Chemistry Division, Section C-II, Summary Report for July, August, and September 1952 (open access)

Chemistry Division, Section C-II, Summary Report for July, August, and September 1952

This report deals with the (1.1) physical properties of graphite, (1.2) effects of pile irradiation on the properties of graphite, (1.3) effect of irradiation on "ceramic" materials, (1.4) effects of radiation on ice -- the x-ray induced luminescence of ice, (1.5) investigation of color centers and other optical properties of single crystals. (2.1) radiation chemistry of liquids, (2.2) application of mass spectrometry to chemical problems, (2.3) vapor pressure and heat of vaporization of uranium, (3.1) nuclear properties of Zr93 and Nb93m from fission, (3.2) mass distribution in the spontaneous fission of Cm242, (3.3) Upper limit to the lifetimes of the first excited states of Th236, U234, and Pu236, (3.4) on the one-body model of alpha radioactivity, (4.1) spectrographic analysis, (4.2) chemical analysis, (5.1) paramagnetic resonance measurements, and (5.2) the 60-inch cyclotron.
Date: January 21, 1953
Creator: Gilbreath, J. R. & Simpson, O. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 3, Pages 131-192, January 21, 2022 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 3, Pages 131-192, January 21, 2022

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: January 21, 2022
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Production of Mg28 - State of the Art (open access)

Production of Mg28 - State of the Art

Sheline and Johnson made Mg28 through the reactions Si30(γ,2p)Mg28 and Mg26(α,2p)Mg28 in order to characterize and determine a decay scheme for the new nuclide. Lendner separated a magnesium fraction from the spallation products of the irradiation of chlorine, as sodium chloride, with 340-MeV protons. The 21-h activity that was present was deduced to be Mg28 from the 2.3-m half-life of the Al28 that was milked from it, as Sheline and Johnson had done.
Date: January 21, 1963
Creator: Weiss, Allen J. & Hillman, Manny
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Costs Of Sea Disposal And Land Burial For The Radioactive Wastes Of The Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (open access)

Comparative Costs Of Sea Disposal And Land Burial For The Radioactive Wastes Of The Lawrence Radiation Laboratory

This report is a comparative cost study of radioactive waste disposal for the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (UCRL). In particular, it compares the costs of sea disposal in depths of 1000 fathoms and of 2000 fathoms off the California coast with land burial of the wastes at the Hanford Atomic Products Operation (HAPO), Richland, Washington, at the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS), Idaho Falls, Idaho, or at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), Nevada. In the comparison, the cost of utilizing a commercial waste-disposal firm is also shown as well as a tentative cost of using the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS).
Date: January 21, 1959
Creator: Nielsen, Elmer
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report of APPR Irradiation Test Program at MTR (open access)

Interim Report of APPR Irradiation Test Program at MTR

It is the purpose of this memo to clarify and revise burnup calculations for the APPR irradiation program and to present a proposed irradiation schedule. the report will also be in the nature of a review of the program.
Date: January 21, 1957
Creator: Gross, E. E. & Schaffer, L. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Test of Stainless Steel Freeze Jacket to be Used on 1/2-inch High Pressure and High Temperature Process Lines (open access)

Test of Stainless Steel Freeze Jacket to be Used on 1/2-inch High Pressure and High Temperature Process Lines

In order to test the operation of a freeze jacket in air with the process fluid closely following the conditions found in the high pressure circulation loop of a homogeneous reactor, or, 2000 psi and 300C, a test loop was built and used in conjunction with existing refrigeration equipment. The freeze jacket was made of 5/16-in. type 346 stainless steel tubing wrapped around and welded to a 1/2-in. stainless steel process line. It was concluded that for these reactor operating conditions, only a small leak rate, 11 cc/min, could be frozen off. It is recommended that, at the beginning of the the freezing operation, the temperature of the secondary refrigerant entering the freeze jacket be at least -40C and that the freeze jacket be made as long as practical.
Date: January 21, 1957
Creator: Draper, B. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cross Section Program at ORNL (open access)

Cross Section Program at ORNL

Short reports to the members of the Nuclear Cross Section Advisory Group from three groups: (1) High voltage group; (2) Fast chopper time-of flight spectrometer; and (3) Electronuclear research division.
Date: January 21, 1957
Creator: Harvey, J. A. & Fowler, J. L. (Joseph L.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pressure Vessel Exposure to Fast Neutrons (open access)

Pressure Vessel Exposure to Fast Neutrons

In a gas-cooled reactor operating at very high power density the thickness of the reflector may be determine by the requirement that the steel pressure vessel be protected from an excessive dose of fast neutrons, rather than by the usual requirements of neutron economy and power distribution. It is important the the reflector not be made thicker than necessary, since an increase in pressure vessel diameter can result in a marked increase in cost, as well as a decrease in the permitted gas pressure level.
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Carlsmith, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research on Krypton 85 : Seventh Monthly Progress Report Covering December 1, 1959 to December 31, 1959 (open access)

Research on Krypton 85 : Seventh Monthly Progress Report Covering December 1, 1959 to December 31, 1959

Work during this report period includes a continuation of the study of the effect of krypton 85 on the polymerization of styrene; an attempt at evaluation of the polymers produced; and the effect of krypton radiation on the electrical properties of gases, such as the rare gases, and nitrogen, and oxygen. the results obtained are summarized in the report.
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Miller, H. S.; Marancik, W. G. & Zufall, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library