Technical report surveying radio-chemical analyses by ORNL's Analytical Chemistry Division and Health-Physics Division of large volumes of rainwater for plutonium, uranium, and fission products. Overall, carrying efficiencies for Al(OH)3 scavenging of rainwater were determined for these elements, as well as for Pu and U. [From Abstract, Introduction]

The following report follows a test with the purpose of determining the effect upon image fidelity by exposing a television camera to high intensity radiation over an extended period. Provided later in the report are notes on the design of the utiliscope camera used for these tests due to notable design features.

Introduction: "This paper presents in formula form IBM computational procedure for averaging cross-section data and for calculating reflected spherical reactors by the linear by the linear multigroup numerical method developed by the Physics Section of the ANP Central Design Group. The adjoint reactor numerical procedural is included."

The following report discusses the results of a survey that was initiated to ascertain the availability of uranium hydride in tonnage quantities.

The following report measures a shield mockup in three regions: the first made almost entire of iron; the second, transition, region is made of various thicknesses of B4C; and the third region was borated water. The iron samples used in the experiments were made in the form of rectangular plates and place in the lid tank; however, the plates were not completely flat and created a water gap that was measured in this report.

The following report follows a complete radiochemical analysis that has been made on the sample of first-cycle neutralized waste, as well as a gravimetric analysis made on the sludge in the sample of first-cycle waste.

Summary: "The problem of evaporation of secondary radioactive wastes resulting from waste disposal studies at Mound Laboratoy has been studied experimentally to determine the fundamental design characteristics of a plant size unit. Emphasis, of course, was on decontamination, but the factors affecting foaming and scaling also had to be investigated and evaluated. Generally speaking, the final design is a standard type of evaporator, the only unique feature being the relation of the two effects. Where critical, as affecting performance, the particular design features have been specified."

A report about the level of polonium in blood of rats injected with 7.4 microcuries of polonium per kilograms of body weight that was followed for more than eight months.

Abstract: The Free Enterprise property is located in the Boulder mining district, Jefferson County, Montana. Secondary uranium minerals occur here in small irregular concentrations in and adjacent to a narrow silicified fracture zone in quartz monzonite.

Several relatively small copper-uranium deposits have been found in southwestern Utah along the contact of the Shinarump and Moenkopi formations of Triassic age, at least from the San Rafael Swell area of Emery County, southward through central and eastern Garfield County, southwestward into western Kane County, and westward into the southern part of Washington County.

From introduction: Twelve uranium-bearing deposits were examined along 30 miles of the western border of the San Rafael Swell in Emery County, Utah, from September 21 to 29, 1950. The area examined lies in Emery County, east-central Utah, along the west flank of the San Rafael anticline (Fig. 1).

Introduction:"Very little is known about the mechanical properties of zirconium and, in view of this the Atomic Energy Commission requested Sylvania to evaluate the creep characteristics of this metal at various temperatures. Tests at room temperature (25 C) and at 200 C have been completed, the tests having been conducted in air. The data obtained from these tests form the basis of this report. Future tests will be conducted in an atmosphere of water at the desired testing temperature."

The following report contains two parts on the analysis of astatine, neptunium and plutonium. Part A discusses a bent crystal focusing X-ray spectrometer that has been designed and built for the observation of the X-and gamma-rays emitted in association with radioactive decay. The instrument uses proportional counter detection and is described, as well as associated electronic circuits. The plutonium L X-rays from Cm-242 and the neptunium L X-rays from Am-241 have been measures. Values of the energies and abundances are reported. Then in Part B, it discusses some isotopes of astatine hitherto unreported that have been observed in bombardments of bismuth on the University of California 184" cyclotron.

The following report describes the electron spectrum of protactinium derived from 23 minute thorium 233 that was produced by neutron capture in stable thorium.

Abstract: "The heats of formation of Pr-(+3) (aq.) and La-(+3) (aq.) have been measured in 1.5M HCl at 25 C. to be -165.9 +/- 0.9 kcal/mol and -167.0 +/- 0.7 kcal/mol, respectively. The heat of formation of Am-(+3) (aq.) under the same conditions was found to be -161.3 +/- 1.4 kcal/mol. The latter value made it possible to calculate the heat of formation of Am-(+4) (aq.) as -112.2 kcal/mol. It was impossible at this time to determine the heats of formation of AmO2+ (aq.) and AmO2++ (aq.)."

"The neutron yield resulting from the photo-disintegration of deuterium in heavy water was calculated in this report."

The following report is focused on finding the measurements of low temperature heat capacities of neptunium dioxide. The entropy and the interpretation of the anomaly in the heat capacity curve will be dicussed."

The following report analyzes experiments of partial separations of lithium using the method of ion exchange.

The following document describes x-ray diffraction measurements for an approximate crystal structure for the beta phase of metallic uranium.

Abstract: "Computations have been made of the total beta activity of the fission products arising from the slow neutron fission of U-235. A curve is given exhibiting the activity the activity per unit fission, for time intervals after fission ranging from 0.01 second to 10 years. This influence function is compared with some published experimental data and with the statistical curve of Way and Wigner. A curve facilitates estimation of the activity in the particular case where the fission rate has been constant throughout a known time interval. Finally, an influence function for the particular group of fission products consisting of complete and partial chains having volatile first members is given. This report is based on studies conducted for the Atomic Energy Commission under Contract AT-11-1-GEN-8."

Abstract: "A gravimetric procedure is described for the analysis of indium-plutonium solutions. This procedure consists of a preliminary separation of the plutonium as the peroxide, followed by the quantitative precipitation of indium diethyl dithio carbamate from a slightly acid solution. The precipitate is dried at 105 C and weighed. Recoveries of 99.4 - 100.5% with an average precision of 2.3/100 were obtained on known Pu-In solutions containing 5 - 50 mg of indium per sample."

The following report is meant to record the premises upon which the site plan for the NTR is already established.

This report covers an investigation meant to find the feasibility of producing corrosion resistant zirconium from sponge by special melting techniques. The zirconium metal has certain required specifications, such as: the metal must be free from bafnium, and it must be free from other impurities of undesirable neutron cross section.

This report follows experiments on ether extraction of uranium as a means of separation from other elements.