The EGCR was designed to accommodate up to four gascooled experimental loops plus several experimental fuel elements in the open core. Two of the loops will utilize 51/2-in.-O.D. stainless steel tubes passing through the core along an axis which is about 17 in. from the central axis of the core. The other two loops will utilize 91/2-in.-o.d. tubes about 68 in. from the central axis. Inherent safety in the design, facility design, primary loop design, auxiliary systems and equipment design, primary and secondary containment design, instrumentation and controls, and special operations are discussed. (M.C.G.)

The intent of this work was to explore more fully the pressing of sinterable UO2 powders into cylindrical compacts in the hope that a more precise prediction of green density in terms of powder properties, pressure, and geometry could be evolved.

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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of proposed committee substitute to Senate Bill 278.

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Is it mandatory that "watchers" of elections in counties using voting machines be qualified voters of the election precinct in which they are named to serve?

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We investigated electron and gamma spectra of mixtures of isotopes of curium. This was done on a beta spectrometer with double focusing at an angle of {pi}{radical}2 and on a scintillation gamma spectrometer with a 40 {times} 40 mm NAI(Tl) single crystal detector. The observed electron spectrum are interpolated and presented. Also, experimental results of the ratio of conversion at L and M subshells are presented and compared to theoretical values.

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The phase diagram of the Th-- Mo alloy system has been determined to be of the eutectic type with a eutectoid reaction associated with the Th alpha-beta transformation. X-ray, thermal, electric resistance, and metallographic methods have established the eutectic point at 1380 plus or minus 10 deg C and 7.0 plus or minus 0.5 wt% Mo. A eutectoid reaction is proposed at 1358 plus or minus 5 deg C and less than 0.1 wt% Mo. No solubility of Th in Mo was detected at 1325 deg C. (auth)

Phase acceptance of the Alternating-Gradient Synchrotron Linear Accelerator is theoretically examined and found to agree well with an experimental determination of phase acceptance. Bunching in the AGS linac is also analyzed, the results indicating a satisfactory understanding of this process also. A double buncher that should be more efficient than the present single buncher is discussed, and space charge effects (as yet unobserved in bunching) are analyzed. (D.C.W.)

Information needed to solve nuclear safety problems is condensed into a reference book for use by persons familiar with the field. Included are a glossary of terms; useful tables; nuclear constants; criticality calculations; basic nuclear safety limits; solution geometries and critical values; metal critical values; criticality values for intermediate, heterogeneous, and interacting systems; miscellaneous and related information; and report number, author, and subject indexes. (C.H.)

A vertical centrifugal sump-type pump utilizing commercially available impeller and volute designs was selected to circulate the fuel salt in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE). Tests were conducted in water to determine the adequacy of the pump design, to assist design of the prototype fuel pump, and to investigate the effectiveness of xenon removal with high velocity liquid jets contacting sweep gas in thc pump tank. Hydraulic head characteristics were within +1 to -3 ft of manufacturers data for a given constant speed. Adequate and neccssary provisions were devised to control the liquid and gas bubble behavior in the pump tank. The results of priming and coastdown tests are reported. During the gas removal tests, the fuel, xenon, and helium in the MSRE were simulated with distilled water, carbon dioxide, and air, respectively. The best configuration removed carbon dioxide from water at approximately 99% of the ideal removal rate when the stripping flow was 65 gpm and the sweep gas flow rate was 4 scfm. (auth)

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This document is a user manual for those who are familiar with problems 500 Node Transient Heat Transfer Code.

From abstract: "The phase diagram of the thorium-molybdenum alloy system has been determined to be the eutectic type with a eutectoid reaction associated with the thorium alpha-beta transformation. X-ray, thermal, electrical resistance and metallographic methods have established the eutectic point at 1380 ± 10°C and 7.0 ± 0.5 wt % molybdenum. A eutectoid reaction is proposed at 1358 ± 5°C and less than 0.1 wt % molybdenum. No solubility of thorium in molybdenum was detected at 1325°C."

From abstract: "The objective of this program is to produce a set of pulse-height spectra representing the response of a standard gamma-ray scintillation spectrometer to radiations emitted in the decay of neutron-deficient nuclides."

Neutron yields for alpha particle reactions with beryllium, boron, carbon, magnesium, and oxygen are calculated. The dependence on energy of the incoming alpha particles is analyzed for yield. Calculations are varied for different sets of cross section data.

The transference number of the chloride ion was determined in pure fused MgCl/sub 2/, CaCl/sub 2/, SrCl/sub 2/, and BaCl/sub 2/ utili zing radioactive chloride ions in a porous quartz membrane cell. On the basis of a two-step dissociation for these salts, MCl/sub 2/ in equilibrium MCl/sup +/ + Cl/sup -/ in equilibrium Ml/sup +/ + 2Cl/sup -/, the ext ent of the second dissociation was qualitatively predicted from a consideration of the relative mobilities of the ions. (auth)

Newsletter of the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research outlining statistics and research related to business in Texas.