SL-1 Annual Operating Report: February, 1960-January 3, [1961] (open access)

SL-1 Annual Operating Report: February, 1960-January 3, [1961]

The Stationary Low Power Reactor No. 1 (SL-1) was a boiling water reactor demonstration plant for remote military bases. The plant had been operated by Combustion Engineering, Inc. from February, l959 until January 3, 1961 at which time a nuclear excursion rendered the plant inoperable, This report summarizes the of operations of maintenance, test, health and safety, and administrative activities for the year February, 1960 until the incident.
Date: June 15, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Factors at Proposed Site of Dresden Generating Station of Commonwealth Edison Company (open access)

Environmental Factors at Proposed Site of Dresden Generating Station of Commonwealth Edison Company

From introduction: This report is a compilation of the presently available data pertaining to the proposed reactor power plant site which may be used in evaluating the proposed measures for protecting the public from possible radioactive hazards, both during normal operation and under unusual hazards.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Kiefer, W. M.; Chiarottino, M. N.; Geue, D. W.; Veras, A. F. & Bonilla, Charles F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Studies of Scavenging Systems Related to Radioactive Fallout : Seventh Letter Report, April 1 to May 31, 1959 (open access)

Preliminary Studies of Scavenging Systems Related to Radioactive Fallout : Seventh Letter Report, April 1 to May 31, 1959

Introduction: "This is the seventh letter report on ARF Project C 127, entitled "Preliminary Studies of Scavenging Systems Related to Radioactive Fallout." This report covers the period from April 1 to May 31, 1959."
Date: June 15, 1959
Creator: Stockham, John D. & Rosinski, John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ammonium Carbonate Pressure Leaching of Uranium Ores Proposed as Feed to the Pilot Plant at Grand Junction, Colorado : Progress Report (open access)

The Ammonium Carbonate Pressure Leaching of Uranium Ores Proposed as Feed to the Pilot Plant at Grand Junction, Colorado : Progress Report

From introduction: This is Progress report BMI-282, the first of a series covering the operation of the pressure-leaching towers for the extraction of uranium by an ammonium carbonate leach...This report discusses the data obtained from tests run to show the effects of such variables as the amount of air and carbon dioxide passed through the pulp, temperature, pressure, and concentration of ammonium carbonate and ammonium bicarbonate in the leach solution on the extraction of uranium.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Wheeler, C. M.; Langston, B. G. & Stephens, F. M., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion-Resistant Materials for Hydrofluoric Acid : Progress Report (open access)

Corrosion-Resistant Materials for Hydrofluoric Acid : Progress Report

Introduction: Among the many corrosion problems encountered in the production of uranium tetrafluoride and uranium metal from ores and concentrates, some of the most serious occur where hydrofluoric acid must be handled.
Date: June 15, 1953
Creator: Pray, H. A.; Fink, F. W.; Friedl, B. E. & Braun, W. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental Survey of the Heat-Treatment Response of some Zirconium-Uranium Alloys (open access)

An Experimental Survey of the Heat-Treatment Response of some Zirconium-Uranium Alloys

Abstract: "The heat-treatment behavior of zirconium alloys containing 7 to 70 w/o uranium is described. The effect of oxygen contamination on the structure and hardness of these alloys is outlined. It is shown that in the initial stages pf transformation of beta zirconium-uranium solid solution into the low-temperature phases a potent hardening reaction occurs in alloys containing 20 to 70 w/o uranium. In this reaction the hardness may rise from 200 DPH characteristic of retained beta to values in excess of 400 DPH. Practical heat treatments have been developed which produce relatively soft alloys. The microstructures and hardnesses produces by these treatments are shown."
Date: June 15, 1956
Creator: Saller, Henry A.; Rough, Frank A. & Chubb, Walston
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation and Consolidation of Electrolytic Thorium (open access)

Evaluation and Consolidation of Electrolytic Thorium

Abstract: "Sound, fabricable ingots of thorium were produced by triple are melting of electrolytic thorium. Consumable electrodes were fabricated by tack welding of cold-pressed and vacuum-sintered bars of the granular thorium electrodeposited from a molten-salt bath. The hydrogen content of the electrodeposited material was reduced from 80 to 4 ppm by vacuum sintering at 1250 C at pressures below 1 x 10-(-3) mm of mercury. Both sodium and chlorine content were reduced during melting; sodium from 250 to 25 ppm and chlorine from 1000 to 30 ppm. Oxygen and HCl acid-insoluble contents increased during sintering and melting. Oxygen content increased from 0.35 to 0.50 w/o and HCl acid-insoluble content from 0.8 to 4.0 w/o. A starlike includion revealed by metallographic examination of the as-cast thorium was identified as ThO2."
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Saller, Henry A.; Dickerson, Ronald F. & Foster, Ellis L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Subcritical BNL Reactor (open access)

An Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Subcritical BNL Reactor

Technical report outlining the theoretical study of the sub-critical BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory) reactor, and a comparison of reactor performance with the purpose of presenting the experimental results of the experimental methods. Presents experimental results and and a detailed discussion of the experimental methods along with theoretical analysis and evaluation of the results.
Date: June 15, 1950
Creator: Cwernick, J.; Kaplan, I.; Kunstadter, J.; Sailor, V. & Williams, C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recovery of Plutonium From Slag and Crucible (open access)

Recovery of Plutonium From Slag and Crucible

Report evaluating different methods of preparing nitric acid solution and different methods of separating plutonium from this nitric acid solution of slag and crucible. Methods are explained and experimental data is given.
Date: June 15, 1951
Creator: Groot, C.; Hopkins, H. H. & Schulz, W. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Uranium Potential in Selected Pennsylvanian and Permian Units and Igneous Rocks in Southwestern and Southern Oklahoma: Enclosures for Final Report (open access)

Evaluation of Uranium Potential in Selected Pennsylvanian and Permian Units and Igneous Rocks in Southwestern and Southern Oklahoma: Enclosures for Final Report

This document consists of maps evaluating selected parts in Pennsylvania and rocks in Oklahoma.
Date: June 15, 1977
Creator: Al-Shaieb, Zuhair; Shelton, John W.; Donovan, R. Nowell; Hanson, Richard E. & May, Richard T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Uranium Potential in Selected Pennsylvanian and Permian Units and Igneous Rocks in Southwestern and Southern Oklahoma: Final Report (open access)

Evaluation of Uranium Potential in Selected Pennsylvanian and Permian Units and Igneous Rocks in Southwestern and Southern Oklahoma: Final Report

Introduction: The areas of study include parts of the Wichita uplift, Arbuckle uplift, Hunton-Pauls Valley uplift, Central Oklahoma platform, Muenster-Waurika arch, and Anadarko basin (Fig. 1.1-1). Rocks examined include the Precambrian granite of the Arbuckle uplift, Cambrian igneous rocks of the Wichita uplift, and Pennsylvanian-Permian sedimentary rocks derived in large part from those two uplifts and, to a lesser extent, from the Ouachita system.
Date: June 15, 1977
Creator: Al-Shaieb, Zuhair; Shelton, John W.; Donovan, R. Nowell; Hanson, Richard E. & May, Richard T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operating Experience with Heat Transfer System Pumps at the Hallum Nuclear Power Facility (open access)

Operating Experience with Heat Transfer System Pumps at the Hallum Nuclear Power Facility

Introduction: It is the purpose of this report to describe the operating and maintenance experience obtained at HNPF on the sodium heat transfer pumps.
Date: June 15, 1964
Creator: Durand, R. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
SNAP 10A FSEM-3 Agena Compatibility Test (open access)

SNAP 10A FSEM-3 Agena Compatibility Test

From abstract: This report summarizes the results of SNAP-10A/Agena developmental testing and final vehicle systems tests.
Date: June 15, 1965
Creator: Teresa, M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
HNPF Control System Response During Transient Conditions (open access)

HNPF Control System Response During Transient Conditions

Abstract: This report documents the results of power ramps inposed on the HNPF during the month of January 1964.
Date: June 15, 1964
Creator: Shaw, P. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 5: July-December 1964 (open access)

Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 5: July-December 1964

Progress report for the Piqua Reactor Operations Analysis Program describing observations and analyses at the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility (PNPF). The program goals are to monitor operations and collect data in order to ensure that the plant's operation is safe, to improve design and performance, to evaluate the performance and lifetime of the plant's components and systems, to evaluate plant safety and safeguards, and to disseminate all information to the scientific community.
Date: June 15, 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Refractory Metals as Alkali Liquid Metal Containment Materials (open access)

Refractory Metals as Alkali Liquid Metal Containment Materials

Abstract. Refractory metals and their alloys are good container materials for alkali metal coolants. Thermodynamics of interaction with contaminants have been correlated with experimental test and show the need for high purity materials. Structural metal solubility data to 1600F can be used to correlate and predict engineering systems.
Date: June 15, 1962
Creator: Cleary, Robert E., 1920-
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analog Models for HNPF Control and Protection Studies (open access)

Analog Models for HNPF Control and Protection Studies

Abstract: This report, intended as a working document, contains analytic representations and analog models of the Hallam Nuclear Power Facility as used in studies of the Control and Protection Systems.
Date: June 15, 1964
Creator: Dunsmore, C. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Third Report on the Feasibility of Power Generation Using Nuclear Energy (open access)

A Third Report on the Feasibility of Power Generation Using Nuclear Energy

From introduction: This report is a technical evaluation of four reactor power plant designs proposed by various AEC contractors.
Date: June 15, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cooperative Investigation of Relationship Between Static and Fatigue Properties of Wrought N-155 Alloy at Elevated Temperatures (open access)

Cooperative Investigation of Relationship Between Static and Fatigue Properties of Wrought N-155 Alloy at Elevated Temperatures

Report presents the correlation of extensive data obtained relating properties of wrought N-155 alloy under static, combined static and dynamic, and complete reversed dynamic stress conditions. Time period for fracture ranged from 50 to 500 hours at room temperature, 1,000 degrees, 1,200 degrees, and 1,500 degrees F.
Date: June 15, 1953
Creator: NACA Subcommittee on Power-Plant Materials
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altitude Performance of a 20-Inch-Diameter Ram-Jet Engine Investigated in a Free-Jet Facility at Mach Number 3.0 (open access)

Altitude Performance of a 20-Inch-Diameter Ram-Jet Engine Investigated in a Free-Jet Facility at Mach Number 3.0

Report discussing the performance of a 20-inch-diameter ram-jet engine at Mach number 3.0 over a range of simulated altitudes from 60,500 to 66,500 feet. Information about the maximum combustor efficiency, range of exhaust-nozzle total pressures, lean blow-out, diffuser total-pressure recovery, and internal thrust coefficient is provided.
Date: June 15, 1953
Creator: Smolak, George R. & Wentworth, Carl B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Speed Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/16-Scale Model of the D-558 Research Airplane: D-588-1 Speed-Reduction Brake and Symmetrical-Profile Wing Characteristics (open access)

High-Speed Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/16-Scale Model of the D-558 Research Airplane: D-588-1 Speed-Reduction Brake and Symmetrical-Profile Wing Characteristics

Report presenting the results of pitching-moment, lift, and drag measurements on a model of the D-558-1 with speed reduction brakes and a symmetrical profile wing at a range of Mach numbers. Only a small decrement in Mach number is produced with no nose-inlet flow and the speed-reduction brakes deflected.
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: Wright, John B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altitude-wind-tunnel investigation of thrust augmentation of a turbojet engine IV: performance with tail-pipe burning and water injection (open access)

Altitude-wind-tunnel investigation of thrust augmentation of a turbojet engine IV: performance with tail-pipe burning and water injection

From Introduction: "Thrust augmentation of an axial-flow-type turbojet engine by burning fuel in the tail pipe is discussed in references 1 to 3. Thrust augmentation of the same turbojet engine by water injection at the compressor inlet is reported in reference 4."
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: Dietz, Robert O., Jr.; Wishnek, George & Kuenzig, John K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altitude Performance of a 20-Inch-Diameter Ram-Jet Engine Investigated in a Free Jet Facility at Mach Number 3.0 (open access)

Altitude Performance of a 20-Inch-Diameter Ram-Jet Engine Investigated in a Free Jet Facility at Mach Number 3.0

Report presenting an investigation of the performance of a 20-inch-diameter ram-jet engine at Mach number 3.0 in a free-jet facility over a range of simulated altitudes. Results regarding the diffuser characteristics, combustor performance, thrust output, and operational characteristics are provided.
Date: June 15, 1953
Creator: Smolak, George R. & Wentworth, Carl B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An experimental study at moderate and high subsonic speeds of the flow over wings with 30 degrees and 45 degrees of sweepforward in conjunction with a fuselage (open access)

An experimental study at moderate and high subsonic speeds of the flow over wings with 30 degrees and 45 degrees of sweepforward in conjunction with a fuselage

Report presenting pressure distributions and wake measurements for wings with 30 and 45 degrees of sweepforward, in conjunction with a midwing fuselage, at Mach numbers up to 0.96. The wings had an NACA 65-210 section, a taper ratio of 0.38, and aspect ratios of 7.5 and 5.2. Results regarding pressure distributions, wake measurements, and corrections are provided.
Date: June 15, 1951
Creator: Whitcomb, Richard T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library