Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment: Induction Welding for Remote Maintenance -- Final Report (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment: Induction Welding for Remote Maintenance -- Final Report

Report concerning the technical feasibility of induction welding for use in remote maintenance at the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment. Includes descriptions of the device used, test procedures, and results.
Date: March 1960
Creator: Dean, D. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consolidated Nuclear Steam Generator for Merchant Ship Application: A Conceptual Design (open access)

Consolidated Nuclear Steam Generator for Merchant Ship Application: A Conceptual Design

Report concerning the economic feasibility of pressurized water reactors for use aboard merchant ships. This includes conceptual designs and work remaining for the future of a Pressurized Water Reactor.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Quarterly Technical Report: July - September 1958 (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Quarterly Technical Report: July - September 1958

Report containing research and development undertaken regarding the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment.
Date: October 1958
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor, Technical Feasibility Report (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor, Technical Feasibility Report

Report concerning the technical feasibility of a full-scale Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor, including metallurgical, mechanical, and engineering evaluations.
Date: June 30, 1955
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Reactor Experiment Research and Development Program, June 1957 (open access)

Liquid Metal Reactor Experiment Research and Development Program, June 1957

Report containing research and development undertaken regarding the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment. This includes engineering information concerning the design, construction, and operation of the experiment.
Date: June 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Reactor Experiment Preliminary Hazards Evaluation, July 1957 (open access)

Liquid Metal Reactor Experiment Preliminary Hazards Evaluation, July 1957

Report containing descriptions of the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment's reactor, containment, and plant design. Includes analyses of associated environmental hazards.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
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
Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment: Reference Design Report (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment: Reference Design Report

Report concerning preliminary designs of the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment (LMFRE) facility. This includes descriptions of the reactor, degasser, and steam system, materials to be used, plant arrangement, building siting, and safety considerations.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment, Cavitation by Bismuth (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment, Cavitation by Bismuth

From abstract: "Croloy 2 - 1/4 was tested to determine the causes and effects of cavitation in dynamic liquid bismuth solutions."
Date: December 1959
Creator: Hovanec, F. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Liquid Metal Thorium Breeder Reactor (open access)

The Liquid Metal Thorium Breeder Reactor

From introduction: "Investigation of breeding potential and technical and economic feasibility of breeding in the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor concept."
Date: February 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
NS Savannah Upgrading Analog Computer Analysis (open access)

NS Savannah Upgrading Analog Computer Analysis

From abstract: "This work amplified previous design studies by considering accidents of greater severity, automatic limiting devices to preclude safety action, and more realistic parameters based on operating experience."
Date: November 1962
Creator: Rosser, R. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical processing methods and economics for various liquid metal fuel reactors (open access)

Chemical processing methods and economics for various liquid metal fuel reactors

From abstract: "The economic factors of chemical processing of the fuel and blanket from liquid bismuth fuel reactors are described and evaluated."
Date: March 1958
Creator: Pierce, R. D.; Miller, W. E. & Zellnik, H. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Thorium Fuels for the Heavy Water Organic Cooled Reactor (open access)

Evaluation of Thorium Fuels for the Heavy Water Organic Cooled Reactor

From abstract: "A summary of work done by The Babcock & Wilcox Company to evaluate thorium fuels for the Heavy Water Organic Cooled Reactor (HWOCR)."
Date: July 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 1 (open access)

1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 1

From introduction: "The objective of this study is to provide information that will assist the Atomic Energy Commission in furthering the National Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Program. We plan to accomplish this end, in part, by extending the original studies to include system and component design and parametric evaluations of the nuclear steam supply system and its related systems and subsystems based on an estimation of the state of technology in 1980."
Date: June 1967
Creator: Goulding, B. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 2, Concept I System Description (open access)

1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 2, Concept I System Description

From introduction: "This report has been prepared in conjunction with the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Follow-On Study. It is the Concept I description of Task I as outlined by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in Appendix C of their Follow-On Study Program."
Date: April 1967
Creator: Boyer, R. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 3, Concept II System Description (open access)

1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 3, Concept II System Description

From introduction: "This report has been prepared in conjunction with the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Follow-On Study. It is the Concept II description of Task I as outlined by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in Appendix C of their Follow-On-Study Program."
Date: June 1967
Creator: Goulding, B. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 4, Concept III System Description (open access)

1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 4, Concept III System Description

From introduction: "The third of four designs to be developed by Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), Concept III observes ground rules established under the LMFBR Follow-On Program and is based on the estimated state of technology in 1980."
Date: July 1967
Creator: Goulding, B. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 5, Concept IV System Description (open access)

1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 5, Concept IV System Description

From introduction: "The last of four designs to be developed by Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), Concept IV observes ground rules established under the LMFBR Follow-On Program and is based on the estimated state of technology in 1980."
Date: August 1967
Creator: Goulding, B. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gel-Addition Process Chemical Studies: Quarterly Progress Report Number 18, November 1970 - January 1971 (open access)

Gel-Addition Process Chemical Studies: Quarterly Progress Report Number 18, November 1970 - January 1971

Quarterly progress report on activities of a project to develop "a sol-gel process and related processes for preparing (U, Pu)O2 fast reactor fuels" (abstract).
Date: 1970-11/1971-01
Creator: Carlson, R. V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Irradiation Performance of Thoria-Urania Fuel Materials: Quarterly Technical Report, Number 2, October - December 1964 (open access)

Irradiation Performance of Thoria-Urania Fuel Materials: Quarterly Technical Report, Number 2, October - December 1964

From introduction: "Complete exploitation of the advantages of thorium as a fertile material in thermal and particular resonant spectrum reactors has been inhibited by the lack of quantitative physical property data for thoria and thoria-urania fuels."
Date: October 1964
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment, Quarterly Technical Report: May 1957 - September 1957 (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment, Quarterly Technical Report: May 1957 - September 1957

Quarterly technical report discussing progress and activities of the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment, Quarterly Technical Report: April 1958 - June 1958 (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment, Quarterly Technical Report: April 1958 - June 1958

Quarterly technical report discussing progress and activities of the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment.
Date: April 1958
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Annual Technical Report: 1958 (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Annual Technical Report: 1958

Annual report of the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment describing progress during calendar year 1958 and as well as an evaluation of progress and plans for future work.
Date: March 25, 1959
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor:  Design of the MMSR Primary Shield (open access)

Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor: Design of the MMSR Primary Shield

The purpose of this report is to describe the shielding calculations and techniques used in sizing the MMSR primary shield, the results obtained, and the resulting shield thicknesses. The present report covers many of the items scheduled for presentation in the final MMSR shield design report to be issued in November of 1958. The primary shield in the MMSR consists of the reflector, thermal shields, pressure vessel wall, a 33" water annulus and a layer of lead shielding at the exterior of the primary shield tank vary from 3" to 1" in thickness.
Date: April 1958
Creator: Smith, W. R. & Turner, M. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library