From Summary: "The results of tests of a slender body of revolution designated the NACA rm-10 have been compiled from various NACA test facilities. Zero-lift drag data are presented for a Reynolds number range from about 1 x 10(6) to 40 x 10(6) from several wind tunnels and from about 12 x 10(6) to 140 x 10(6) from free-flight tests. The Mach numbers covered include 1.5 to 2.4 for the wind-tunnel data and 0.85 to 2.5 for the flight results. The wind tunnel models were tested with and without 60 degree sweptback stabilizing fins and the flight models were tested with stabilizing fins."

An investigation of secondary-flow loss patterns originating in three sets of turbine nozzle blade passages was conducted by means of flow-visualization studies and detailed flow measurements. For all cases, high loss values were measured in the fluid downstream of the corners formed by the suction surfaces of the blades and the shrouds, and these losses were accompanied by discharge-angle deviations from design values. Despite the size of the loss regions and angle gradients, over-all mass-average blade efficiencies were of the order of 0.99 and 0.98 and, therefore, are not a good index of blade performance.

A study was made of the effect of the addition of V aad Si on the properties of Th; corrosion of stainless steel in uranyl sulfate; corrosion, brazing, and welding of stainless steel; properties of Ti; method of combining deuterium and O for return to the reactor; spot welding of fuel elements; fabrication of reactor fuel elements; mechanical testing of U, Th, and stainless steel; surface rearrangements on a single crystal of Cu in contact with a saturated solution of Cu in Bi; development of cermets for reactor components; fabrication of Th-U fuel elements and Al-U alloy componerts. (J.E.D.)

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Abstract: Pitchblende was discovered in July 1951 in the Alma mining district, Park County, Colo0 , by the U0 S. Geological Survey acting on behalf of the U. So Atomic Energy Commission. The pitchblende is associated with Tertiary veins of three different geologic environments: 1) veins in pre-Cambrian rocks, 2) the London vein system the footwall block of the London fault, and 3) veins in a mineralized area east of the Cooper Gulch fault. Pitchblende is probably not associated with silver-lead replacement deposits in dolomite. Secondary uranium minerals, as yet undetermined, are associated with pitchblende on two London vein system mine dumps, and occur in oxidized vein material.Lfrom dumps of mines in the other environments. Although none of the known occurrences are of commercial importance, the Alma district is considered a moderately favorable area in which to prospect for uranium ore, because twenty-four of the forty-three localities examined show anomalous radioactivity; samples from anomalously radioactive localities, which include mine dumps and some underground workings, have uranium contents ranging from 0.001 to l.66 percent.

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A report about a reconnaissance of coal and associated rock made in the anthracite fields of eastern Pennsylvania.

Report discussing the search for uranium in the western United States. Overall, no single deposit of major importance had been discovered at the time of this report's publication, but minable deposits had been discovered in the Colorado Plateau, and in areas of the Dakotas, Wyoming, Idaho, and New Mexico.

Abstract: "This report, designed to make available to field geologists and others information on identification and occurrence of uranium minerals of the Colorado Plateaus, contains physical properties, X-ray data, and in some instances results of chemical and spectrographic analysis of 24 uranium and 17 vanadium minerals. Also included is a table giving the optical properties of uranium minerals and a list of locations of mines from which the minerals have been identified."

Report discussing the lead-uranium age of 21 black uranium ores from the Colorado Plateau, which were selected from a group of 80 samples from the same area because they were considered to be most reliable for age determinations.

Report discussing a geological examination that took place in August 1950. During this examination, an area about 6 miles north of Sundance in the Bear Lodge Mountains of Crook County, Wyoming, was examined for thorium, uranium, and rare-earth oxides and samples were collected.

From abstract: "The determination of Th^232, Rn^222, and Pb^210 by isolation and subsequent activity analysis of some of their short-lived daughter products is described."

This report details activities of the Chemistry Unit at the Hanford Atomic Products Operation for the months of January, February, and March of 1953.

This report is about the immunity of the congressmen from arrests for misdemeanors and traffic violations, written by Frank Horne in the year 1953.

The continuous plutonium concentration facilities proposed for the Purex Plant consist of a stripper-concentration unit in which the organic is removed and a portion of the required evaporation is accomplished, plutonium concentrator (No. 1 Pu Conc.) in which the final plutonium concentrate is produced, and a second concentrator which re-evaporates the totally condensed overhead from the No. 1 Pu Concentrator. In this report the Purex concentration ``package`` has been examined to determine whether the design is suitable for concentrating the various Redox 3BP solutions which may be produced (variable nitric acid to plutonium ratios) during operation at Redox Phase II processing rates. In Appendix {Lambda} a short-cut method is presented for the calculation of the operating conditions to be employed around the No. 1 and No. 2 Pu concentrators to produce a desired Pu-HNO{sub 3} product stream from a given feed solution. This method is considerably simpler than the trail-and-error solutions generally employed for such problems.

Introduction: This volume is the second in a series of reports dealing with the recovery of uranium, alumina, and phosphatic values from the leached zone portion of he Florida phosphate producing area.

The usefulness of the Ewing equation for calculating the thermal conductivity of reactor metals and alloys from electrical resistance, specific heat, density, and atomic weight was investigated. The alloys investigated were Zircaloy-2, HSZA, Nb- 5.5 wt% V, Inconel, 18-8 stainless steel, and eutectic NaK. The Ewing equation was found to give calculated values with a degree of confidence similar to that of actual measured values. (auth)

A set of four strong focusing magnetic quadrupole lenses has been constructed and operated. Each lens consists of four air cooled electromagnets with pole tips having a hyperbolic cross section. Each lens is 4 in. long and has an aperture 2 in. in diameter. Measurements of the magnetic field demonstrate that the hyperbolic cross section satisfies the requirements of a constant magnetic field gradient very well. The technique of deflecting a current carrying flexible wire has been used to measure the trajectory of charged particles through the system of lenses. It has been observed that the strong focusing requirements are satisfied. The system of lenses was then used to focus 0.5 Mev protons, 20 Mev deuterons, and 40 Mev alpha particles. The parallel beam of 0.5 Mev protons was detected by observing the incandescence of a quartz plate while the protons were bombarding it. The focused beam was less than 1 mm in diameter. The astigmatic 20 Mev deuteron beam from the 60 in. cyclotron was increased in current density by a factor greater than 30.

Report discussing an investigation aimed at building information regarding the titanium-uranium system in the uranium-rich region.

Abstract: "A method is described for determining moisture on uranium and uranium oxides. This method should also be applicable to solid samples which, when heated, do not decompose to form water or liberate a substance which will react with Fischer's reagent. The method should be especially applicable to samples which are insoluble in alcohol or Karl Fischer reagent under normal titration conditions, or which will themselves react with the reagent. The amount of moisture on uranium and uranium oxide was found to be 0.02% except when the oxide was found to be 0.02% except when the oxide source was uranyl sulfate. In this case, the moisture content was found to be 0.1%. Modifications of the procedure and apparatus are presented for improving the accuracy and shortening the time necessary for the determination."

Abstract: "The heat of solution of thorium sesquisulfide was determined in 6.000 molar HCl at 25 C to ascertain the stability of the thorium (III) halides. The molal heat of formation of Th2S3 from rhombic sulfur and crystalline thorium is calculated as 258.6 kcal."