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Materials Testing Reactor Project Handbook (open access)

Materials Testing Reactor Project Handbook

The following handbook was made for the purpose of: (1) to give a semidetailed description of the testing reactor, and (2) to explain, in so far as possible, the reasons for the design.
Date: May 7, 1951
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Medical and Health Physics Quarterly Report: January - March 1954 (open access)

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Medical and Health Physics Quarterly Report: January - March 1954

The following quarterly report covers the period of January, February and March of 1954, discussing medical and health physics such as: the metabolic properties of various materials, biological studies of radiation effects, lipoprotein studies, health chemistry, and health physics.
Date: May 16, 1954
Creator: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
AEC Hot Cells and Related Facilities (open access)

AEC Hot Cells and Related Facilities

Foreward: The primary purpose of this report is to present as an accumulation of basic information on the hot cells constructed to date by the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Fosdick, Ellery R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Installation of a High Precision Temperature and Intimate Contact Monitor for Experimental Vacuum Chucks (open access)

Design and Installation of a High Precision Temperature and Intimate Contact Monitor for Experimental Vacuum Chucks

Describes the design criteria, design details, and final installation of a high precision temperature and intimate contact monitor.
Date: May 15, 1958
Creator: Morrow, G. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Automatic Analyzing Monitor for Reactor Effluent Cooling Water (open access)

An Automatic Analyzing Monitor for Reactor Effluent Cooling Water

From objective: "The objective of this work was to design, develop, assemble, and test and automatic analyzing monitor for recording the prominent isotopes in reactor effluent cooling water."
Date: May 1, 1959
Creator: Rieck, H. G.; Ratcliffe, C. A. & Schwendiman, L. C.
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 Intensity Food Irradiator: Report 17 (open access)

The High Intensity Food Irradiator: Report 17

From introduction: A thorough investigation, both experimental and theoretical was carried out on plaque type radiators. Five phases of the work are reported: preliminary design analysis, experimental measurements, computational program and analytical studies, followed by a general discussion of source design principles. The results are summarized in graphs and formulae which may be applied to other design requirements.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: Curtiss-Wright Corporation
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
Uranium-Bismuth In-Pile Corrosion Test Loop: Radiation Loop No. 1 (open access)

Uranium-Bismuth In-Pile Corrosion Test Loop: Radiation Loop No. 1

Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing uranium-bismuth corrosion test loops. Design, construction, and operation of the test loops are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Waide, C. H.; Kukacka, L. E.; Meyer, R. A.; Milau, J.; Klein, J. H.; Chow, J. G. Y. et al.
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
Determination of the Effect of High Excess H2SO4 Concentrations on the Radiation-Induced Corrosion of Zirconium and Titanium Alloys in 0.17 m UO2SO4 (open access)

Determination of the Effect of High Excess H2SO4 Concentrations on the Radiation-Induced Corrosion of Zirconium and Titanium Alloys in 0.17 m UO2SO4

Study of the effects on Zircaloy-2 radiation corrosion of a high concentration of excess H2SO4 in a uranyl sulfate test solution using an in-pile loop experiment.
Date: May 1, 1962
Creator: Jenks, G. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-Pile Loop Investigations of Corrosion of Zircaloy-2 and Other Possible Reactor Materials in 0.04 m UO2SO4 AT 280°C (open access)

In-Pile Loop Investigations of Corrosion of Zircaloy-2 and Other Possible Reactor Materials in 0.04 m UO2SO4 AT 280°C

One of a series of experiments to test the radiation corrosion of Zircaloy-2 and other possible reactor construction materials in UO2SO4 solutions under various radiation intensities, temperatures, solution compositions, and velocities of flow past specimens.
Date: May 5, 1962
Creator: Jenks, G. H.
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
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
Conceptual Design Study of a Mobile Gamma Irradiator for Fruit Produce (open access)

Conceptual Design Study of a Mobile Gamma Irradiator for Fruit Produce

From introduction: This report covers the results of a study of a mobile irradiator for fruit grown in California.
Date: May 31, 1962
Creator: Associated Nucleonics (Garden City, N.Y.)
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
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
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
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
Survey of Piping Failures for the Reactor Primary Coolant Pipe Rupture Study (open access)

Survey of Piping Failures for the Reactor Primary Coolant Pipe Rupture Study

From summary: "An industrial piping failure survey covering 701 contacts in electric utilities, petroleum refineries, chemical processing, marine applications, architect-engineers, component manufacturers, piping fabricating and erectors, insurance companies, and others was conducted as part of the Reactor Primary Coolant Rupture Study."
Date: May 1964
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
System: The UNT Digital Library