Metal detector study for Hanford (open access)

Metal detector study for Hanford

This study was undertaken at the request of the Hanford Works to investigate the possibility of detecting 3/8 inch diameter boron-steel control-balls which become lodged within cracks between the graphite blocks of an atomic pile. The cracks concerned occur radially from 4 3/16 inch diameter holes which pass vertically through the pile. The problem is complicated by the following facts: The graphite blocks are conducting and will therefore give rise to spurious signals primarily due to the cracks between blocks. Numerous aluminum tubes containing water and bars of uranium pass horizontally through the pile at distances closer to the hole than the ball at its extreme position. The vertical holes themselves are warped in an arbitrary manner. Calculations were made to determine theoretically whether or not the ball could be detected. Best operating frequency and coil design were also determined. Tests were made utilizing a specially designed search coil and a test section of graphite pile. Measurements of particle voltage vs. position relative to the coil were made and compared with that resulting from the graphite.
Date: March 25, 1952
Creator: Hansen, W.O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Production test 234-5-1-MS, Evaluation or use of filter paper in conjunction with filter boats (open access)

Production test 234-5-1-MS, Evaluation or use of filter paper in conjunction with filter boats

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Date: July 25, 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health-Physics Monthly Information Report. May 1952 (open access)

Health-Physics Monthly Information Report. May 1952

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Date: June 25, 1952
Creator: Bradley, J. E. & Burbage, J. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
"T" Building Contamination. (Summary Report) (open access)

"T" Building Contamination. (Summary Report)

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Date: June 25, 1952
Creator: Capocefalo, Q. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
AN ON-OFF SERVO FOR THE ARE (open access)

AN ON-OFF SERVO FOR THE ARE

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Date: November 25, 1952
Creator: Hanauer, S H; Mann, E R & Stone, J J
System: The UNT Digital Library
HEAT GENERATION IN IRRADIATED URANIUM (open access)

HEAT GENERATION IN IRRADIATED URANIUM

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Date: February 25, 1952
Creator: Untermyer, S. & Weills, J.T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meeting No. 1 with Carbide and Carbon (K-25) personnel on Hanford uranium oxide performance (open access)

Meeting No. 1 with Carbide and Carbon (K-25) personnel on Hanford uranium oxide performance

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Date: March 25, 1952
Creator: Richards, R. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project C-431-B -- Ball 3-X safety system -- 105-C (open access)

Project C-431-B -- Ball 3-X safety system -- 105-C

The following is recommended: Initial installation of 39 hoppers of mixed boron steel and ordinary steel balls (80% B steel balls, 20% ordinary steel balls). (The remaining 6 hoppers are to be filled with removable step plugs). Procurement of sufficient balls for possible later installation of 80-20 mixed balls in place of step plugs.
Date: August 25, 1952
Creator: Reed, E. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recommended settings for 105-C trips (open access)

Recommended settings for 105-C trips

This memorandum discusses the engineered safety system which combines the Ball 3-X System with the VSR System. The operation of the system is detailed and settings are recommended for 105-C trips.
Date: September 25, 1952
Creator: Roy, G. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library