Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Section 2 of Article 2815k-3 of Vernon's Civil Statutes prohibits use of a junior college district appropriation to defray any costs of students who are in their third and fourth collegiate years, and related questions.

From abstract: A preliminary study has been made of a direct access, streamlined process for the rapid fabrication of fuel using uranium-233.

Methods are presented for determining the electric power requirements of a given communications mission in terms of mission and orbit parameters. Analyses were made of possible applications of available and projected space auxiliary power units in these satellites. The satellitc as a communication node is discussed. Example calculations are given. (M.C.G.)

Results of studies concerning the asymmetric/symmetric ratio for fission induced by neutrons of energies corresponding to various fission resonances are presented. These studies were carried out primarily with monoenergetic neutrons at 1.8, 2.3, and 4.3 ev. The fission ratios in the low-energy resonance region was found to change from resonance to resonance, and the ratios appear to fall into symmetry classes each of which has a characteristic peak-to-valley mass yield ratio. It appears that a spin dependence is involved in the mass distribution as predicted by the Bohr model. The exact nature of this dependence is not clearly understood. (J.R.D.)

Spectroscopic observations were made of the flow field behind a cylindrical hypersonic wave front resulting from an imploding electrical dischange into an initially low pressure quiescert gas. Sub-microsecond resolved spectra were obtained by use of a quartz prism monochromatorphotomultiplier detector system with photographic recording of an oscilloscope displayed output signal. Electrically produced plasma rings were established in detonabie as well as non-reactive gases. Strong indications were observed that exothermic reactions, as evidenced by H/sub 2/O emission, proceed in H/sub 2/ + 1/2 O/sub 2/ reactant mixtures within less than one microsecond under certain initial low pressure conditions. A reaction threshold at 1 mm Hg pressure was found for the particular reaction vessel used. Timeintegrated spectrometer photos support the conclusions reached with the transient spectra analysis equipment. (auth)

The water plants and associated steam back-up facilities which supply coolant to Hanford`s eight production reactors are large and vital facilities. Their reliability is essential to the safety and continuity of reactor operation. Their output and efficiency are important to reactor productivity and to the unit cost of plutonium and other irradiation products. In the fiscal year just ended, the cost of operating the reactor water and steam plants was $16,000,000, which represented a major fraction (37%) of the total irradiation cost for the same period. Substantial improvements in water plant capacity and operating economy over an extended period are reflected in this operating cost figure. The purpose of this report is to highlight the capacity increases and cost reductions achieved during the five fiscal years 1958 through 1962.