Spark-Source Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Common and Radiogenic Lead (open access)

Spark-Source Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Common and Radiogenic Lead

Analysis that is fast and has extremely low levels of detection for more than forty elements that may be present in lead.
Date: June 11, 1965
Creator: Franklin, John C. & Griffin, E. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Coolants for Machining Uranium in the Presence of Trace Amounts of Chloride (open access)

Chemical Coolants for Machining Uranium in the Presence of Trace Amounts of Chloride

Discussion of laboratory tests to reduce uranium corrosion.
Date: October 14, 1964
Creator: Sprague, T. P.; Googin, J. M. & Phillips, L. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
X-Ray Fluorescence Tables: Program Description (open access)

X-Ray Fluorescence Tables: Program Description

Report discussing the mechanics of X-Ray and COMBO computer programs.
Date: July 20, 1964
Creator: Amsbury, W. P.; Lee, W. W.; Rowan, J. H. & Walden, G. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welded Repair of Fill and Drain Holes in High-Carbon Steel Gas Storage Cylinders (open access)

Welded Repair of Fill and Drain Holes in High-Carbon Steel Gas Storage Cylinders

Report discussing the results of fill and drain holes for hydrostatic pressure tests on head knuckle radius of forged-steel gas storage cylinders.
Date: November 5, 1964
Creator: Thompson, J. C. & Lambert, F. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pressure Intensification Provided by External Pressure on a Cylinder Composed of Four Anvils (open access)

Pressure Intensification Provided by External Pressure on a Cylinder Composed of Four Anvils

Results of experimental investigation for improving intensification and to reduce stress concentrations for anvil redesign.
Date: December 6, 1963
Creator: Huddleston, R. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stress Corrosion Cracking in Uranium-Molybdenum Alloys (open access)

Stress Corrosion Cracking in Uranium-Molybdenum Alloys

Investigation conducted to determine the cause of cracking, during tension, on the surface of tensile specimens of uranium-molybdenum alloys.
Date: August 12, 1963
Creator: Pridgeon, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Versatile Spectrometer Magnet Power Supply (open access)

A Versatile Spectrometer Magnet Power Supply

Early results from actual laboratory operation of a more versatile magnet supply.
Date: April 15, 1963
Creator: Groppe, W. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Design and Performance of Levitation Melting Coils (open access)

The Design and Performance of Levitation Melting Coils

The purpose of this study was to provide a means for evaluating the various parameters involved in the design and performance of levitation coils.
Date: April 26, 1963
Creator: Hulsey, William Jewell
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salt Bath Heat Transfer Rates for Uranium Plate (open access)

Salt Bath Heat Transfer Rates for Uranium Plate

Experiment to study temperature conditions during a five-minute heating cycle in the annealing of uranium sheets used as fissile material.
Date: February 1, 1962
Creator: Burditt, R. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Diethers as Uranium Extractants (open access)

Evaluation of Diethers as Uranium Extractants

Report on the determination of several physical properties, pertinent to uranium extraction, for a number of ethers and related compounds.
Date: January 14, 1963
Creator: Googin, J. M.; Harper, W. L.; Phillips, L. R. & Postma, Fred W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cubic Spline, a Curve Fitting Routine (open access)

Cubic Spline, a Curve Fitting Routine

A method of mathematically fitting a curve through a given ordered set of points has been developed and programmed in fortran computer language.
Date: 1963
Creator: Fowler, A. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallurgy Research Operation: Quarterly Progress Report, January - March 1965 (open access)

Metallurgy Research Operation: Quarterly Progress Report, January - March 1965

Quarterly progress report on a project to test the radiation effects on metallurgy.
Date: April 15, 1965
Creator: Cadwell, J. J.; Bierlein, T. K.; Bement, A. L.; Dillon, R. L. & Wheeler, R. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geophysical Seismic Evaluation Study at Hanford (open access)

Geophysical Seismic Evaluation Study at Hanford

From introduction: "In June, 1963, a geophysical research program was conducted at Hanford to determine the feasibility and desirability of using seismic methods in geohydrologic studies. Detection and delineation were desired of seven different geological features that in some sites affect the movement of liquid radioactive wastes discharged to the ground."
Date: December 1964
Creator: Brown, Ruth E. & Raymond, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Static Tests of Corrosion Inhibitors for Aluminum and Carbon Steel (open access)

Static Tests of Corrosion Inhibitors for Aluminum and Carbon Steel

The experiments described in this report were performed for two purposes: (1) to find a chemical, or combination of chemicals, that would be effective for inhibiting corrosion of steel in static portions of the Hanford water systems, and (2) as screening tests to select candidate mixtures for further testing to replace sodium dichromate as the inhibitor of aluminum and steel corrosion in the Hanford single-pass reactor cooling water.
Date: February 1965
Creator: Richman, R. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
INDEX: a Computer Program for Indexing X-ray Diffraction Powder Patterns (open access)

INDEX: a Computer Program for Indexing X-ray Diffraction Powder Patterns

From introduction: "...a logical system has been developed to yield rapidly the indexing of a given powder pattern by using an electronic computer."
Date: January 1965
Creator: Goebel, J. B. & Wilson, Archie Spencer
System: The UNT Digital Library
PRTR second generation shim assembly (open access)

PRTR second generation shim assembly

From introduction: "This document discusses the design, fabrication, assembly, and testing of a second generation shim rod assembly, and testing of a second generation shim rod assembly prototype for use in the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor."
Date: November 1964
Creator: Rasmussen, D. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proceedings of the Symposium on the Solidification and Long-Term Storage of Highly Radioactive Wastes: February 14-18, 1966, Richland, Washington (open access)

Proceedings of the Symposium on the Solidification and Long-Term Storage of Highly Radioactive Wastes: February 14-18, 1966, Richland, Washington

Symposium proceedings regarding long-term storage of highly radioactive wastes resulting from nuclear reactors.
Date: November 1966
Creator: Regan, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ionic Equilibria and Anion Exchange of Uranyl Sulfate Solutions (open access)

Ionic Equilibria and Anion Exchange of Uranyl Sulfate Solutions

Theoretical investigation on the nature of ion exchange of acidified uranyl sulfate solutions with Dowex 21K, a strong base ion exchange resin.
Date: September 28, 1962
Creator: Stein, P. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Major Parameters on Cycle Efficiency and Cost for a Gas-Cooled Reactor Turbine Power Plant (open access)

Effects of Major Parameters on Cycle Efficiency and Cost for a Gas-Cooled Reactor Turbine Power Plant

Cycle study performed on a closed loop Brayton cycle incorporating a gas-cooled nuclear reactor, regeneration, and compressor intercooling. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of various cycle parameters on efficiency and cost.
Date: October 5, 1962
Creator: Miskell, R. V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Mass Spectrometer for Isotopic Analysis of Lithium (open access)

Automatic Mass Spectrometer for Isotopic Analysis of Lithium

Report discussing an improvement program on lithium mass spectrometers.
Date: March 15, 1962
Creator: McBryde, W. T. & Gammon, E. F.
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
The Application of Data Processing Techniques to a Maintenance Work Control Program (open access)

The Application of Data Processing Techniques to a Maintenance Work Control Program

Description of a data collection and reporting system which was devised and installed in the Union Carbide Nuclear Company's Y-12 Plant Maintenance Division.
Date: December 18, 1963
Creator: Westbrook, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cold Pressing of Sinterable UO₂ (open access)

The Cold Pressing of Sinterable UO₂

The intent of this work was to explore more fully the pressing of sinterable UO2 powders into cylindrical compacts in the hope that a more precise prediction of green density in terms of powder properties, pressure, and geometry could be evolved.
Date: March 27, 1961
Creator: Levey, R. P., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transistorized Pulse Counting Equipment (open access)

Transistorized Pulse Counting Equipment

This instrument was designed primarily to meet the need for radiation monitoring equipment in chemical process areas where corrosive vapors exist.
Date: July 26, 1960
Creator: Henry, John J.
System: The UNT Digital Library