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
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
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
Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Final Safeguard Analysis: Supplement 5, Fuel Element Rupture Testing Facility Analysis (open access)

Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Final Safeguard Analysis: Supplement 5, Fuel Element Rupture Testing Facility Analysis

This report describes the final design of the Fuel Element Rupture Testing Facility and summarizes the safeguards analyses of the design and plans for operation.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Hanthorn, H. E.
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