Classified Progress Report of the Reactor Science and Engineering Department; April 1 - June 30, 1950 (open access)

Classified Progress Report of the Reactor Science and Engineering Department; April 1 - June 30, 1950

Technical report outlining the progress of reactor completion and startup events by the Reactor Theory, Physics, Radioisotope Development, Geology, Meteorology, Waste Concentration, and Waste Disposal groups in the Reactor Science and Engineering Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Date: 1950
Creator: Brookhaven National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classified Progress Report of the Reactor Science and Engineering Department for the Year 1949 (open access)

Classified Progress Report of the Reactor Science and Engineering Department for the Year 1949

Technical report covering classified activities of the Department of Reactor Science and Engineering since its inception in January, 1949. This if focused on the research, evaluation, and redesign of the reactor as well as the tests on various reactor components and engineering design to correct structural defects as they have become evident through reactor use.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Brookhaven National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classified Progress Report of the Reactor Science and Engineering Department January 1 - March 31, 1950 (open access)

Classified Progress Report of the Reactor Science and Engineering Department January 1 - March 31, 1950

Technical report indicating the progress made in the first quarter of 1950 only for the classified projects in the Reactor Science and Engineering Department, including continuous processing breeder blanket studies, sub-critical experiments, and metallurgical experiments like fluid fuels, materials testing, reactor reconstruction, and reactor component testing and service.
Date: 1950
Creator: Brookhaven National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conference on Waste Processing; Meeting of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Waste Processing Committee March 27-28, 1950; Section 1. Brookhaven National Laboratory Waste Problems (open access)

Conference on Waste Processing; Meeting of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Waste Processing Committee March 27-28, 1950; Section 1. Brookhaven National Laboratory Waste Problems

Technical report summarizing the waste problems of the Brookhaven National Laboratory site and the integration of projects constituting the need for intensive and extended research into the development of processes, equipment, and systems to dispose of this nuclear waste. This report also outlines the first session for the March 27-28, 1950 meeting of the Committee at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Date: 1950
Creator: Hayner, J. H. & Manowitz, B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conference on Waste Processing; Meeting of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Waste Processing Committee, March 27- 28, 1950; Section 2. Evaporation (open access)

Conference on Waste Processing; Meeting of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Waste Processing Committee, March 27- 28, 1950; Section 2. Evaporation

Technical report summarizing the waste problems of the Brookhaven National Laboratory site and solutions to problems of nuclear waste evaporation; outline of the second session for the March 27-28, 1950 meeting of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Waste Processing Committee at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Date: 1950
Creator: Hayner, J. H. & Manowitz, B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Carbagel Process for Air Refrigeration for Use With BNL Reactor (open access)

Evaluation of Carbagel Process for Air Refrigeration for Use With BNL Reactor

Technical report outlining the use of the Carbagel process in nuclear reactors, its technical feasibility, and case studies of the Carbagel process and its theoretical and technical use for reactors such as the Brookhaven National Laboratory reactor.
Date: April 12, 1950
Creator: Winsche, W. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on Reactor Fuel Element Research, Development, and Production (open access)

Final Report on Reactor Fuel Element Research, Development, and Production

Technical report describing the Brookhaven National Laboratory nuclear reactor and the physical studies of heat transfer and efficiency conducted to improve nuclear reactor operations.
Date: May 1, 1950
Creator: Warner, W. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Subcritical BNL Reactor (open access)

An Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Subcritical BNL Reactor

Technical report outlining the theoretical study of the sub-critical BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory) reactor, and a comparison of reactor performance with the purpose of presenting the experimental results of the experimental methods. Presents experimental results and and a detailed discussion of the experimental methods along with theoretical analysis and evaluation of the results.
Date: June 15, 1950
Creator: Cwernick, J.; Kaplan, I.; Kunstadter, J.; Sailor, V. & Williams, C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Reactor Fuels: Bismuth-Uranium System (open access)

Liquid Reactor Fuels: Bismuth-Uranium System

Technical report about the liquidus curve for the nuclear reactors bismuth-uranium system and the need for a suitable container for this fuel.
Date: September 15, 1950
Creator: Bareis, D. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unit for Continuous Separation of U233 From Thorium Fluoride (open access)

Unit for Continuous Separation of U233 From Thorium Fluoride

Technical report outlining a preliminary design for carrying out the process of producing U233 from Th232.
Date: September 15, 1950
Creator: Dwyer, O. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Serial Reports on Start-Up Experiments. No. 1 The Hot Rod Experiment (open access)

Serial Reports on Start-Up Experiments. No. 1 The Hot Rod Experiment

The purpose of this new series of reports is to present in roughly finished form the results of the various start-up experiments on the BNL reactor as soon as the analysis of the experimental data is completed.
Date: November 29, 1950
Creator: Chernick, J. & Kunstadter, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report of Reactor Science and Engineering Department; July 1 - September 30, 1951 (open access)

Progress Report of Reactor Science and Engineering Department; July 1 - September 30, 1951

Technical report covering the classified tests on two types of nuclear reactors of the Department of Reactor Science and Engineering. Outlines tests on heat transfer and hydraulics, fabrication and corrosion studies on the normal water.
Date: 1951
Creator: Brookhaven National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactivity Detected in Precipitation and Settled Dust; April - May 1951 (open access)

Radioactivity Detected in Precipitation and Settled Dust; April - May 1951

Technical report examining the precipitation and obtained samples of settled dust at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Date: 1951
Creator: Weiss, M. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Irradiation Effects on 2S Aluminum (open access)

Irradiation Effects on 2S Aluminum

As a result of unreported information, it was suspected by some people that a change in dimension was experienced by 2S Aluminum due to a sudden change in neutron flux impinging on it. This was thought to be of the order of 500 microinches per inch in magnitude. Such an effect, if present, could help explain some of the creep phenomena reported lately (i.e. change in creep rate due to cyclotron bombardment.)
Date: April 5, 1951
Creator: Cook, H. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of Radioactive Waste Processing and Accumulation in Presently Operating AEC Research and Productive Sites (open access)

Status of Radioactive Waste Processing and Accumulation in Presently Operating AEC Research and Productive Sites

It is the purpose of this report to present a quantitative picture of the overall waste problems at the presently operating major A.E.C. sites. Presented herewith are data on the volumes and radioactive concentrations of the wastes handled and effluents discharged, available tankage and processes flow sheets from each site.
Date: April 5, 1951
Creator: Manowitz, B. & Rodger, W. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Study of a Uranium - Bismuth Liquid Fuel Power Reactor L. F. R . 2 (open access)

Preliminary Study of a Uranium - Bismuth Liquid Fuel Power Reactor L. F. R . 2

Technical report and preliminary design calculations describing a type of liquid fuel reactor adaptable for production or breeding on a U-233 cycle based on data at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Describes design calculations for generating significant amounts of power and neutrons by use of uranium-bismuth solutions with fused salts in the reactor system.
Date: April 27, 1951
Creator: Gurinsky, D. H.; Kaplan, I.; Miles, F. T.; Williams, C. & Winsche, W. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Continuous Fission Product Separation Process; I. Removal of the Rare Earths (Lanthanum Cerium, Praseodymium, and Neodymium) From a Typical Liquid Bismuth-Uranium Reactor Fuel by Contact with Fused LiCl-KCl Mixtures (open access)

A Continuous Fission Product Separation Process; I. Removal of the Rare Earths (Lanthanum Cerium, Praseodymium, and Neodymium) From a Typical Liquid Bismuth-Uranium Reactor Fuel by Contact with Fused LiCl-KCl Mixtures

Technical report investigating the distribution of rare earth elements between a liquid bismuth-uranium solution and fused KCI-LiCi mixtures. Report warrants further research on the liquid bismuth-uranium-fused salt system due to the benefit of continuous fission removal processes.
Date: July 1, 1951
Creator: Bareis, D. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report on Waste Concentration Studies: Engineering Results on the BNL Semi-Works Vapor Filtration Vapor Compression Evaporator (open access)

Progress Report on Waste Concentration Studies: Engineering Results on the BNL Semi-Works Vapor Filtration Vapor Compression Evaporator

Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing progress of waste concentration studies. As stated in the introduction, "the present report covers all experimental hot runs up to the time the still was turned over to the Waste Control Section for intermediate handling of laboratory D waste" (p. 1). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: Horrigan, R. V.; Fried, H. M.; Manowitz, B.; Kuhl, O.; Baranosky, J. A.; Bellanca, S. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Operations Division Monthly Report; November 1951 (open access)

Reactor Operations Division Monthly Report; November 1951

Technical report outlining the downtime given to the Brookhaven National Laboratory nuclear reactor in November compared to previous months.
Date: November 1951
Creator: Powell, R. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Operations Division Monthly Report; December 1951 (open access)

Reactor Operations Division Monthly Report; December 1951

Technical report analyzing the down time of the Brookhaven National Laboratory nuclear reactor and resulting changes in reactivity.
Date: December 1951
Creator: Powell, R. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plate Efficiency in the Exchange of Deuterium Between Ammonia and Hydrogen (open access)

Plate Efficiency in the Exchange of Deuterium Between Ammonia and Hydrogen

Technical report outlining measurements of the equilibrium in the exchange of deuterium between ammonia and hydrogen and of the kinetics of this reaction. Details a series of tests carried out to measure Murphree plate efficiencies.
Date: December 3, 1951
Creator: Perlman, Morris L. & Bigeleisen, Jacob
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Concentration of Deuterium by Chemical Exchange Between Hydrogen and Ammonia (open access)

The Concentration of Deuterium by Chemical Exchange Between Hydrogen and Ammonia

Technical report describing the results of the chemical reaction between potassium amide and liquid ammonia and the exchange of hydrogen between hydrogen gas and liquid ammonia. This report finds that the reactions may be sufficiently rapid to be useful for isotope separations on a larger scale.
Date: December 15, 1951
Creator: Perlman, M. L. & Bigeleisen, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Area Survey Manual of Brookhaven National Laboratory: Area Radiation Detection Instrumentation, Maintenance, and Results (open access)

The Area Survey Manual of Brookhaven National Laboratory: Area Radiation Detection Instrumentation, Maintenance, and Results

Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing the instrumentation, operation, and maintenance of the established area radiation monitoring stations. This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: January 1, 1952
Creator: Weiss, Max M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microclimatology at Brookhaven (open access)

Microclimatology at Brookhaven

The meteorological control program developed at Brookhaven National Laboratory requires some simple means of classifying atmospheric turbulence so that the dispersion of cooling air from the nuclear reactor may be measured and forecast on a routine basis. The first approach to the problem, was based on the variations of horizontal wind direction as measured by a standard Bendix-Friez Aerovane mounted 355 ft. above ground. The time interval used was one hour. The original system has proven satisfactory in most respects, and is still in daily use.
Date: 1952
Creator: Singer, Irving, A. & Smith, Maynard, E.
System: The UNT Digital Library