The Transient Behavior of Single-Phase Natural Circulation Water Loop Systems (open access)

The Transient Behavior of Single-Phase Natural Circulation Water Loop Systems

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing single-phase water loop systems. As stated in the introduction, "the principal objective of this study was to determine the reliability of the calculations based upon numerical solutions of finite-difference energy and flow equations" (p. 9). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Alstad, C. D.; Isbin, H. S.; Amundson, N. R. & Silvers, J. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Properties of Diphenyl (open access)

Engineering Properties of Diphenyl

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing engineering properties of diphenyl. As stated in the abstract, "data collected from the literature on the vapor pressure, enthalpy, liquid density, and vapor density of pure diphenyl are presented. A Mollier diagram, a temperature entropy diagram, and data on viscosity of diphenyl as a function of temperature are also presented" (p. 5). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1953
Creator: Anderson, Kermit
System: The UNT Digital Library
Argonne National Laboratory Annual Report: 1956 (open access)

Argonne National Laboratory Annual Report: 1956

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing the variety of work done at the laboratory during the year of 1956. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1956
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Argonne National Laboratory Annual Report: 1957 (open access)

Argonne National Laboratory Annual Report: 1957

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing the variety of work done at the laboratory during the year of 1957. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1957
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Argonne National Laboratory Annual Report: 1958 (open access)

Argonne National Laboratory Annual Report: 1958

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing the variety of work done at the laboratory during the year of 1958. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1958
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
The EBWR: Experimental Boiling Water Reactor (open access)

The EBWR: Experimental Boiling Water Reactor

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing the Experimental Boiling Water Reactor (EBWR) power plant. Designs of the final EBWR power plant are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operating Manual for the Argonaut Reactor (open access)

Operating Manual for the Argonaut Reactor

The design of the Argonaut (Argonne Nuclear Assembly for University Training) was initiated by the Reactor Engineering Division of Argonne National Laboratory to satisfy needs for a low-power reactor facility within the Laboratory, and for training uses within the international School of Nuclear Science and Engineering (ISNSE). It was intended primarily for instruction and research in reactor physics. It was also considered as a possibility that it would fulfill the requirements of universities engaged in a program of nuclear science. The cost of the facility was to be kept to a minimum consistent with the high degree of inherent safety and a great amount of flexibility in the system. The basic design stemmed from the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Thermal Test Reactor* (TTR), now called Nuclear Test Reactor (NTR). Modification during the course of the work justified the new name "Argonaut".
Date: August 1959
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of Meteorological Data Taken at Argonne National Laboratory, Du Page County, Illinois, July 1952 Through June 1953 (open access)

Summary of Meteorological Data Taken at Argonne National Laboratory, Du Page County, Illinois, July 1952 Through June 1953

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing meteorological data collected between 1952 and 1953. Wind, temperature, pressure, and precipitation studies are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and a map.
Date: April 1954
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Particle Accelerator Division Summary Report: April 15, 1958 through October, 1958 (open access)

Particle Accelerator Division Summary Report: April 15, 1958 through October, 1958

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing a summary report of work completed between April and October, 1958. Summaries of the studies conducted and work completed are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: February 1959
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Particle Accelerator Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of Meteorological Data Taken at Argonne National Laboratory, Du Page County, Illinois, July 1951 Through June 1952 (open access)

Summary of Meteorological Data Taken at Argonne National Laboratory, Du Page County, Illinois, July 1951 Through June 1952

The report is the third in a series of interim reports on the climatological studies which are being conducted at the Argonne National Laboratory. First report appeared as document ANL-4538 and covered the period July, 1949 through June, 1950; the second report, ANL-4793, covered the period July, 1950 through June, 1951. These annual reports are offered for purposes of information only; broad conclusions regarding the climate of this site must await the accumulation of a statistically significant amount of data.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Radiological Physics Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report : December 1, 1952 Through February 28, 1953 (open access)

Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report : December 1, 1952 Through February 28, 1953

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory covering the quarterly report from the Reactor Engineering Division. A summary of reactor programs, research, designs, development, and experiments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: March 15, 1953
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Reactor Engineering Division
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazard Summary Report on the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) (open access)

Hazard Summary Report on the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR)

Report regarding a nuclear reactor designed to operate in arctic conditions. This report includes a design of such a reactor and potential hazards.
Date: November 1958
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Reactor Engineering Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report: December 1, 1953 Through March 30, 1954 (open access)

Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report: December 1, 1953 Through March 30, 1954

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory covering the quarterly report from the Reactor Engineering Division. A summary of reactor programs, designs, development, and experiments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: April 15, 1954
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Reactor Engineering Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report March 1, 1953 through May 31, 1953 (open access)

Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report March 1, 1953 through May 31, 1953

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory covering the quarterly report from the Reactor Engineering Division. A summary of reactor programs, designs, development, and experiments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 15, 1953
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Reactor Engineering Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report September 1, 1952 through November 30, 1952 (open access)

Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report September 1, 1952 through November 30, 1952

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory covering the quarterly report from the Reactor Engineering Division. A summary of reactor programs, designs, development, and experiments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: December 15, 1952
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Reactor Engineering Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report September 1, 1953 through November 30, 1953 (open access)

Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report September 1, 1953 through November 30, 1953

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory covering the quarterly report from the Reactor Engineering Division. A summary of reactor programs, designs, development, and experiments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: December 15, 1953
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Reactor Engineering Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report June 1, 1953 through August 31, 1953 (open access)

Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report June 1, 1953 through August 31, 1953

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory covering the quarterly report from the Reactor Engineering Division. A summary of reactor programs (including the Power Breeder Reactor (PBR) and the Central Station Water Reactor (CSWR)), designs, development, and experiments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: September 15, 1953
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Reactor Enginneering Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering, Construction and Cost of the Argonaut Reactor (open access)

Engineering, Construction and Cost of the Argonaut Reactor

Report describing the Argonaut Reactor located at the Argonne National Laboratory. Photographs and descriptive drawings of the reactor are included.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Armstrong, R. H.; Kolb, W. L.; Lennox, D. H.; Kelber, C. N.; Selep, Andrew & Spinrad, B. I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Improved Continuous Ether Extractor for the Determination of Uranium in Dissolver Solutions (open access)

An Improved Continuous Ether Extractor for the Determination of Uranium in Dissolver Solutions

An improved continuous ether extractor is described. The modifications include a means of safely disposing of the active raffinate and a means of positivity checking the raffinate for completeness of uranium extraction. The results obtained on synthetic samples and on dissolver solutions are given. This work was undertaken because of a need for the determination of uranium in dissolver solutions with an accuracy of 0.1 per cent. After a review of available methods it was decided that a gravimetric determination would meet the requirements of precision and accuracy.
Date: August 27, 1953
Creator: Bane, R. W. & Jensen, K. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Helium Leak Detector Test for Hanford And Savannah River Fuel Slugs (open access)

Helium Leak Detector Test for Hanford And Savannah River Fuel Slugs

The Helium Leak Detector Test provides a method for detecting the presence of minute holes, cracks, fissures, etc. in the aluminum jackets of Hanford and Savannah River reactor fuel slugs which would allow moisture to penetrate to the uranium during reactor operation.
Date: December 31, 1952
Creator: Barnes, A. H.; Smith, F. A. & Wimunc, E. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roll Cladding of Uranium-Niobium Alloys for Plate Type Fuel Elements (open access)

Roll Cladding of Uranium-Niobium Alloys for Plate Type Fuel Elements

The feasibility of cladding plate type, corrosion resistant uranium-niobium fuel elements with Zircaloy-II by roll bonding has been demonstrated. Plates with cores of uranium alloyed with 3 w/o and 6 w/o Nb intended for irradiation testing in a high temperature water test loop in the MTR have been finished withing specified tolerances. The preparation of cladding billet core and clad components and the assembly of billets by enclosing cores in welded Zircaloy-II jackets can be readily accomplished with conventional fabrication equipment. Some machining operations and billet evacuations, as used in the preparation of most picture frame billet assemblies have been eliminated. Roll bonds were obtained with reductions of 75% to 80% in thickness. Reductions in excess of 90% in thickness, although not necessary for bonding , can be used for economical productions of long plates. Plates can be made with clad to core bond strengths from 30,000 psi to 60,000 psi. Properly heat treated plates have sufficient ductility to allow cold finishing by rolling, forming, bending, or twisting, with reductions of 20% to 30%. Edge bonds of Zircaloy to Zircaloy have been obtained which were corrosion resistant to 260 C water. End seals which were also corrosion resistant to water …
Date: December 1953
Creator: Bean, C. H. & Macherey, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roll Cladding Uranium-Zirconium and Uranium-Zirconium-Niobium Alloys with Zircaloy-2 for Plate-Type Fuel Elements (open access)

Roll Cladding Uranium-Zirconium and Uranium-Zirconium-Niobium Alloys with Zircaloy-2 for Plate-Type Fuel Elements

From Abstract: "Investigations were made of alternate methods of bonding fuel shapes and the use of alternate core alloys in flat plates. Alternations and additions were made to development facilities needed to fabricate roll-clad plates for the EBWR core. Pilot production of EWBR-type plates proved that the plate cladding process could be adapted to production facilities."
Date: February 1958
Creator: Bean, C. H.; Macherey, R. E. & Lindgren, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report on the Argonne-Oak Ridge Digital Computer (open access)

Progress Report on the Argonne-Oak Ridge Digital Computer

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing a progress report on the Argonne-Oak Ridge digital computer. This report is an interim report, whose primary value is that it has forced those engaged in the work to give concrete expression to what they have been doing and thinking about up to this point. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: March 5, 1951
Creator: Birge, W. A.; Burdette, E. W.; Burks, A. W.; Chu, J. C.; Flanders, D. A.; Jacobsohn, D. H. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Analysis of ANL High Purity Uranium (open access)

Comparative Analysis of ANL High Purity Uranium

In the course of the development at Argonne of high purity uranium metal in ingot form, some questions arose as to the validity of the chemical analyses of some of the impurities (particularly those for carbon, boron, and silicon), with one analytical laboratory reporting concentrations in some instances of an order of magnitude greater than another laboratory. Since the low concentrations of impurities in this material involved, in some cases, the development of modified analytical procedures and standards, it was decided to check these discrepancies by having identically prepared samples analyzed by several AEC and associated laboratories. This report is a compilation of the results obtained.
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: Blumenthal, B. & Chiswik, H. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library