Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Chemistry Division Quarterly Report: March - May 1953 (open access)

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Chemistry Division Quarterly Report: March - May 1953

Quarterly report of the Chemistry Division at the University of California Radiation Laboratory providing updates for each department about current findings and ongoing research.
Date: June 25, 1953
Creator: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. Chemistry Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor: Research and Development Program (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor: Research and Development Program

Work required, proposed schedule, and an estimate of the costs for complete program to build first LMFR power plant.
Date: June 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reference Design Report LMFRE-1: June 1958, Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment (open access)

Reference Design Report LMFRE-1: June 1958, Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment

Conceptual design of experimental liquid metal fuel reactor.
Date: June 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Alpha, Beta, Gamma Hand and Shoe Counter - Model 2 (open access)

An Alpha, Beta, Gamma Hand and Shoe Counter - Model 2

Experimental combination hand and shoe counter redesign as a compact, simplified, register readout instrument no larger than the present Five-Fold called Model 2.
Date: June 2, 1958
Creator: Spear, W. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Preliminary Safeguards Analysis (open access)

Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Preliminary Safeguards Analysis

Report describing the Hanford Atomic Works' Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor, its siting concerns, operation, and safety concerns.
Date: June 5, 1958
Creator: Wittenbrock, N. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on Design Tests PR-50 and PR-51: Reactor Piping Seal Testing and Reactor Piping Structural Integrity (open access)

Final Report on Design Tests PR-50 and PR-51: Reactor Piping Seal Testing and Reactor Piping Structural Integrity

A test program conducted to develop high integrity piping and seal components for Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor installation. Methods of preventing leakage of costly D2O coolant and maintaining operational safety were investigated.
Date: June 26, 1959
Creator: Jackson, P. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molten-Salt Reactor Program Quarterly Progress Report: April 1959 (open access)

Molten-Salt Reactor Program Quarterly Progress Report: April 1959

Report documenting ongoing experiments, designs, and tests undertaken by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the Molten-Salt Reactor Project.
Date: June 26, 1959
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Evaluation of a 300-Mw(e) Supercritical Pressure Power Reactor (open access)

Economic Evaluation of a 300-Mw(e) Supercritical Pressure Power Reactor

Report describing a 300-Mw(e) Supercritical Pressure Power Reactor's facilities, physics, economics, and problems encountered during its development. Appendix begins on page 103.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Harty, H.; Regimbal, J. J.; Toyoda, K. G. & Widrig, R. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heat Transfer Calculations for the PRTR Pressurized Gas-Cooled Loop Facility (open access)

Heat Transfer Calculations for the PRTR Pressurized Gas-Cooled Loop Facility

A series of calculations are described which evaluated the heat transfer and fluid flow aspects of the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor Pressurized Gas-Loop Facility.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Muraoka, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallographic Study of the Annealing Behavior of Aluminum-Silicon Eutectic Alloy (open access)

Metallographic Study of the Annealing Behavior of Aluminum-Silicon Eutectic Alloy

This purpose of this report is to establish a means of determining the mean effective temperature at which any specimen of Al-Si had been annealed.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Todd, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molten-Salt Reactor Program Progress Report, August 1, 1960 to February 28, 1961 (open access)

Molten-Salt Reactor Program Progress Report, August 1, 1960 to February 28, 1961

Report containing ongoing projects and experiments undertaken by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Molten-Salt Reactor Program.
Date: June 27, 1961
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Darex Process: Processing of Stainless Steel-Containing Reactor Fuels with Dilute Aqua Regia (open access)

Darex Process: Processing of Stainless Steel-Containing Reactor Fuels with Dilute Aqua Regia

From abstract: "The Darex process developed for the recovery of uranium from stainless steel-containing reactor fuels consists of three steps: (1) dissolution of the fuel material in dilute aqua regia, (2) removal of chloride from the solution to prevent corrosion of downstream stainless steel process equipment, and (3) adjustment of the nitrate solution to solvent extraction feed conditions."
Date: June 7, 1962
Creator: Kitts, F. G. & Clark, W. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-Pile Radiation Corrosion Experiments with Zirconium, Titanium, and Steel Alloys in 0.17 m UO2SO4 Solutions at 280°C (open access)

In-Pile Radiation Corrosion Experiments with Zirconium, Titanium, and Steel Alloys in 0.17 m UO2SO4 Solutions at 280°C

In-pile loop experiments L-2-15 and L-4-16 were two of a series designed to test the radiation corrosion of Zircaloy-2 and other possible reactor construction materials in UO2SO4 solutions under various conditions of radiation intensities, temperatures, solution compositions, and velocity flow past specimens.
Date: June 10, 1963
Creator: Jenks, G. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electronuclear Research Division Annual Progress Report, December 31, 1963 (open access)

Electronuclear Research Division Annual Progress Report, December 31, 1963

Report containing ongoing research and development taking place at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Electronuclear Division.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Electronuclear Research Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Graphite Burnout Monitoring: Part 1, Monitor Preparation and Handling Techniques (open access)

Graphite Burnout Monitoring: Part 1, Monitor Preparation and Handling Techniques

Report that describes graphite oxidation monitors and their proper storage and handling, as well as the losses encountered when moving the monitors between the laboratory and the reactor.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Ryan, B. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-Pile Test of Prototype ML-1 Fuel Elements (open access)

In-Pile Test of Prototype ML-1 Fuel Elements

Report documenting the testing of prototype fuel elements used in a mobile nuclear power plant. Includes descriptions and evaluations of the test.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Brunhouse, J. S.; Burgess, A. B.; Geering, G. T.; Nakazato, S. & Titus, G. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Model Concept for Large Nuclear Reactors (open access)

A New Model Concept for Large Nuclear Reactors

Report regarding the computer assisted model for a large nuclear reactor. This includes formulas and relevant procedures.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Harvey, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Radioisotopes Procedures Manual (open access)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Radioisotopes Procedures Manual

Manual for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Isotopes Development Center. Includes procedures for the production, storage, and shipment of radioisotopes.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Case, F. N.; Fuccillo, D. A., Jr.; Ewing, Sylvia B.; Acree, E. H.; McFarland, C. E.; Massey, B. J. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physics Division Annual Progress Report, January 31, 1964 (open access)

Physics Division Annual Progress Report, January 31, 1964

Report containing ongoing research and development of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Physics Division.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Physics Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedures for Fabricating Aluminum-Base ATR Fuel Elements (open access)

Procedures for Fabricating Aluminum-Base ATR Fuel Elements

Report concerning the relatively inexpensive fabrication of an aluminum-based fuel element for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's 250-Mw Advanced Test Reactor.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Beaver, R. J.; Patriarca, P. & Adamson, G. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welding Plutonium-Containing Fuel Elements (open access)

Welding Plutonium-Containing Fuel Elements

Report discussing the manual and automatic welding techniques for fuel elements containing plutonium with Zircaloy-2 aluminum, and stainless steel cladding, 0.013 to 0.0889 cm (0.005 to 0.350 in.) thick" (p. 3).
Date: June 1964
Creator: Lemon, L. C.; Ross, W. T. & Bailey, W. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thin Wall Tubing Tests Using Ultrasonic Shear Waves: Part 2 - Production Test Equipment, Its Operation and Test Results (open access)

Thin Wall Tubing Tests Using Ultrasonic Shear Waves: Part 2 - Production Test Equipment, Its Operation and Test Results

Report describing Hanford Laboratories' second report regarding thin wall tubing tests. This part covers "the production [of] test equipment developed, its operation, and test results" (p. 2).
Date: June 30, 1964
Creator: Zeutschel, M. F. & Dixon, N. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Development of a Foam Column for Countercurrent Surface-Liquid Extraction of Surface-Active Solutes (open access)

Engineering Development of a Foam Column for Countercurrent Surface-Liquid Extraction of Surface-Active Solutes

Report documenting the problems, design, and operation of countercurrent liquid-foam columns.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Haas, P. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Semiannual Progress Report: March 1965 (open access)

Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Semiannual Progress Report: March 1965

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing semiannual progress made by the Gas-Cooled Reactor Program. Descriptions of progress and studies conducted are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Trauger, D. B. & Whitman, G. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library