Development of Techniques for Power Production From Mixed Fission Products (open access)

Development of Techniques for Power Production From Mixed Fission Products

"An investigation was made into the various processes for the fixation of mixed fission products as solids in order to determine the extent they could be utilized as heat sources for thermoelectric generators. Generators of up to ten watts can be designed and built with state-of-art'' thermoelectric materials and mixed fission products soon to be available from the ldaho Falls calcination pilot plant. Mixed fission products from other processes and plants to be on stream'' in this decade will be capable of fueling practical generators into the kilowatt range using thermoelectric materials available in the same time period. A survey was made on current research and development efforts on waste fixation processes. Studies showed that a wide range of power densities (from 0.002 to 0.2 watts per cubic centimeter) will be available from calcined fission product wasted. An experimental program for the consolidation of low density, Idaho Chemical Processing Plant alumina type wastes is reviewed. Preliminary results indicated that densification factors of three to four are readily obtainable for such wastes."
Date: February 18, 1961
Creator: Eaton, D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eddy Transport in Liquid-Metal Heat Transfer (open access)

Eddy Transport in Liquid-Metal Heat Transfer

This report seeks to "develop a practical method of evaluating the eddy diffusivity of heat transfer for liquid metals, so that it can be incorporated into the more or less standard theoretical methods to give heat transfer coefficients which are in reasonable agreement with experimental facts"--from introduction.
Date: February 18, 1962
Creator: Dwyer, Orrington Embry, 1912-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Several Related Mathematical Problems in Bombardment Chemistry and in Other Fields (open access)

Several Related Mathematical Problems in Bombardment Chemistry and in Other Fields

Report of example scenarios and useful equations for determining the production of radioactive isotopes by pile or other radiations.
Date: February 18, 1948
Creator: Simpson, O. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library