Unit Operations Section Monthly Progress Report May 1959 (open access)

Unit Operations Section Monthly Progress Report May 1959

The measured diffusivity of uranyl nitrate in water at 25ÂșC was 0.7*10^e cm^2/sec with about 40% average deviation. A program was started to develop nonnuclear uses for depleted uranium. Two continuous DRUHM reaction tuns were terminate due to erratic operation of the sodium metering system. In the second Fluorox run with crude UF, which lasted for 29 hr, a total material balance of 94.8% was obtained and 17.9& of the theoretical amount of UF was collected in cold traps and chemical traps.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Bresee, J. C.; Haas, P. A.; Horton, R. W.; Watson, C. D. & Whatley, M. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brief Review of Heat Transfer Problems Encountered in the Production of Magnetic Fields (open access)

Brief Review of Heat Transfer Problems Encountered in the Production of Magnetic Fields

The design of internally cooled electrical coils for the production of high frequency intensity magnetic fields presents many new aspects and combinations of the familiar modes of heat transfer. However, the customary methodology appears to be sufficient for preliminary analysis and understanding of those problems. This methodology comprises the derivation of a qualitative, approximate equation expressing the relative performance of the various parts of a system, followed by an examination of this equation in order to locate the limiting features of the system. These features are then investigated by more powerful methods, which in turn provide guidance for development research in the laboratory.
Date: May 25, 1959
Creator: Alexander, L. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design Criteria for a Pile Oscillator (open access)

Design Criteria for a Pile Oscillator

In the use of a reactor as a device to measure neutron cross sections, the pile oscillator is often employed because of its much higher sensitivity compared to that available in static reactivity measurements. The factor limiting the available in static reactivity measurements. The factor limiting the available sensitivity is the generation of random noise, which originates in the statistical nature of the chain reaction. In other words, the nuclear reactions which maintain the chain reaction do not proceed uniformly, but rather at rates which fluctuate in time around some average values. These fluctuations limit the accuracy of measurements in the reactor.
Date: May 25, 1959
Creator: Dresner, Lawrence
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Potential Fuel Reprocessing Revision #28 - Part A (open access)

Estimate of Potential Fuel Reprocessing Revision #28 - Part A

The power and estimated reprocessing load are tabulated for existing and proposed United States and United States-built reactors of 10 Kw or greater thermal power.
Date: June 25, 1959
Creator: Ullmann, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library