Status Report on the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes (open access)

Status Report on the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes

The new and as yet unsolved problems introduced by the production of large quantities of fission products and radioactive isotopes from fission or neutron capture present mankind a most complex technical, economic, and political problem. On one hand, the possibility of using the fission process to produce energy from an unexploited and abundant natural source is emerging from large programs of research and development. We are also beginning to see the promise of use of particulate and electromagnetic radiation for the good of man. On the other hand, we are presented with the problem of controlling the dangerous products of fission for periods of time measured in terms of many hundreds of years, periods longer than the effective tenure of any political state in history. We must not only devise ways of protecting ourselves in the present and for our lifetime but, in addition, we must establish the basic technical, social, and administrative control of vast quantities of artificial radioactivity that must remain effective for at least ten to twenty lifetimes.
Date: June 25, 1957
Creator: Culler, Floyd L., Jr. & McLain, Stuart
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Compatibility Tests of Various Materials in Molten Sodium (open access)

Compatibility Tests of Various Materials in Molten Sodium

Several compatibility test of various materials in contact in sodium under 500 psi pressure were conducted for 716 hr at 1500 F. Of the diffusion couples studies, the Inconel-beryllium system showed the largest amount al alloying. The reaction between molybdenum and beryllium resulted in the formation of two compounds, both of which were severely cracked in several areas. The molybdenum-INOR #8, and the INOR #8p type 316 stainless steel interfaces showed little if any alloying.
Date: March 25, 1957
Creator: Carlander, R. & Hoffman, E. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Cycle Program - A Boiling Water Reactor Research and Development Program: Ninth Quarterly Progress Report July 1962 - September 1962 (open access)

Fuel Cycle Program - A Boiling Water Reactor Research and Development Program: Ninth Quarterly Progress Report July 1962 - September 1962

The Fuel Cycle Program is an integrated program of investigation in the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor (VBWR) and other facilities to improve the technological limits of boiling water reactors.
Date: October 25, 1962
Creator: Howard, C. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiple Controllers for a Single Process (open access)

Multiple Controllers for a Single Process

A multiple controller system for a single process is formulated in block diagram form. It is shown that for the general case of n controllers and one type of cross coupling, the system equations can be reduced to the standard forms of servomechanism theory. The effects of failure in individual controllers are examined, and it is demonstrated that the system shows considerable promise for both reliability and maintenance without process interruption.
Date: January 25, 1961
Creator: Weaver, C. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multi-temperature Cross Section Tape for the GNU Multigroup Calculation (open access)

Multi-temperature Cross Section Tape for the GNU Multigroup Calculation

A cross section tape has been prepared containing data for elements of most interest for aqueous homogeneous reactor multigroup diffusion calculations involving combinations of 150, 200, 240, 260, and 280°C temperatures. This tape permits multigroup analysis of a reactor in which two or more regions are at different temperatures.
Date: January 25, 1961
Creator: Vondy, D. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library