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: Taxability for inheritance tax purposes of United States Government bonds of the co-ownership type in view of Free v. Bland, __U.S.__, 82 S. Ct. 1089 (1962).

A half-plant low alum water treatment test began at F Reactor on January 16, 1963 at startup from the scheduled January 3 tube replacement outage. The test, which was prompted by results obtained from a statistical analysis of fuel ledge corrosion attack, will demonstrate whether or not high alum feed is responsible for increasing the frequency of ledge corrosion attack on fuel element surfaces. The effect will be evaluated by comparing visual examination results obtained from normal production fuel irradiated in two different alum treated process waters. This report discusses the results obtained from twenty fuel charges, ten from each side of F Reactor, which were discharged prior to the reduction in alum feed to establish the pre-test corrosion environment.

A half-plant high flocculation pH test began at B Reactor on September 24, 1963. The purpose of the test was to determine whether operation of the water plant flocculation basins and filters at a pH higher than 7.0 with subsequent coolant pH adjustment to 6.6 is beneficial as far as radioactivity in the effluent is concerned. It is planned to increase the flocculation basin pH in steps to a maximum of 7.6. Although primarily an effluent activity test, fuel discharged after a metal cycle at each water plant condition will be monitored by visual examination. Thus, it will be possible to determine whether the incidence of localized corrosion is influenced by the various modes of operation. One 20 column fuel discharge, ten columns from each side of the reactor, was obtained prior to the start of the test. This report discusses the results obtained from the first discharge of fuel under test conditions.

This document details activities of the Reactor Branch during the months of January through December 1963. (FI)

Experimental vanadium-niobium base alloys were fabricated to sheet from 200-gram arc-melted ingots. The composition V--60 wt% Nb--1 wt% Zr--0.075 wt% C had ultimate tensile strength values of 97,000, 77,000, and 20,000 psi at 1800, 2000, and 2400 deg F, respectively. On a density-corrected basis, the values up to 2000 deg F were the highest of all materials studied under this and the preceding programs. The V-40 wt % Nb-30 wt% Ta--1 wt% Hf alloy had higher 2400 deg F strength (25,400 psi) but lacked the high room-temperature ductility of the V--Nb--Zr--C material. Extruded and wrought plate, and sheet stock from the second 100-pound ingot (nominal composition V--4wt% Ti--20 wt % Nb--1wt% Zr-0.075 wt% C) was received and distributed to organizations participating in the data- exchange program. A total of 44 pounds of usable material was obtained, compared to about 30 pounds for the first large ingot. (auth)