From abstract: "On the 86-inch cyclotron a 41-kw beam has been calorimetered at a net ion loading efficiency of 40%; the average proton current was 1.85 ma at 22.5 Mev. Practical specific yields have been determined for (p,2n) reactions on zinc and bismuth. The investigation of products of proton-induced fission of uranium has been continued and new techniques are being used in measuring angular distribution of reaction products. The 63-inch heavy particle cyclotron is now in operation; N+++ particles have been accelerated to ~25 Mev. In preliminary tests, induced activities have been detected in carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen targets. A hot-cathode ion source is ready for test operation. The 22-inch cyclotron is being used in an investigation of the problems associated with the use of rf and dc electrodes for the acceleration of protons from the ion source into the dees. Radiation-induced corrosion in Inconel tubing containing #21 eutectic (ANP) has been produced by proton irradiation in the 86-inch cylclotron; it is shown that the corrosion was not due to thermal effects. Approximately 150 grams of highly purified U 238 (< 5 ppm U 235) have been prepared, and two grams of thorium 230 (ionium) has been enriched to 90.6%."

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of House Bill 229 of the 55th Legislature.

"In the past ten years quantities of alpha-, beta-, gamma- and neutron-emitting isotopes handled in enclosures have increased from microcuries to kilocuries. Contaminated-atmosphere problems have increased accordingly. Developments at Berkeley are reviewed with particular emphasis on recent equipment, viz: a multiple-purpose gas scrubber and a total-capture system for slug-dissolver off gas."

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Status of guardianships established to receive funds from governmental sources in view of certain provisions of the Texas Probate Code, the Federal Regulations governing assistance programs, and Article III, Section 51a, of the Texas Constitution, and related questions.

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does Section 96 of the new Probate Code supersede and repeal Article 6629, Revised Civil Statutes, which prohibited recordation of any instrument after August 22, 1897, and not in English language and related question.

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Interpretation to be placed on Section 17 (3)(f), Article 666, Penal Code of Texas- whether a voluntary trade association may be formed by retail package store owners and dues collected from the members on a voluntary basis by wholesalers who, as an accommodation to the retailers, add a per case assessment as a separate item on each invoice, such sums to be remitted by the wholesalers to the trade association monthly.

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of consumption of alcoholic beverages in dry areas of Collin County .

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether or not the W. T. Grant Company, Dallas, Texas, is subject to taxation under the lease-hold agreement referred to in Article 7173, R>. C. S.

Introduction: In September of 156, Gilbert Associates, Inc., entered into a contract with the United States of America, acting through the United States Atomic Energy Commission, for the study and preliminary design of a nuclear power plant being considered for integration into a central station power system at an overseas site.

The liquid high-level radioactive wastes from the separations plant are stored in large underground tanks where radioactive decay of the fission products in storage gives off heat. In the case of the 241-A underground storage tank farm, for Purex wastes, advantage is taken of this heat to self-concentrate the wastes. The present practice is to permit boiling and concentration in the storage tanks. The vapors given off from the boiling wastes are collected in a vapor header and passed through a deentrainment vessel and on to two contact condensers where the vapors are condensed and intermixed with waste cooling water. Samples taken of the waste vapors have shown a considerable amount of cesium{sup 137} present as well as other types of radioactive material carry over from the waste tanks. For this reason the contact condenser effluent is discharged to an underground crib 216-A-8. Underground disposal of the increasing volume of condenser effluent as larger waste volumes are accumulated in the underground tanks presents a critical problem which is further complicated by the desirability to transfer the condensate waste to new disposal facilities near the 200 West area. The intent of this report is to present the scope of the facilities …

Abstract: Napier Drilling Company of Dallas, Texas drilled 53,998.0 feet for exploration purposes, under Contract No. AT(05-1)-256. This footage was drilled in 508 holes during the period from June 21, 1954 through May 13, 1955.

This is a personal letter to Kenneth Davis, AEC, concerning ORNL reactor activities. Topics covered include: HRP status; the gas-cooled system; molten fluorides; the ANP project; and maritime work.

Memorandum presenting a single J33 combustor and an experimental tubular combustor incorporating a fuel vaporizer as operated with gaseous hydrogen at temperatures slightly above the boiling point of the fuel. Data were obtained to explore possible effects of the fuel temperature on combustor performance and on the control and measurement of fuel flow.

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Abstract: A description is given of the design and operation of a windowed autoclave system employed in the study of corrosion by pressurized hot water. The device has been used to obtain time-lapse motion pictures of the swelling and rupture of deliberately defected zirconium-clad uranium specimens. A method is described by which corrosion rates were calculated from pressure and temperature measurements. A typical set of pictures taken during a test is presented, and corrosion rates are reported for uranium-0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 w/o zirconium alloys subjected subjected to 600 F water.

An apparatus is described in which crossed E and H fields will be used to separate high-energy charged particles of different masses. It is shown that use of coaxial geometry is expected to effect satisfactory separation within a considerably shorter system than would be possible in a parallel-plate system with a comparable separation criterion, A summary is given of the operational characteristics of a spectrometer now under construction.

"Measurements of runway roughness were made on runaways at Washington National Airport, New York International Airport, La Guardia Airport, and Logan International Airport, Boston, Mass. This report presents these measurements in the form of tables as well as plots" (p. 1).

Report presenting testing of the performance of a 16-inch tip-diameter rotor designed for impulse operation at the mean radius with a relative Mach number of 1.53 and 114 degrees of turning. Results regarding the rotor with guide vanes, blade-element performance, rotor alone, and modified rotor hub contour are provided.

Report presenting a friction, wear, and endurance-lift study made with bonded films of mixed oxides containing lead monoxide (PbO) as the main component. The coatings lubricated over the entire temperature range, but were far more effective from 500 to 1250 degrees Fahrenheit than at the lower temperatures. Results regarding the effect of silica additions on coating formation, determination of coating composition, effect of coating thickness on friction and wear, effect of temperature on friction and wear, and endurance properties are provided.

"An investigation was made at the Langley landing-loads track to obtain data on the coefficient of friction during wheel spin-up. A landing gear was tested at horizontal velocities ranging from 0 to 180 feet per second together with vertical velocities of 7.0 and 9.3 feet per second. The results indicate the effect of forward speed and tire inflation pressure on the coefficient of friction" (p. 1).

Memorandum presenting the detailed blade-element performance of a five-stage axial-flow compressor for analysis purposes as well as to provide a contribution to the growing body of information necessary for continuing improvement in designing compressors. Results regarding overall and stage performance, blade-element performance, rotor blade-element performance, stator blade-element performance, comparison with design, consideration of boundary-layer blockage effects, and solution of equilibrium equation are provided.

An experimental investigation was carried out to determine the boundary-layer transition characteristics of bodies of revolution with flat and nearly flat faces. Shadowgraphs indicated that the boundary layer remained laminar on the front faces and was turbulent only on the sides. The tests also yielded information on the total drag coefficients and static longitudinal stability of the models.

From Introduction: "This report presents the results of an analysis to determine the coolant flow and pressure requirements for a particular return-flow turbine rooter blade design utilizing hydrogen, helium, or air as the coolant."

From Introduction: "This paper presents results of an analysis of shear, bending-moment, and torque loads measured on the vertical tail during rudder-step, rudder-pulse, aileron-roll, and steady-sideslip maneuvers. In order to assess effects of Mach number and altitude, the maneuvers were performed at altitudes of 15,000, 25,000, and 35,000 feet and Mach numbers from 0.49 to 0.82."