Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1953, activities, programming, resources, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.

The non-project literature concerning the chemistry of vanadium has been summarized through November, 1952. The report is presented in terms of izo- and heteropoly vanadates and cationic forms of pentavalent vanadium, complexes of di-, tri-, and pentavalent vanadium, and oxidation potentials of various vanadium systems. A bibliography of 93 references is included.

This technical report describes a plant-scale procedure for concentrating plutonium and americium in slag and crucible (metal reduction residues) and other recovery solutions by a calcium oxalate carrier precipitation Conclusions from exploratory laboratory tests on the variables affecting the efficiency are included.

Technical report covering the work done to explore heat transfer analytically and experimentally in liquid metals in turbulent flow within the thermal entrance region of circular tubes having uniform well temperature. Includes implications of this research. [From Summary]

This document presents a summary of work and progress at the Hanford Engineer Works for September 1954. The report is divided into sections by department. A plant wide general summary is included at the beginning of the report, after which the departmental summaries begin. The Manufacturing Department reports plant statistics, and summaries for the Metal Preparation, Reactor and Separation sections. The Engineering Department`s section summaries work for the Technical, Design, and Project Sections. Costs for the various departments are presented in the Financial Department`s summary. The Medical, Radiological Sciences, Utilities and General Services, Employee and Public Relations, and Community Real Estate and Services departments have sections presenting their monthly statistics, work, progress, and summaries.

This is a progress report of the production reactors on the Hanford Reservation for the month of January 1954. This report takes each division (e.g., manufacturing, medical, accounting, occupational safety, security, reactor operations, etc.) of the site and summarizes the accomplishments and employee relations for that month.

Activities of the National Monitoring System are summarized for the period March 1 to June 15, 1953, during which eleven nuclear devices were fired at the Nevada Proving Grounds during Operation Upshot-Knothole. The program employed a world-wide network of 125 sampling locations. Each station collected samples of atmospheric dusts for radiometric analysis. A comparison is made of air concentrations and fall-out activities. Data are tabulated.

From Abstract: "A recirculating high-pressure stainless steel loop was developed for the study of heat transfer from small-bore tubes to supercritical water. It was found that under certain conditions, hot spots developed on the test section. The conditions leading to the formation of hot spots were investigated; the results of several runs are tabulated here."

From abstract: "A recirculating high-pressure stainless steel loop was developed for the study of heat transfer from small-bore tubes to supercritical water. It was found that under certain conditions, hot spots developed on the test section. The conditions leading to the formation of hot spots were investigated; the results of several runs are tabulated here."

From introduction: "This report is an attempt to examine, semiquantitavely, the way the competition between neutron emission and fission varies for heavy nuclei as a function of nuclear type and excitation energy. Many of the ideas herein are the results of discussions with R. H. Goeckermann and W. Heckrotte of the University of California Radiation Laboratory."

Two arrangements of internal components of a freeze seal model were tested in order to determine the hydraulic characteristics. The internal configuration employing cylindrical knitted mesh packings in the connecting pipes proved the most suitable for the Na servicing freeze seal, because these packings are more easily fabricated. (auth)

In connection with the Upshot-Knothole test series in network consisting of 95 U.S. and 26 forcign stations was set up. Of the 11 devices detonated, ranging in yield from 0.2 to 60 kt, highier activity was found for lower bursts than from air drops. Information relating to the optimum spacing of stations in a gummed film network and the possibility of missing local areas of intense fallout are discussed. (W.D.M.)

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Progress is reported on the following investigations: separation of Nb and Ta by solvent extraction; separation of Ti and Nb with TBP, and of Hf from Zr with methyl ethyl ketone; preparation of HfF/sub 4/, CeF/sub 3/, LaF/sub 3/, ThCl/ sub 4/, and V chlorides; preparation of Ce, La, V, Nb, anf Hf; phase studies of U- -Zr, U--Ag, U--Nb, V--Al, V--Ta, Th--Mg, Zr - Zn, and Ta alloys; corrosion of high-melting metals and alloys by liquid U-Cr and Mg--Th alloys; casting U into U- Zr alloy cans; coating and electroplating of U; reactions of U with Al-Si alloys at high temperatures; corrosion of U - Zr--Nb alloys in water; crystal structure of sodium tungsten bronze; physical properties of Dy; and phase studies of CaO- CaF/sub 2/ systems. (C.W.H.)

Activities of the National Monitoring System are summarized for the period March 1 to June 15, 1953, during which eleven nuclear devices were fired at the Nevada Proving Grounds durirg Operation Upshot-Knothole. The program employed a world-wide network of 125 sampling locations. Each station collected samples of atmospheric dusts/or radiometric analysis. A comparison is made of air concentrations and fall-out activities. Data are tabulated. (C.H.)

Abstract: Preliminary reconnaissance for uranium in the Green River Basin and the Rock Springs Uplift revealed anomalous radioactivity northwest of Oregon Buttes in the Tipton tongue of the Green River formation and in the Cathedral Bluffs tongue of the Wasatch formation, and in the Tipton tongue in Red Creek Basin.

Economic study covering several classes of cycles of reactor steam power plants.

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, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Proper appropriation year against which refund of Judiciary Retirement System contributions should be charged.

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, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority to refund monies under Article 4388, V.C.S., when the monies were paid to the State pursuant to the protest statute. Article 7057b, V.C.S., and the protesting taxpayer failed to observe the requirements of the protest statute.

Report presenting an investigation of the longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics of a model with a 45 degree sweptback wing of aspect ratio 3 and a 45 degree sweptback cruciform tail at transonic speeds and small angles of attack by a free-fall recoverable-model technique. Results regarding lift, drag, static longitudinal stability, dynamic longitudinal stability, and loading distribution over the fuselage are provided.

Report presenting the results of force and moment tests at Mach numbers from 3.0 to 6.3 on bodies of revolution of fineness ratios from 5 to 10 and on flat-bottom bodies of fineness ratio 10 along with theoretical predictions for these bodies. Testing included eight cone and cone-cylinder models, six nose-cylinder models, and three flat-bottom bodies.

Pressure distributions and forces for a series of four bodies of revolution having nose-fineness ratios varying from 4 to 10 have been obtained and compared with theory for a Mach number of 3.12, a Reynolds number range of 2x10(sup)6 to 14x10(sup)6, and angles of attack from zero to 9 degrees. In general, a comparison of the experimental data with a second-order theory showed good agreement for the range of variables investigated.

Report presenting measurements of average heat-transfer and friction coefficients obtained with air flowing through electrically heated ducts with square, rectangular, and triangular cross sections for a range of surface temperatures and Reynolds numbers. Results regarding heat balances, correlation of heat-transfer coefficients, correlation of friction coefficients, and correlation of peripheral temperature variations are provided.

Report presenting an investigation in the transonic blowdown tunnel between Mach numbers of 0.65 and 1.4 to determine whether the principles of the transonic area rule could be used to improve the transonic drag-rise characteristics of a semielliptical shaped sweptback air inlet installed in the root of a sweptback wing-body combination. Results regarding the effect of the inlet and the interaction of Mach number and drag coefficient are provided.