High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Alternatives Section 4: Geologic Disoposal (open access)

High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Alternatives Section 4: Geologic Disoposal

From foreword: "This report is a comprehensive overview study of potential alternative methods for long-term management of high-level radioactive waste...Disposal in terrestrial locations."
Date: May 1974
Creator: Schneider, K. J. & Platt, A. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Alternatives Section 1: Summary, Section 2: Background and Data Base, Section 3: Evaluation Methodology (open access)

High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Alternatives Section 1: Summary, Section 2: Background and Data Base, Section 3: Evaluation Methodology

From foreword: "This report is a comprehensive overview study of potential alternative methods for long-term management of high-level radioactive waste."
Date: May 1974
Creator: Schneider, K. J. & Platt, A. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Computer Program for Determining First-Collision Neutron Doses (open access)

A Computer Program for Determining First-Collision Neutron Doses

Data processing program written to compute the neutron dose received by individuals exposed in a nuclear excursion.
Date: May 21, 1962
Creator: McMurray, C. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feed Materials Production Center Summary Technical Report: January 1, 1963-March 31, 1963 (open access)

Feed Materials Production Center Summary Technical Report: January 1, 1963-March 31, 1963

This is a summary report of various technical projects relating to uranium.
Date: May 10, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electroplated Metals on Uranium for Aluminum Cladding (open access)

Electroplated Metals on Uranium for Aluminum Cladding

Abstract: "Aluminum-clad nickel-plated uranium is corrosion resistant in boiling water. Samples with intentional defects in the aluminum-nickel clodding layers, after testing for more than 300 hr. showed no sign of rapid failure. The study of electroplated metals on uranium for aluminum cladding has defined the effects of several processing variables on the corrosion resistance. The quality of the uranium and the quality of the aluminum-nickel bond were important. Heat treatment and vacuum outgassing of the nickel-plated uranium prior to aluminum cladding were beneficial, and minimizing the amount of air present in the hot-press assembly was desirable. Variation in the steps for electroplating on uranium did not affect the corrosion resistance of aluminum-clad uranium."
Date: May 4, 1955
Creator: Beach, John G.; Schickner, William C.; Hopkinson, Dolores. & Faust, Charles L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Feasibility Study of a Pebble Bed Reactor-Steam Power Plant (open access)

Design and Feasibility Study of a Pebble Bed Reactor-Steam Power Plant

Originally issued as S and P 1963A, Parts I and II. This report covers a design and feasibility study of a pebble bed reactor-steam power plant of 125 megawatt electrical output. The reactor design which evolved from this study is a two-region thermal breeder, operating on the uranium-thorium cycle, in which all core structural materials are graphite. Fuel is in the form of unclad spherical elements of graphite, containing fissile and fertile material. The primary loop consists of the reactor plus three steam generators and blowers in parallel. Plant design and system analysis including cost analysis and capital cost summary are given.
Date: May 1, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Appraisal of the Carnotite Resources of the Carrizo Mountains Area, San Juan County, New Mexico, and Apache County, Arizona (open access)

Preliminary Appraisal of the Carnotite Resources of the Carrizo Mountains Area, San Juan County, New Mexico, and Apache County, Arizona

From introduction: A rapid appraisal of the carnotite resources of the Salt Wash sandstone member of the Morrison formation in the Carrizo Mountains area was undertaken by the U. S. Geological Survey late in 1951 in connection with its current project of geologic mapping of the area. Though brief and preliminary, this report provides a summary of production trends and estimated reserves in the area and indicates as far as possible the total potential of the area as a source of uranium. This information may be helpful in planning new milling facilities or other measures to encourage a higher rate of production.
Date: May 1952
Creator: Strobell, J. D., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Containment Design Study (open access)

Reactor Containment Design Study

Introduction: Sargent & Lundy was authorized on November 1, 1960, to make an economic and technical feasibility study of various reactor containment designs which are being utilized for several power plants now under construction.
Date: May 18, 1961
Creator: Johnson, R. A. & Nelson, I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
OMR Degasifier Loop Experiment (open access)

OMR Degasifier Loop Experiment

Abstract: A loop has been constructed to study the removal of water and highly volatile materials from Organic Moderated Reactor coolant by vacuum degasification. An analysis of the process was made to determine the most important parameters for study during the experimental program.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: Corporales, G. W. & Benson, P. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
OMRE Fuel Plate Surface Temperature Measurement (open access)

OMRE Fuel Plate Surface Temperature Measurement

Abstract: Accurate measurement of OMRE fuel-element surface temperatures is important for evaluation of the performance of organic compound as moderator and coolant materials in nuclear reactors; a mixture of polyphenyls has been used in reactor operation to-date.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: Sudar, S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plutonium: Enriched OMR Cores (open access)

Plutonium: Enriched OMR Cores

Abstract: The influence of plutonium on the nuclear characteristics of organic moderated cores is studied.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: Connolly, T. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maritime Organic Moderated and Cooled Reactor (open access)

Maritime Organic Moderated and Cooled Reactor

Introduction: This document describes the results of a six-week conceptual design study of an organic moderated and cooled reactor (OMCR) power plant adapted to a Class T-7 tanker.
Date: May 27, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Piqua Prototype Handling System (open access)

Piqua Prototype Handling System

Abstract: Equipment has been developed to handle the fuel elements and control rods for the Piqua (OMR) reactor.With the handling machine, which consists of a shielded cask mounted on a gantry, a fuel element can be replaced in the core in about 27 minutes.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Nadler, H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Portable Neutron Counter for Determining Weights of Deposits of Uranium-Fluorine Compounds (open access)

A Portable Neutron Counter for Determining Weights of Deposits of Uranium-Fluorine Compounds

Abstract: A high sensitivity, portable fast neutron counter has been developed for determining the weights of solid accumulations of uranium-fluorine compounds in closed process equipment.
Date: May 11, 1964
Creator: Stevens, R. H. & Smith, R. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Cycling and Leakage Tests of 12-inch Valves for Sodium Service (open access)

Thermal Cycling and Leakage Tests of 12-inch Valves for Sodium Service

Abstract: Tests were performed to determine the effect of thermal cycling on the across-the-seat leakage characteristics of commercially available valves considered for use in the sodium coolant system of the Hallam Nuclear Power Facility.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: Baroczy, C. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigations of Neutron Penetration in TiH and Steel Slabs (open access)

Investigations of Neutron Penetration in TiH and Steel Slabs

Abstract: A multigroup P1 approximation for hydrogen scattered neutrons has been developed and applied to the study of neutron flux distributions in titanium hydride and steel shield systems.
Date: May 15, 1961
Creator: Karcher, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pacific Northwest Laboratory Monthly Activities Report, Division of Biology and Medicine Programs: April 1967 (open access)

Pacific Northwest Laboratory Monthly Activities Report, Division of Biology and Medicine Programs: April 1967

Work is reported in these areas: general radiation effects; toxicity of radioelements; studies at the molecular and cellular levels; environmental radiation studies; atmospheric radioactivity and fallout; marine sciences; radiological and health physics; and radiation instruments.
Date: May 1, 1967
Creator: Fawcett, S. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dynamic Void Fraction Measurement System (open access)

Dynamic Void Fraction Measurement System

Abstract: Various methods and techniques of measuring void fractions in boiling heat transfer media are discussed.
Date: May 15, 1963
Creator: Kendron, J. H.; Stoner, E. E. & Taylor, G. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Technology Report Number 24: Metallurgy (open access)

Reactor Technology Report Number 24: Metallurgy

Quarterly report issued by the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory to report to the industry on developments in unclassified reactor technology. This issue focuses on metallurgy information.
Date: May 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 9: 1966 (open access)

Piqua Nuclear Power Facility Operations Analysis Program Progress Report Number 9: 1966

The following progress report describes the examination of elements removed in comparison to a previous study on the power facility reactor operations.
Date: May 1969
Creator: North American Aviation. Atomics International Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Materials Testing Reactor-Engineering Test Reactor Technical Branches Quarterly Report: October 1 - December 31, 1963 (open access)

Materials Testing Reactor-Engineering Test Reactor Technical Branches Quarterly Report: October 1 - December 31, 1963

From summary: "Reactor fuel material consisting of U3Si particles embedded in an aluminum matrix have been examined with an electron microprobe to determine reaction between fuel particles and matrix. Partial reaction was observed with no observable tendency for the uranium or silicon to diffuse outward into the matrix.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Phillips Petroleum Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Li⁶ and Li⁷ (n. 2n) Cross Sections at 14.1 Mev (open access)

Li⁶ and Li⁷ (n. 2n) Cross Sections at 14.1 Mev

Abstract: "An absolute measurement of the 14.1-Mev (n, 2n) cross sections of Li-6 and Li-7 has been made using the large scintillator technique, resulting in cross sections in barns of 0.070 +/- 0.006 and 0.056 +/- 0.005 for Li-6 and Li-7, respectively."
Date: May 29, 1958
Creator: Ashby, V. J.; Catron, H. C.; Newkirk, Lester L.; Taylor, C. J. & Williamson, M. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pacific Northwest Laboratory Monthly Activities Report, Division of Biology and Medicine Programs: April 1969 (open access)

Pacific Northwest Laboratory Monthly Activities Report, Division of Biology and Medicine Programs: April 1969

Progress is updated for projects related mostly to biological and ecological radiation effects.
Date: May 1, 1969
Creator: Albaugh, F. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
SNAP 2: Structural and Dynamic Analysis (open access)

SNAP 2: Structural and Dynamic Analysis

Abstract: The structural design criteria and the system basic loads for the SNAP 2 compact power unit are presented.
Date: May 1, 1964
Creator: Castle, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library