Irradiation Performance of Thoria-Urania Fuel Materials: Quarterly Technical Report, Number 2, October - December 1964 (open access)

Irradiation Performance of Thoria-Urania Fuel Materials: Quarterly Technical Report, Number 2, October - December 1964

From introduction: "Complete exploitation of the advantages of thorium as a fertile material in thermal and particular resonant spectrum reactors has been inhibited by the lack of quantitative physical property data for thoria and thoria-urania fuels."
Date: October 1964
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fire Test of Wooden-Jacket Shield for Radioisotope Shipping Container (open access)

Fire Test of Wooden-Jacket Shield for Radioisotope Shipping Container

"This report covers fire tests conducted on an experimental design of a wooden-jacket shield for radioisotope shipping containers" (p. i).
Date: March 23, 1964
Creator: Horn, Leonard H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geophysical Seismic Evaluation Study at Hanford (open access)

Geophysical Seismic Evaluation Study at Hanford

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."
Date: December 1964
Creator: Brown, Ruth E. & Raymond, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
PRTR second generation shim assembly (open access)

PRTR second generation shim assembly

From introduction: "This document discusses the design, fabrication, assembly, and testing of a second generation shim rod assembly, and testing of a second generation shim rod assembly prototype for use in the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor."
Date: November 1964
Creator: Rasmussen, D. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Standardization and Evaluation of Grain Size Test for Uranium Fuel (open access)

Standardization and Evaluation of Grain Size Test for Uranium Fuel

Report that "describes the selection of "standard fuel cores for calibrating an ultrasonic tester designated UT-2C" (p. 3) at Hanford Laboratories.
Date: July 1964
Creator: Spice, R. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Radiological Sciences Research and Development Annual Report for 1963 (open access)

Hanford Radiological Sciences Research and Development Annual Report for 1963

Report regarding ongoing research and development undertaken at Hanfdord Laboratories' physics and instruments laboratory and chemical laboratory.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Gamertsfelder, C. C. & Green, J. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chromosomal Aberrations in a Natural Population of Chironomus Tentans Exposed to Chronic Low-Level Environmental Radiation (open access)

Chromosomal Aberrations in a Natural Population of Chironomus Tentans Exposed to Chronic Low-Level Environmental Radiation

From introduction: "Cytological examinations of the irradiated and some unirradiated populations in the radioactive sediments of White Oak Creek and the Clinch River were made."
Date: January 29, 1964
Creator: Blaylock, B. Gordon; Auerbach, S. I. & Nelson, D. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plutonium Recycle Critical Facility: Final Safeguards Analysis Supplements (open access)

Plutonium Recycle Critical Facility: Final Safeguards Analysis Supplements

Report containing supplementary material for "Plutonium Recycle Critical Facility, Final Safeguards Analyses." This material expands upon previously supplied safety information and resolves previously unreviewed safety questions. Appendix begins on page A.1.
Date: October 1964
Creator: Swanberg, F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Cratering Experience at the Pacific Proving Grounds (open access)

Nuclear Cratering Experience at the Pacific Proving Grounds

Observation of the long-term effects of weathering on 10 nuclear craters over periods as long as 12 years.
Date: November 10, 1964
Creator: Circeo, Louis J., Jr. & Nordyke, Milo D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steady Darcian Transport of Fluids in Heterogeneous Partially Saturated Porous Media: Part 2, the Computer Program (open access)

Steady Darcian Transport of Fluids in Heterogeneous Partially Saturated Porous Media: Part 2, the Computer Program

The subject of this report is the generalized computer program written to solve problems involving steady fluid flow through heterogeneous, partially-saturated porous media.
Date: May 20, 1964
Creator: Nelson, R. William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beta-Gamma Dose Rates from U232 in U233 (open access)

Beta-Gamma Dose Rates from U232 in U233

This report defines in detail the source of the dose rate of U233 and describes a method by which they may be predicted.
Date: April 1964
Creator: Owen, F. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analog Simulation of the Hanford N-Reactor Plant, Part 1: Description of the Overall Simulation Model (open access)

Analog Simulation of the Hanford N-Reactor Plant, Part 1: Description of the Overall Simulation Model

Report that describes Hanford Laboratories' overall N-Reactor plant simulation model and its use to study the characteristics of the plant, plant operational procedures, and the effects of plant, operator, and control system malfunctions.
Date: September 1, 1964
Creator: Swanson, C. D.; Coughren, K. D.; Dionne, P. J. & Thieme, G. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welding Plutonium-Containing Fuel Elements (open access)

Welding Plutonium-Containing Fuel Elements

Report discussing the manual and automatic welding techniques for fuel elements containing plutonium with Zircaloy-2 aluminum, and stainless steel cladding, 0.013 to 0.0889 cm (0.005 to 0.350 in.) thick" (p. 3).
Date: June 1964
Creator: Lemon, L. C.; Ross, W. T. & Bailey, W. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
6144-Channel Time-of-Flight Analyzer (open access)

6144-Channel Time-of-Flight Analyzer

Report describing a 6144-channel analyzer designed and built for the purpose of analyzing time-of-flight during studies of slow neutron scattering at Hanford Laboratories. This includes descriptions of the analyzer, its logic and circuits, and its test mode.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Walker, R. A. & Russell, J. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress in Nondestructive Testing: A Summary of Hanford Achievements in These Programs Under General Electric, 1952 - 1964 (open access)

Progress in Nondestructive Testing: A Summary of Hanford Achievements in These Programs Under General Electric, 1952 - 1964

Report discussing the development of Hanford Laboratories' nondestructive testing programs and a summary of their results. Programs include AlSi fuel testing, N-Reactor fuel testing, and reactor research and development.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Walker, R. A. & Russell, J. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analog Computer Simulation of a Pulsed Extraction Column (open access)

Analog Computer Simulation of a Pulsed Extraction Column

Report describing "computer techniques used in the simulation and parameter determination, how the data were prepared for inclusion in the computer simulation, (and) methods used in presenting the results" (p. 3-4).
Date: September 1964
Creator: Benham, R. D. & Wilburn, N. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solidification of High-Level Radioactive Fuel Reprocessing Wastes by Spray and Pot Calcination: Hot-Cell Pilot Plant Studies (open access)

Solidification of High-Level Radioactive Fuel Reprocessing Wastes by Spray and Pot Calcination: Hot-Cell Pilot Plant Studies

Report regarding the calcination of full level Purex and Redox waste carried out "in a remotely operated pilot plant consisting of a radiant-heat spray calciner and a pot calciner and their associated off-gas equipment" (p. 4). This contains details of the calcination, effects on the waste, and difficulties encountered.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Allemann, R. T.; Roberts, F. P. & Upson, U. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Graphite Superheat Reactor (HGSR) Design Study and Evaluation (open access)

Hanford Graphite Superheat Reactor (HGSR) Design Study and Evaluation

Report containing the results of a preliminary study of a design concept for a graphite-moderated pressure tube reactor. Topics include reactor design, operating procedures, subsystems, hazards analysis, and economic potential. Appendices begin on page 174.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Hanford Atomic Products Operation. N-Reactor Project Section.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solvent Extraction of Strontium, Cerium, and are Earths with D2EHPA, Part 2: Pilot Plant Studies (open access)

Solvent Extraction of Strontium, Cerium, and are Earths with D2EHPA, Part 2: Pilot Plant Studies

Report that "presents the results of pilot plant studies on the application of the D2EHPA (di-2-ethylhexyl phosphoric acid) solvent system to the needs of the Hanford Waste Management Program" (p. 1).
Date: February 1964
Creator: Richardson, G. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fretting Corrosion in the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor (open access)

Fretting Corrosion in the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor

Report that summarizes out-of-reactor tests undertaken to determine operating conditions, estimate damage from and extent of fretting corrosion, and describe continuing tests planned to monitor and eliminate this corrosion.
Date: March 1964
Creator: Winegardner, W. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Model Concept for Large Nuclear Reactors (open access)

A New Model Concept for Large Nuclear Reactors

Report regarding the computer assisted model for a large nuclear reactor. This includes formulas and relevant procedures.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Harvey, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Deionized Water on the Reactor Effluent Activities: Part 2 - Zirconium and Aluminum Clad Fuel (open access)

The Effect of Deionized Water on the Reactor Effluent Activities: Part 2 - Zirconium and Aluminum Clad Fuel

Report containing experimental data testing the hypothesis that aluminum reactor tubes were "the site of most radioisotope production in the deionized water cooled system" and that zirconium tubes provided "only nominal participation" (p. 2).
Date: October 1964
Creator: Silker, W. B. & Thomas, C. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Graphite Burnout Monitoring: Part 1, Monitor Preparation and Handling Techniques (open access)

Graphite Burnout Monitoring: Part 1, Monitor Preparation and Handling Techniques

Report that describes graphite oxidation monitors and their proper storage and handling, as well as the losses encountered when moving the monitors between the laboratory and the reactor.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Ryan, B. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The High Flux Isotope Reactor: Volume 2, Selected Construction Drawings (open access)

The High Flux Isotope Reactor: Volume 2, Selected Construction Drawings

Report containing a series of drawings detailing the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's high flux isotope reactor, its surroundings, and its systems.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Binford, F. T.; Cramer, E. N. & Cramer, E. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library