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Activities reported include: metallurgical work; development and fabrication of high-temperature cermets; stabilization of urania; development of small-diameter, thin-walled tungsten tubing; cladding high-temperature cermet fuels; properties of high-temperature materials; evaluation of high-temperature cermets; nondestructive testing of ultrahigh-temperature reactor components; and irradiation of high-temperature cermet fuels.

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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: Whether it is proper for the County Clerk to require an additional costs deposit of the appellee for any certified copies that he requests to go to the District Court as the result of a perfected appeal from the Probate Court.

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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: Whether the signer of a petition for a local option election to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages is legally bound to vote for prohibition if the election is called, and related question.

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: Whether the provisions of the Texas Liquor Control Act, which require that a corporation be incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas in order to be eligible for a permit or license are constitutional and related questions.

This report addresses the comparison of SNAP-50/SPUR System with MHD, Brayton, boiling reactor and thermionic systems.

Quarterly progress report on metallurgy research operations at Hanford Atomic Products Operation in Richland, Washington.

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Report on an evaluation of the Sand Springs Range as a possible location for an underground nuclear study (Shoal Event). Various tests to determine the site's suitability included aerial photography and mapping of the area through various means; drilling and bulldozing to conduct mineralogical and other physical evaluations; gravity, aeromagnetic, and refraction surveys; and studies related to the hydrology of the location and surrounding areas.

This report details post-irradiation annealing studies at 610 and 630 C which have shown that a submicron dispersion of UC in uranium is effective in reducing mobility of fission gases in uranium irradiated to 1.4 {times} 10{sup 20} fissions/cc (0.3 percent burnup). Electron microscopy of both the as-irradiated and the annealed samples show that a large population of less than 0.1{mu} UC particles develops which is believed to be responsible for the decreased swelling during annealing. Uranium fuel elements containing 390 ppm Fe and 840 ppm aluminum shows substantially less swelling both during irradiation and during post-irradiation annealing than uranium containing 140 ppm Fe and 120 ppm Si. Zircaloy-2 clad thorium-uranium fuel continues to show excellent performance in a pressurized water loop. Fuel swelling is currently 1.0 percent at an exposure of 3.7 {times} 10{sup 20} fissions/cc (11,000 MWD/T).

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Plates documenting results of some tests performed during the site evaluation of the Sand Springs Range including aerial photography, various types of mapping and surveying of the physical and hydrological aspects of the location, and other supplementary materials.

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The purpose of this memorandum is to firm up requests for uranium oxide fuel elements. This first priority is to have two fuel columns fabricated for irradiation testing.

This report covers the activities with regard to on-site customer irradiations as of the above date. The report covers the status of material undergoing irradiation awaiting dispositions material shipped during the months and current status of all reactor test holes. The integrated exposure values are calculated in accordance with HW-62781, ``Status Report Equations.`` The integrated exposure reported is the average exposure received by the surrounding uranium columns. Conversion to exposure received by the sample is left to the customer.

This report, from the Chemical Processing Department at HAPO, discusses the following: Production operation; Purex and Redox operation; Finished products operation; maintenance; Financial operations; facilities engineering; research; and employee relations.