STEP Project Quarterly Technical Report: January-June 1964 (open access)

STEP Project Quarterly Technical Report: January-June 1964

Report regarding the Safety Test Engineering Program (STEP), the transient and destructive testing of the aerospace SNAP 10A/2 reactor, and the evaluation of the results of these tests.
Date: June 1965
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Idaho Operations Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Addendum to the Spert IV Hazards Summary Report: Capsule Driver Core (open access)

Addendum to the Spert IV Hazards Summary Report: Capsule Driver Core

From abstract: "explain all important features pertaining to a new pulsed irradiation reactor, the Capsule Driver, Core, and to analyze the potential problems and hazards of operating this reactor in the existing Spert IV facility."
Date: February 1965
Creator: Miller, R. W.; McCardell, Richard K. & Lagier, T. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radiological Aspects of SNAPTRAN 2/10A-3 Destructive Test (open access)

Radiological Aspects of SNAPTRAN 2/10A-3 Destructive Test

From abstract: "This report describes in detail an extensive monitoring grid used to monitor the radiological effects of the destructive excursion and subsequent release of fission products."
Date: January 1965
Creator: Cordes, O. L.; Bird, R. P.; Dinneen, G. A. & Fielding, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Post-Test Physical, Chemical and Metallurgical Analysis of SNAPTRAN-3 Fuel (open access)

Post-Test Physical, Chemical and Metallurgical Analysis of SNAPTRAN-3 Fuel

The fuel element damage which occurred during the SNAPTRAN-3 Destructive Test of a Snap 10A/2 reactor is described. Chemical analysis of the fuel indicated that approximately 15% of the hydrogen was released and that the core flux was higher toward the center both radially and axially. Metallurgical analysis of the fuel determined the presence of the epsilon, delta, and gamma phases in the grain structure and evidence of a possible alpha or beta phase.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Fletcher, R. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instrumentation and Control Practices in U.S.A. Reprocessing Plants (open access)

Instrumentation and Control Practices in U.S.A. Reprocessing Plants

Report surveying the "[i]nstrumentation and control practices at the Hanford Plant, the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, the Oak Ridge national Laboratory, and the Savannah River Plant" (p. iv).
Date: April 1965
Creator: Jobe, L. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1964 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1964

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: February 15, 1965
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library