Physics Division Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending September 10, 1956 (open access)

Physics Division Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending September 10, 1956

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing semiannual progress made by the Physics Division. Descriptions of progress and studies conducted are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: February 12, 1957
Creator: Snell, A. H.; Fowler, J. L. & Wollan, E. O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stable Isotopes Division Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending November 30, 1956 (open access)

Stable Isotopes Division Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending November 30, 1956

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing progress made by the Stable Isotopes Division. Descriptions of of the progress and studies made are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 12, 1957
Creator: Keim, C. P. & McNally, J. R., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF BERYLLIUM: LITERATURE SURVEY (open access)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF BERYLLIUM: LITERATURE SURVEY

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Date: February 12, 1957
Creator: Powers, W.D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazards Summary Report for the Reflector-Control Critical-Assembly Experiments (open access)

Hazards Summary Report for the Reflector-Control Critical-Assembly Experiments

Critical experiments are described, and the hazards attpendant to these experiments are evaluated for a reflector-controllped boiling-peterogeneous- reactor design. The proposed reactor design is water moderated and reflected. However, to provide maximum flexibility and safety, the critical asspembly is a thermal reactor moderated and reflected with plastic having appropriate voids to simulate water. A spection of the plastic reflector is movable to represent changes in the waterrelector level. The data obtained using this reflectorcontrolled assembly is then suppliped to an electronic reactor simulator which is connected to a full-scale mock-up of the proposed hydraulic control system. In this manner, thpe characteristics of thpe complete system are determined. The fuel-element assemblies are composed of strips of aluminum and Teflon-coated uranium sandwiched with plastic and pecased in aluminum boxes. One- half of the core is on a movable table, while the other half is on a fixed table. Primary control and safety of the asspembly is achieved by inserting or withdrawing sandwiched stainlpess steel-cadmium rpegulating and safety plates and by increasing or decreasing the distance between the two core halves. For safety, the maximum normal rate of reactivity addition has been limited to an pestimated 0.04 per cent per sec for control-rod …
Date: February 12, 1957
Creator: Jankowski, Francis J.; Hogan, William S.; Redmond, Robert F.; Chastain, Joel W., Jr. & Fawcett, Sherwood L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hazards Summary Report for the Reflector-Control Critical-Assembly Experiments (open access)

Hazards Summary Report for the Reflector-Control Critical-Assembly Experiments

This report analyzes the stability and feasibility of a reflector-control system for a boiling heterogeneous reactor.
Date: February 12, 1957
Creator: Jankowski, Francis J.; Hogan, William S.; Redmond, Robert F.; Chastain, Joel W. & Fawcett, Sherwood L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Conductivity of Beryllium : Literature Survey (open access)

Thermal Conductivity of Beryllium : Literature Survey

Lewis in 1929 determined the thermal conductivity of beryllium metal for the first time. The next measurement reported in the open literature on the thermal conductivity of beryllium was by Powell in 1953. Measurements were also made by Grenell, Linebrink, and Johnson at Battelle Memorial Institute in 1947. Their values are in good agreement with those of Powell.
Date: February 12, 1957
Creator: Powers, W. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library