In this letter the author describes a measurement of the absolute decay rate {Gamma}{sub 2}({+-}0) {approx_equal} {Gamma}(K{sub 2}{sup 0} {yields} {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}{pi}{sup 0}). The result is based on 16 events of the type {pi}{sup -} p {yields} {Lambda}K{sup 0} followed by {Lambda} {yields} p{pi}{sup -} and K{sub 2}{sup 0} {yields} {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}{pi}{sup 0}, and 2608 double-vec events {pi}{sup -} p {yields} {Lambda}K{sup 0} with {Lambda} {yields} p{pi}{sup -} and K{sub 1}{sup 0} {yields} {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}.

Report providing detail measurements and percentages in charts, using three statistical parameters, for amplitude-probability distributions of atmospheric radio noise.

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Modern {beta}-ray spectrometers are based upon the concept, first introduced by Svartholm and Siegbahn in 1946, of focusing in both the radial and vertical directions. The theory of axially symmetric devices has been carefully studied by a large number of workers, culminating in the analysis, in 1956, of Lee-Whiting and Taylor. These last authors calculate aberrations through the sixth order and show that by appropriate choice of the magnetic field a spectrometer can be designed with a relatively large transmission and a high resolution. The acceptable transmission is remarkable because the second-order 'spherical' aberration in the median plane of the image cannot be made to vanish identically, and consequently the design is forced to a tall thin aperture (or a slightly less advantageous short wide aperture) which a priori would seem to imply a low transmission. It is the purpose of this communication to show that if the arbitrary restriction to axially symmetric fields is removed, then both the radial and the vertical contributions to the 'spherical' aberration can be made to vanish in second order. That azimuthally varying field (AVF) afford the freedom to accomplish this end may well be suspected in view of the technological revolution that the …

This report is about A bibliography of books and documents written about the ninety-five men who have sat as Supreme Court Justices.

An extensive knowledge of the effect on the mechanical properties of metals of prolonged exposure to neutron radiation is considered necessary to properly establish design and operating criteria for in-reactor pressure tubes and test loops. An opportunity to obtain a limited amount of this information on Zircaloy-2 presented itself when, after two years of service, the pressure tubes were replaced in the RE reactor recirculating test facility. Three Zircaloy-2 tubes, with a two-inch inside diameter and 48 feet long, had operated intermittently with prototypical fuel elements at water temperatures up to 250 C (480 F) and pressures up to 1350 psi. During this period, the tubes received an estimated integrated neutron exposure of 1.9 {times} 10{sup 22} nvt. After the tubes were removed from the reactor, metallographic examinations, longitudinal-tensile tests, flattening tests, and burst tests were performed. In this report, the techniques for performing the burst tests are described and the results of the burst tests are compared with the results from tensile tests on coupons cut from corresponding locations along the tube.

This report attempts to present a comprehensive survey of published data on the subject.

As a result of an AEC directive, a review has been made of the disposal of chemicals to the Columbia River by 100-N to determine if any water pollution hazards exist. The search revealed that no chemicals are released continuously in hazardous concentrations; that three cases exist where hazardous concentrations might be released intermittently under worst-case conditions; that two cases exist where intermittent releases result in questionable conditions; and that two cases exist where accidental release from storage might result in hazardous conditions. Recommendations for corrective action are given in all cases.

From abstract: Close-in air blast measurements were made on the Dugout shot. Major constituents of the blast wave were the ground-shock-induced pulse and the pulse from venting gases. The ground-shock-induced pulse was the dominant one at all stations.

The electromagnetic interaction of an intense relativistic coasting beam with itself, including the effect of a confining nonperfect vacuum tank, or a quiescent rf cavity, is investigated theoretically. It is shown that the resonances that may occur between harmonics of the particle circulation frequencies and the electromagnetic modes of the cavities can lead to a longitudinal instability of the beam. A criterion for stability of the beam against such longitudinal bunching is obtained as a restriction on the shunt impedance of the rf cavity, or the Q of the vacuum tank. This criterion contains the energy spread and intensity of the coasting beam, as well as the parameters of the accelerator. Numerical examples are given which indicate that in general the resonances with the vacuum tank will not cause instabilities, while those with an rf cavity can be prevented from causing instabilities by choosing the shunt impedance at a sufficiently low but still convenient value.

Diverse methods proposed for the acceleration of particles by means of collective fields are reviewed. A survey is made of the various currently active experimental programs devoted to investigating collective acceleration, and the present status of the research is briefly noted.

This report is a working document of the UB AEC Nuclear Cross Sections Advisory Group and is issued about twice a year for the purpose of stimulating important cross section measurements. The requests listed in this report have originated from various Atomic Energy Commission contractors, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Physics, and the Nuclear Cross Sections Advisory Group. The distribution is limited to members of the US Nuclear Cross Sections Advisory Group (NCSAG), the US Advisory Committee on Reactor Physics (ACRP), the Tripartite Nuclear Cross Sections Committee (TNCC), the European-American Nuclear Data Committee (EANDC), to US AEC off-site contractors, and to the requestors and measurers of the cross sections listed in this report. The contents of this document are not to be republished in part or in full without special permission of the chairman of the NCSAG, The unpublished data which appear in this report must not be quoted in publications without permission of the experimenter.

Report that "discusses the magnetic vector and scalar potentials, magnetic field components and their derivatives, and flux linkage for single current systems, and the mutual inductance, forces and torques between two such systems, whose axes are coplanar but not necessarily coincident" (p. 1).

The following report describes the computer technique for tracing seismic rays in two-dimensional geological models in the state during the time this report was written, and presents some preliminary results.

The following report explains the seismic ray models presented in this report.

This report covers the role in which computers play in western civilization.

Large quantities of radiostrontium inn the form of strontium carbonate have been shipped from HAPO in the HAPO-II shipping systems. Modifications have recently been completed to equip the two HAPO-I systems for shipments of strontium. This report updates previous hazards evaluations such shipments, to account for the greater strontium inventory of the HAPO-I system.

This report discusses the ideas of what parts of underwater lands is owned/claimed by what legal powers.

In 1947 Bauer, and later independently Huntley (1948), pointed out that the helium content of iron meteorites as measured by Paneth and coworkers could be accounted for by the accumulation through cosmic-ray production rather then the decay of uranium and thorium. Bauer (1947) also predicted that the meteroitic helium should contain a significant proportion of He3. I was realized that by studying the effects of cosmic radiation on meteorites much could be learned about the history of meteorite and cosmic radiation. Chemical and instrumental techniques have been developed for the isolation, purification, and measurement of cosmic-ray-induced C14 in both stone and iron meteorites. The isolation of carbon from the silicate materials is done by fusion in an oxidizing flux in a vacuum system. From the iron meteorites the carbon is recovered by the decomposition of the metal in nitric acid in a closed system.

From Scope of Investigation: "The work reported here is part of a continuing program concerning the long-term volume changes in concretes made from lightweight and normal-weight aggregates. The creep, drying-shrinkage, and strength data presented are for concretes made with 24 expanded shale lightweight aggregates and 5 natural, normal-weight aggregates. These aggregates were from widely separated geographical locations and were to be representative samples of aggregates being used in the production of structural concretes."

The structure and operation of cyclotrons are discussed. Factors limiting cyclotron size and energy are given. Improvements to the basic continuous-wave cyclotron are described, including frequency modulation, strong focusing, and variable-energy facilities.

The calculation of concentration transients caused by mixing in the interconnected three-body system of the fuel dump tanks, core and blanket has been coded for the IBM-704. The system of equations includes material balances, the dependence of critical temperature on core and blanket concentrations, and the effect of temperature (density) changes on flow rates. The controllable flow rates, the fuel dump tank weight and the initial conditions are input variables. Outputs include core and blanket concentrations, critical temperature, concentration ratio and power ratio. The code has been used to compute transients during a number of operating situations.

This technical report provides design criteria for reactor test facilities utilizing existing structures at the former ANP area of the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) near Idaho Falls, Idaho. The information and specifications presented establish the basis for the design of facilities providing the capability for installation, extended nuclear testing and remote disassembly of the 10mw Lithium-Cooled Reactor Experiment (LCRE). Facility structural and process design has been developed to the extent required to assure the safety and technical feasibility of the proposed facilities for reactor operation.

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