear Superheat Quarterly Project Report: Second Quarter, October-December 1959

From introduction: "This is the second of 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: September 1960
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dissolution of Power Reactor Fuel Cores (open access)

Dissolution of Power Reactor Fuel Cores

Report discussing the dissolution of simulated fuel cores. Equipment and procedures are discussed along with significant characteristics of the core materials.
Date: August 26, 1960
Creator: Blaine, H. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculated Equilibrium Distributions for the Uranyl Nitrate - Tributyl Phosphate - Dilute Nitric Acid System for Temperatures Between 25 and 75 C (open access)

Calculated Equilibrium Distributions for the Uranyl Nitrate - Tributyl Phosphate - Dilute Nitric Acid System for Temperatures Between 25 and 75 C

Report discussing the "equilibrium uranium distribution between an aqueous nitric acid solution and a 30 per cent by volume solution of tributyl phosphate in a hydrocarbon diluent" (p. 2). This includes the necessary equations.
Date: August 12, 1960
Creator: Wilburn, N. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
300,000-KWE SGR Nuclear Power Plant of Current Technology (open access)

300,000-KWE SGR Nuclear Power Plant of Current Technology

Abstract: This report describes a 300,000-kwe, sodium-cooled, graphite-moderated nuclear power plant based on existing technical information.
Date: August 1, 1960
Creator: Renard, J.; Peckinpaugh, C. L. & Aronstein, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazards Summary Report for the Hanford Plutonium Critical Mass Laboratory (open access)

Hazards Summary Report for the Hanford Plutonium Critical Mass Laboratory

Report that summarizes the potential hazards of the Hanford Critical Mass Laboratory and presents operation procedures which will limit the probability of a nuclear accident. The report also outlines the planned experimental program, descriptions of the facility, and the administration of nuclear safety in the laboratory.
Date: August 1, 1960
Creator: Reardon, W. A.; Clayton, E. D.; Brown, C. L.; Masterson, R. H.; Powell, T. J.; Richey, C. R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1960 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1960

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: July 31, 1960
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
P-V-T Relationships of BF₃ Gas (open access)

P-V-T Relationships of BF₃ Gas

Abstract: A generalized equation of state developed by Gouq-Jen Su and Chien-Hou Chang is used for predicting P-V-T behavior of BF3 at high gas densities.
Date: July 30, 1960
Creator: Smith, C. R. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library