Report discussing a study regarding the time-dependent neutron flux for a pulsed subcritical assembly. From abstract: "A two-group analysis has been applied to the transient behavior of the thermal flux in a subcritical assembly which has been given a short burst of fast neutrons."

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether or not a certain 1953 will can be probated, or if it is a legal will subject to being probated; or whether or not the property is subject to escheat.

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does an elected and qualified Public Weigher continue in such office until his successor "shall be duly qualified", the successful candidate in the last general election having disqualified himself before taking office?

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Availability of moneys appropriated in Item 79 in the Appropriation to the State Board of Control in House Bill No. 140, Acts of the 54th Legislature, to purchase additional switch gear and transformers required for the expansion of the Capitol Electrical system.

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The difference in rates of reaction of isotopic molecules may be utilized to produce appreciable isotope enrichments. When a competitive irreversible isotopic reaction is carried out to a high extent of completion, the residual unconverted substrate becomes exponentlally enriched in the heavier isotope. In deuterium systems, a substantial function of the D inventory is retained in the enriched residual substrate, so that conversion of the depleted product is unnecessary. For isotopes of heavier elements such as C/sup 13/, N/ sup 15/, and O/sup 18/ the retention is low, so that product conversion and recycling is desirable unless the starting material is of negligible value. Experiments are described in which enrichments of C/sup 13/ have been obtained using the reaction rate principle in dehydration of formic acid and hydrolysis of urea. Procedures are given for the preparation of decimolar barium carbonate at the level of 1.6% C/sup 13/, and molar barium carbonate at the 1.4% level starting with commercial materials. (J.R.D.)

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Temperature distributions, irradiation effects, stacking arrangements, voidage, and economics for the borated-graphite shield of the PRDC reactor were investigated. Of the shield systems considered, four are reported here. System 1 contalns 30 in. of 1% borated graphite, with either ordinary graphite or a cement as a filler for the remaindcr of the volume. The maximum temperature at the flex plates in this system was calculated to be 5OO deg F. Systems 2 and 3 consist of 2 in. of 5% borated graphite near the core vessel and 1/2 in. of Boral at the primary-shield tank. A filler material of carbon blocks is used in System 2 and graphite in System 3. The calculated maximum temperatures were 700 deg F and 35O deg F, respectively. System 4 consists of a laminated structure of Boral and graphite near the primary-shield tank and carbon-block filler. It was calculated to have a maximum temperature of 600 deg F at the flex plates. The maximum temperature at the flex plates recommended by APDA is 500 deg F. Energy storage and radiation damage were found to be within permissible limits in all four systems. However, these conclusions are based on experimental data from the Hanford reactor …

This is the monthly report of the Hanford Laboratories Operation, March, 1957. Metallurgy, reactor fuels, chemistry, dosimetry, separation processes, reactor technology, financial activities, visits, biology operation, physics and instrumentation research, and employee relations are discussed.