Advanced Designs and Special Applications for Fast Breeders (open access)

Advanced Designs and Special Applications for Fast Breeders

The purpose of this paper is to describe a few of the suggested advanced concepts for fast breeder reactors and to compare these with the standard approach as to their potential advantage. I have attempted to estimate the economic effect of full technical success with each of the proposed concepts. The proposed concepts include: (1) single sodium system, (2) steam-cooled core concept, (3) direct cycle reactor using potassium as reactor coolant and working fluid, (4) molten plutonium-fuel alloy circulated and cooled by a jet of sodium, (5) settled-bed core, (6) molten salt concept, and (7) paste-fuel system.
Date: November 11, 1963
Creator: Hammond, R. Philip
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Indirect Cycle Water Reactor Studies for Maritime Applications: Part 1. Cost Analysis and Future Development (open access)

Advanced Indirect Cycle Water Reactor Studies for Maritime Applications: Part 1. Cost Analysis and Future Development

First part of the "final report of a study directed toward the evolution, design, and demonstration of the principle design features of interim indirect cycle water cooled and moderated nuclear power plants which will be useful in early cooperative programs between the Atomic Energy Commission and the United States maritime industry" (p. I-ii).
Date: April 1962
Creator: Combustion Engineering, inc. Nuclear Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Indirect Cycle Water Reactor Studies for Maritime Applications: Part 2. Plant Conceptual Studies (open access)

Advanced Indirect Cycle Water Reactor Studies for Maritime Applications: Part 2. Plant Conceptual Studies

Second part of the "final report of a study directed toward the evolution, design, and demonstration of the principle design features of interim indirect cycle water cooled and moderated nuclear power plants which will be useful in early cooperative programs between the Atomic Energy Commission and the United States maritime industry" (p. II-i).
Date: March 1962
Creator: Combustion Engineering, inc. Nuclear Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Indirect Cycle Water Reactor Studies for Maritime Applications: Part 3. Analog Simulation of Reactor Plant Transients (open access)

Advanced Indirect Cycle Water Reactor Studies for Maritime Applications: Part 3. Analog Simulation of Reactor Plant Transients

Third part of the "final report of a study directed toward the evolution, design, and demonstration of the principle design features of interim indirect cycle water cooled and moderated nuclear power plants which will be useful in early cooperative programs between the Atomic Energy Commission and the United States maritime industry" (p. i).
Date: October 23, 1961
Creator: Combustion Engineering, inc. Nuclear Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Indirect Cycle Water Reactor Studies for Maritime Applications: Part 4. Steam Driven Coolant Pumps (open access)

Advanced Indirect Cycle Water Reactor Studies for Maritime Applications: Part 4. Steam Driven Coolant Pumps

Fourth part of the "final report of a study directed toward the evolution, design, and demonstration of the principle design features of interim indirect cycle water cooled and moderated nuclear power plants which will be useful in early cooperative programs between the Atomic Energy Commission and the United States maritime industry" (p. i).
Date: October 23, 1961
Creator: Combustion Engineering, inc. Nuclear Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Indirect Cycle Water Reactor Studies for Maritime Applications: Part 5. Spiked Core Concept (open access)

Advanced Indirect Cycle Water Reactor Studies for Maritime Applications: Part 5. Spiked Core Concept

Fifth part of the "final report of a study directed toward the evolution, design, and demonstration of the principle design features of interim indirect cycle water cooled and moderated nuclear power plants which will be useful in early cooperative programs between the Atomic Energy Commission and the United States maritime industry" (p. i).
Date: October 23, 1961
Creator: Combustion Engineering, inc. Nuclear Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study [Part 1, Supplement]: Phase 2--A Report (open access)

Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study [Part 1, Supplement]: Phase 2--A Report

From introduction: This report details the progress of the Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study.
Date: February 1960
Creator: Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Advanced Sodium-Graphite Reactor Nuclear Power Plant (open access)

An Advanced Sodium-Graphite Reactor Nuclear Power Plant

Abstract: This report describes an advanced sodium-cooled, graphite-moderated nuclear power plant which utilizes high-pressure, high-temperature steam to generate electricity at a high thermal efficiency.
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Churchill, J. R. & Renard, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Test Reactor Burnout Heat Transfer Tests (open access)

Advanced Test Reactor Burnout Heat Transfer Tests

From abstract: "Results of burnout test to determine the limiting heat flux in a simulated Advanced Test Reactor fuel element channel."
Date: January 1964
Creator: Croft, M. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Test Reactor: Final Shielding Design Report (open access)

Advanced Test Reactor: Final Shielding Design Report

From abstract: "This report has been prepared as a design reference document describing the calculation methods and engineering results for shielding analysis work done during the design of the Advanced Test Reactor."
Date: December 1963
Creator: Howard, J. O. & Jacks, G. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Test Reactor Servo Regulator Rod Test Program (open access)

Advanced Test Reactor Servo Regulator Rod Test Program

From abstract: "Verify rod mechanism characteristics reported by the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, demonstrate that rod mechanism characteristics were compatible with reactor kinetics and that over-all reactor system behavior was stable, and to recommend system modifications needed for satisfactory performance."
Date: February 1964
Creator: Pickett, R. T., III
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Test Reactor Turbo Report (open access)

Advanced Test Reactor Turbo Report

From abstract: "The time-dependent behavior of the Advanced Test Reactor was calculated by the Babcock & Wilcox Company on the Philco 2000 computer, using the Turbo depletion program."
Date: January 1964
Creator: Turner, Robert A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advances in Coal Spectrometry: Absorption Spectrometry (open access)

Advances in Coal Spectrometry: Absorption Spectrometry

Report from the U.S. Bureau of mines discussing the use of infared and ultraviolet-visible spectrometry to study the structure of coal and coal extracts.
Date: 1967
Creator: Friedel, Robert A.; Retcofsky, H. L. & Queiser, J. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
AEC Fuel Cycle Program Design and Fabrication of Special Assembly 9-L : Irradiation Performance Test of UO2-Cermet Fuel (open access)

AEC Fuel Cycle Program Design and Fabrication of Special Assembly 9-L : Irradiation Performance Test of UO2-Cermet Fuel

Technical report describing a UO2-Mo cermet fuel assembly fabricated for long-term irradiation performance testing in the Vallecitos Boiling water Reactor. The design and fabrication histories of this assembly are described and pre-irradiation data on each individual rod are presented. Molybdenum was added to improve the bulk thermal conductivity of the fuel, so that fuel temperatures would remain comparatively low during high-power level operation of the fuel element. The molybdenum was incorporated into the compacts either as fibers or as a thin coating on individual UO2 particles. Fuel pellets were produced from these materials by vacuum hot pressing. The distribution of the molybdenum in both types of cermet fuels appeared favorable to good heat transfer. The fibers were oriented predominantly in the radial planes of the pellet as a result of the uni-directional compaction during the hot-pressing operation. In the pellets made from the coated particles, a continuous network of molybdenum occurred as a result of the coating welding together during the hot-pressing operation. The test assembly contains eight fuel rods; three contain UO2-Mo cermet, three contain the cermet produced from the coated particles, and two are for reference and contain the conventional sintered UO2 pellet fuel. The nominal outside diameter …
Date: March 1964
Creator: Ogawa, S. Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
AEC Group Shelter (open access)

AEC Group Shelter

Report regarding the study of an underground group-shelter meant to protect against nuclear blasts, radiation, and fallout. The report presents a design for such a shelter, the minimum requirements that such a shelter should meet, a description of its facilities, illustrations, and an operating manual.
Date: January 1960
Creator: Holmes & Narver
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Cycle Program Progress Report: Thirteenth Quarter, July-September 1963 (open access)

Fuel Cycle Program Progress Report: Thirteenth Quarter, July-September 1963

Quarterly progress report discussing activities related to the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor (VBWR) and related facilities
Date: October 7, 1963
Creator: Howard, C. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Photographs in Geologic Interpretation and Mapping (open access)

Aerial Photographs in Geologic Interpretation and Mapping

Abstract: Aerial photographs today are widely used to obtain both qualitative and quantitative geologic information; vertical aerial photographs are used almost to the exclusion of other types. Techniques and procedures described herein relate primarily to vertical photography.
Date: 1960
Creator: Ray, Richard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: [Part] 1. Theoretical Analysis, Design, and Operation of a Revised System (open access)

Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: [Part] 1. Theoretical Analysis, Design, and Operation of a Revised System

Report containing an analysis of the Aerial Radiological Monitoring Survey (ARMS) program detailing the feasibility of improvements. Includes suggestions for revisions of the existing ARMS system.
Date: July 1960
Creator: Merian, R. F.; Lackey, J. G. & Hand, J. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: Part 2. Performance, Calibration, and Operational Check-Out of the EG&G ARMS-II Revised System (open access)

Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: Part 2. Performance, Calibration, and Operational Check-Out of the EG&G ARMS-II Revised System

Report describing "the design, installation, and performance of the Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc., Aerial Radiological Monitoring System used in Phase II of the Aerial Radiological Monitoring Survey (ARMS-II)" (p. 5). Contains descriptions and photographs of its components and descriptions of test runs.
Date: October 1961
Creator: Hand, J. E.; Guillou, R. B. & Borella, H. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: Part 3. Electronic Processing of ARMS-II Data (open access)

Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: Part 3. Electronic Processing of ARMS-II Data

Report detailing the instrumentation and system performance of the Aerial Radiological Monitoring Survey (ARMS-II), a system used "to perform aerial surveys of ground radioactivity. It supplies both geographical position and radioactivity data in digital form, suitable for use with automatic plotting procedures" (p. 5)
Date: October 1961
Creator: Hand, J. E. & Borella, H. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Radiological Monitoring System Part 4: Equipment and Procedures Through Fiscal Year 1966 (open access)

Aerial Radiological Monitoring System Part 4: Equipment and Procedures Through Fiscal Year 1966

From abstract: "This report describes the Aerial Radiological Measuring System (ARMS-II) operated by EG&G, Inc., for the Division of Biology and Medicine, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission."
Date: March 1966
Creator: Trundle, A. S., III & Story, E. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Aerodynamic Raindrop Sorter. Technical Progress Report No. 1. (open access)

An Aerodynamic Raindrop Sorter. Technical Progress Report No. 1.

A pilot model of an Aerodynamic Raindrop Sorter was constructed along the lines suggested by mathematical analysis. The function of the analyzer is to sort natural rain according to drop size and to collect the sorted drops for further analysis. The pilot model, a small wind tunnel inclined at 45 deg to the horizontal, demonstrated the feasibility of aerodynamic rain drop sorting over a wide range of drop sizes. (auth)
Date: January 1960
Creator: Dingle, A. Nelson & Brock, Fred V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of Parts of East-Central New York and West-Central New England (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of Parts of East-Central New York and West-Central New England (ARMS-I)

Report concerning "[a]n airborne gamma-radiation survey of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and parts of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont" (p. 5) made between 1958 and 1960 that indicated that a broad range of radioactivity exists in those areas depending on the type of bedrock. Correlations are drawn between this radioactivity and the geology of the region.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Popenoe, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of Parts of Southeastern New York and Southern New England (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of Parts of Southeastern New York and Southern New England (ARMS-I)

Report concerning "[a]n airborne gamma-radiation survey of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and parts of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont" (p. 5) made between 1958 and 1960 that indicated that a broad range of radioactivity exists in those areas depending on the type of bedrock. Correlations are drawn between this radioactivity and the geology of the region.
Date: July 1963
Creator: Popenoe, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library