This report is about the United States Self-Judging reservation to the compulsory jurisdiction of the international court of justice.

From introduction: "In June, 1963, a geophysical research program was conducted at Hanford to determine the feasibility and desirability of using seismic methods in geohydrologic studies. Detection and delineation were desired of seven different geological features that in some sites affect the movement of liquid radioactive wastes discharged to the ground."

Reversible photoinduced electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signals and photoconductivity were observed when a solution of tetracyancethylene (TCNE) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) was irradiated in the charge-transfer band of the complex formed between these two compounds. The eleven-line hyperfine structure of the EPR spectrum which was obtained demonstrated the presence of TCNE negative ion radical. The concentration of this radical was found to be directly proportional to the square root of the light intensity. Second order decay kinetics were followed when the light was shut off. Both the EPR signal and the photoconductivity rose initially as the square of the time. The latter portions of the growth curves could be fit to the latter portions of a hyperbolic tangential growth curve. From these data a reaction mechanism was proposed. The rate law dn/dt + kn{sup 2} = {alpha}L(1-e{sup -{beta}t}) = 0, where n = the concentration of radicals, t = the time, k, {alpha}, and {beta} are rate constants, and L = the light intensity, described both the photo-induced EPR and the photoconductivity within the limits of experimental accuracy.

A geological map and sections of the Ammonia Tanks quadrangle at the Nevada test site, Nye County, Nevada

The altitudes and times of ablation have been determined for the SNAP-10A, SS-316 vessel wall reentering under various conditions. The results are confined to one typical location on the reactor and to one typical reentry trajectory. The location is the side wall of the vessel and the trajectory is the one used in NAA-SR-8303.

The Hanford graphite-moderated reactors have an enclosed gas circulation system to maintain control of the composition of gas atmosphere in the graphite stack. This investigation was undertaken to answer several questions concerning the generation and release of Carbon-14 in the operation of these graphite moderated reactors. The principle question was: Will an increase in the nitrogen content of the reactor atmosphere increase the release of Carbon-14 sufficiently to create a health hazard. Other questions were: (1) What are the main sources and the main release routes. (2) How much does carbon-14 build up in the graphite in the reactor stack. and (3) Is the total release of carbon-14 to the atmosphere sufficient to enhance the /sup 14/C levels in the vegetation surrounding the reactors.

This report details what types and amounts of liquid wastes were disposed in the ground at Hanford in October, 1964.

A research and development project for study of the effects of reactor effluent on Columbia River water quality is being sponsored by the AEC Division of Production. Work was started in October 1962, the first effort being aimed at furnishing an immediate answer to a security question: how closely can Hanford production be estimated by measurement of river temperatures? An interim progress report gave the results of the preliminary investigation. During the calendar year 1963, the study was expanded to meet broader program objectives. This document is a progress report for the year, covering the temperature and effluent distribution phases of the program. Progress on the chemical characteristics phase of the program is documented separately. Figure 1 shows the section of the river under study.

This is the monthly report for the Hanford Laboratories Operation, November 1964. Reactor fuels, chemistry, dosimetry, separation processes, reactor technology, financial activities, biology operation, and physics and instrumentation research.

A modification program is now in progress at the C and K Reactors consisting of an extensive renovation of the graphite channels in the vertical safety rod ststems. The present VSR channels are being enlarged by a graphite coring operation and channel sleeves will be installed in the larger channels. One problem associated with the coring operation is the danger of damaging top thermal shield cooling tubes located close to the VSR channels to such an extent that these tubes will have to be removed from service. If such a condition should exist at one or a number of locations in the top shield of the reactors after reactor startup, the question remains -- what would the resulting temperatures be of the various components of the top shields? This study was initiated to determine temperature distributions in the top shield complex at the C and K Reactors for various top thermal shield coolant system conditions. Since the top thermal shield cooling system at C Reactor is different than those at the K Reactors, the study was conducted separately for the two different systems.

The fundamental objective of the graphite temperature limit is to prevent excessive oxidation of the graphite moderator blocks with carbon dioxide and water vapor in the reactor atmosphere. Laboratory tests have shown that 10 percent uniform oxidation of graphite results in a loss in strength of approximately 50 per cent. This value of a strength loss of 50 percent has been arbitrarily established as the limit to graphite oxidation over the lifetime of the reactor stack. This limit has been further arbitrarily interpreted as an oxidation rate of not more than two percent per thousand days of reactor operation. At this rate limit, the reactor stack could be operated for 15--20 years before the graphite strength was reduced 50 percent. As with any chemical reaction, the rate of reaction of graphite with oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor increases with increasing temperature. The graphite temperature limits presently in effect at the smaller reactors were therefore primarily established to hold the reaction rate between graphite and carbon dioxide at two percent per thousand operating days and were based on laboratory and in-reactor experiments which are presently believed to have been partially contaminated with oxygen from air leakages. It is therefore the …

The 02 Research and Development program for the Irradiation Processing Department is contained in seven 189-forms, R-1 through R-6 and M-1 and M-2. The subprograms designated by R pertain to reactor research and development, and those designated by M pertain to the metallurgy or the fuels research and development. This report covers the progress in each of the subprograms on an individual basis and follows the format proposed by RLOO. Although the reports are brief, the results are presented in a semitabular form and are essentially complete. Only the activities of the first four months of the fiscal year are included. It should be noted that the over-all IPD program is based on a nearly uniform expenditure of funds over the entire year and the expenditures to date reflect this general pattern. A number of items are listed in the reports on the subprograms that have been performed on product cost funds but were made possible by the research and development effort.

The amount of enriched uranium to support various type of target elements was determined in the Hanford Test Reactor. This report describes the measurement of separate and striped loadings for canned thorium oxide, bismuth, lithium-aluminum, and, in addition, bare depleted uranium. This experiment was undertaken to provide information needed to estimate the E-metal requirements in a production reactor when replacing natural uranium with target material. The amount of enriched uranium which is required to maintain the reactivity in support of target materials must be known to properly predict total reactor reactivity. Danger coefficient measurements were made during original startup tests to provide this information. However, fuel dimensions have changed and new target materials have been introduced which have not been tested in this manner. The target of particular interest at this time of thorium oxide.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether, under the stated facts, the Texas State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers has the authority to re-open an application for registration under Section 18 of Article 3271a that was rejected 26 years ago.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Motor Transportation Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas has jurisdiction to regulate the transportation of dead human bodies.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Bayou Manor is exempt from ad valorem taxes as an institution of purely public charity.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether devise and bequest to Bishop Garriga is exempt from inheritance taxes by virtue of an irrevocable commitment to use within this State.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Marshall-Harrison County Health District may be treated as an autonomous unit to the extent that lump sum contributions may be made by the County to such district without the necessity of using auditing process customarily used in connection with all other departments of the county governments.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether certain property owned by the Lutheran Student Foundation of Houston is exempt from ad valorem taxes under stated facts.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Method of computing inheritance taxes where husband wills to third parties in his community one-half interest in government bonds payable to himself or his wife.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Voter Eligibility in local option election.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Legislature may authorize the Water Development Board to extend loans to political subdivisions of the State for conserving and developing underground water or may guarantee bond issues of political subdivisions of the State issued to provide funds for use in developing and conserving underground waters.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether, under the Constitution of Texas, a representative-elect would be entitled to recieve a salary for being employed as a teacher in an independent school dsitrict at any time during his term of office as a member of the Legislature.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the business of a broker of cemetary lots is regulated by Articles 1.01 et seq., Article 6573a, Article 912a, V. C.S., or Article 7.05b, V.P.C.