Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, May 29, 1959 (open access)

Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, May 29, 1959

From Abstract: "This report is one of a sequence of quarterly reports, each designed to up-date its predecessor beginning with HASL-42, "Environmental Contamination from Weapon Tests". Herein are presented data which have accrued since HASL-55. Levels of strontinum-90 in fallout, milk, air, water, vegetation, foods, and bone are given, based on data available from February 1, 1959 to May 20, 1959."
Date: May 29, 1959
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr. & Klein, Stanley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactor Development Program Progress Report: April 1963 (open access)

Reactor Development Program Progress Report: April 1963

Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing progress made by the Reactor Development Program during April 1963. Reactor physics, experiments, and safety studies are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: May 15, 1963
Creator: Adams, R. M. & Glassner, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Physics Instrument Manual (open access)

Health Physics Instrument Manual

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing a Health Physics Instrument Manual. Descriptions, characteristics, and applications of different instruments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 16, 1963
Creator: Davis, D. M. & Gupton, E. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of Radioisotopes Program, 1964 (open access)

Review of Radioisotopes Program, 1964

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing a review of the Radioisotopes Program during 1964. Research and experimental projects conducted during 1964 is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1965
Creator: Gillette, J. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development Studies on Waste Storage Process (open access)

Research and Development Studies on Waste Storage Process

Report documenting "the determination of the thermal stability of various fission product oxides and nitrates, and an investigation of the gas phase decomposition of ruthenium tetroxide" (p. 4).
Date: May 19, 1961
Creator: Ortner, M. H.; Anderson, C. J. & Campbell, P. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Idaho Operations Office Health and Safety Division Annual Report: 1961 (open access)

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Idaho Operations Office Health and Safety Division Annual Report: 1961

Report containing documentation of projects undertaken by the multiple branches of the Health and Safety Division of the Idaho Operations Office at the Nuclear Reactor Testing Station (NRTS).
Date: May 21, 1962
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Idaho Operations Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Monthly Progress Report: April 1959 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Monthly Progress Report: April 1959

Abstract: This monthly progress report covers the activities of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor System Program for April 1959. The program includes a water-moderated heterogeneous reactor (Gas-Cooled Reactor Experiment I), a graphite-moderated homogeneous reactor (Gas-Cooled Reactor Experiment II), a mobile gas-cooled reactor (ML-1), and the coordination of the Gas Turbine Test Facility. [It reports] the progress of each project, the associated tests and data evaluation, the applicable design criteria, and the fabrication of reactor components" (p. 1).
Date: May 25, 1959
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The High Flux Isotope Reactor: Volume 1, A Functional Description (open access)

The High Flux Isotope Reactor: Volume 1, A Functional Description

Report containing a description of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High-Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and its operation.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Binford, F. T. & Cramer, E. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Expulsion of Liquid from a Rapidly Heated Channel (open access)

The Expulsion of Liquid from a Rapidly Heated Channel

Report documenting experiments in order to determine the "behavior of a partially confined liquid in contact with a rapidly heated surface" (p. 7). These liquids include water, methanol, ethylene bromide, and acetone.
Date: May 1967
Creator: Singer, Ralph M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UT-4: An Automatic Ultrasonic Tester for Closures of Hanford I&E Fuels (open access)

UT-4: An Automatic Ultrasonic Tester for Closures of Hanford I&E Fuels

Report that "describes the equipment, technologies of use, and reliability of an ultrasonic tester - designated UT-4 - capable of detecting very small defects in the brazed closures of reactor fuel elements" (p. 2).
Date: May 1963
Creator: Hunter, D. O. & Zeutschel, M. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion Studies in Simulated N-Reactor Secondary System Water Environment (open access)

Corrosion Studies in Simulated N-Reactor Secondary System Water Environment

Report containing the procedures and results of tests made to determine the corrosion resistance of materials in a simulation of Hanford Laboratories' N-Reactor secondary system water environment.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Larrick, A. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas-Metal Reactions with Iron- and Nickel-Base Heat Resistant Alloys: An Interpretive Literature Survey (open access)

Gas-Metal Reactions with Iron- and Nickel-Base Heat Resistant Alloys: An Interpretive Literature Survey

Report reviewing literature that concerns "the compatibility of stainless steels and nickel-base alloys with various gases which might be present in or around a high temperature nuclear reactor" (p. 2).
Date: May 1963
Creator: Jones, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Radioactivity-Level Waste Treatment. Part II: Pilot Plant Demonstration of the Removal of Activity from Low-Level Process Wastes by a Scavenging-Precipitation Ion-Exchange Process (open access)

Low-Radioactivity-Level Waste Treatment. Part II: Pilot Plant Demonstration of the Removal of Activity from Low-Level Process Wastes by a Scavenging-Precipitation Ion-Exchange Process

Report documenting the process of decontaminating low-activity fuel waste water via the Scavenging-Precipitation Ion-Exchange process. This includes analyses of the costs of the process as well as a description of the operation of the pilot plant.
Date: May 27, 1963
Creator: Brooksbank, R. E.; Browder, F. N.; Holcomb, R. R. & Whitson, W. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thorium Uranium Physics Experiments: Final Report (open access)

Thorium Uranium Physics Experiments: Final Report

Report concerning the "study of uniform lattice cores moderate with light water" (p. xiii) and comparing the measurements with various theoretical models. Includes descriptions of the cores, core measurements, leakage experiments, and calculations.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Snidow, N. L.; Anderson, R. C.; Batch, M. L.; deCoulon, G. A. G.; Lewis, R. H. & Vannoy, W. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The ML-1 Design Report (open access)

The ML-1 Design Report

From abstract: "This report describes the design of the mobile nuclear power plant which is to be the prototype of a mobile, low-powered nuclear power plant intended to furnish electrical power in remote locations."
Date: May 16, 1960
Creator: Linenberger, G. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermonuclear Division Semiannual Progress Report, January 31, 1961 (open access)

Thermonuclear Division Semiannual Progress Report, January 31, 1961

Report describing ongoing progress made at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Thermonuclear Division.
Date: May 31, 1961
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
Nuclear Superheat Quarterly Project Report: Thirteenth Quarter, July-September 1962 (open access)

Nuclear Superheat Quarterly Project Report: Thirteenth Quarter, July-September 1962

From introduction: "This is the thirteenth in a series of quarterly reports which will cover the progress and results from the conceptual design, economic evaluations and research and development work performed by the General Electric Company as part of the Nuclear Superheat Project."
Date: May 15, 1963
Creator: Pennington, R. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Distribution of Thermal Neutrons from Fast Sources in Exponential Piles (open access)

Distribution of Thermal Neutrons from Fast Sources in Exponential Piles

Report regarding the mathematical analysis of the exponential pile experiment using highly absorbent slugs and assuming the emitting of fast neutrons. Related theory and equations are discussed.
Date: May 27, 1954
Creator: Anselone, Philip M.
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
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
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