Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: December 1961 (open access)

Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: December 1961

Report documenting ongoing research and developments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Gas-Cooled Reactor Project.
Date: April 6, 1962
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Properties of Irradiated Zircaloy-2 Pressure Tube from KER Loop 1 (open access)

Evaluation of Properties of Irradiated Zircaloy-2 Pressure Tube from KER Loop 1

Report describing the evaluation of the effects of irradiation on a high pressure water loop that ruptured while testing fuel elements. Includes photographs of the damaged tube as well as chemical analyses.
Date: December 1962
Creator: Defferdin, L. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plutonium Recycle Critical Facility: Final Safeguards Analysis (open access)

Plutonium Recycle Critical Facility: Final Safeguards Analysis

Report discussing the Plutonium Recycle Critical Facility (PRCF). The reactor, building, associated equipment, operating program, safety, and operating procedures are described.
Date: February 1962
Creator: Anderson, J. K. & Winegardner, W. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Conductivity of UO2 (open access)

Thermal Conductivity of UO2

Report discussing the thermal conductivity of uranium dioxide. The first part of the report includes the thermal effects on the substance's physical form, while the second part describes the experimental details.
Date: September 1962
Creator: Daniel, J. L.; Matolich, J., Jr. & Deem, H. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development Activities in the Radiological Sciences, Physical Sciences Portion, January - December 1961 (open access)

Research and Development Activities in the Radiological Sciences, Physical Sciences Portion, January - December 1961

Report regarding ongoing research and development undertaken at Hanfdord Laboratories' physics and instruments laboratory and chemical laboratory.
Date: January 15, 1962
Creator: Junkins, R. L. & Brown, J. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnetic Force Welding Sintered Aluminum Powder Materials (open access)

Magnetic Force Welding Sintered Aluminum Powder Materials

Report discussing the use of sintered aluminum powder for nuclear fuel cladding. This report includes descriptions of pertinent materials and experimental procedures.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Mills, L. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strength and Metallurgical Properties of the Zircaloy-2 Pressure Tubes for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor (open access)

Strength and Metallurgical Properties of the Zircaloy-2 Pressure Tubes for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor

Report describing the properties of the Zircaloy pressure tubes at the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor. Topics include the fabrication of these tubes, their mechanical properties, and operating stresses.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Knecht, R. L. & Pankaskie, P. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculated Costs of Fabrication of Plutonium-Enriched Fuel Elements (open access)

Calculated Costs of Fabrication of Plutonium-Enriched Fuel Elements

Report regarding the study of the calculated costs of fabricating plutonium-enriched fuel elements for Hanford Laboratories' Plutonium Recycle Program. Topics include descriptions of the process, design study of plants that use U235 and plutonium enriched fuel, and estimates of costs.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Hanthorn, H. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-Reactor Monitoring of Zircaloy-2 Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Pressure Tubes: Part 2, May and June, 1962 (open access)

In-Reactor Monitoring of Zircaloy-2 Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Pressure Tubes: Part 2, May and June, 1962

Report containing the results of a two year program wherein the 85 zircaloy-2 pressure tubes in Hanford Laboratories' Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor (PRTR) were monitored. Experimental procedures and results are described.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Doman, D. R. & Pankaskie, P. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Device for Recording Fuel Element Dimension on Punched Paper Tape (open access)

A Device for Recording Fuel Element Dimension on Punched Paper Tape

Report that "describes a system for translating the position of a strip-chart recorder potentiometer shaft into decimal digital form" (p. ii).
Date: December 1962
Creator: Driver, G. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1962 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Semiannual Progress Report: January 1 - June 30, 1962

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile, low-power, nuclear power plant for Military field operation.
Date: August 17, 1962
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library