Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1964 (open access)

Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Quarterly Progress Report: October 1 - December 31, 1964

Report documenting the progress of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program to develop a mobile nuclear power plant for military field operation.
Date: February 15, 1965
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of a Reduced Pressure Backflow Preventer Using Activation Analysis (open access)

Evaluation of a Reduced Pressure Backflow Preventer Using Activation Analysis

Report containing tests performed to evaluate a reduced pressure backflow preventer. This includes preliminary tests, resulting improvements, and final rests. Appendices begin on page 23.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Baird, Justus N., Jr.; Sanford, W. R. & Cristy, G. A.
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
Tables of the Racah Coefficients (open access)

Tables of the Racah Coefficients

Report containing tables of the Racah Coefficients.
Date: 1952
Creator: Biedenharn, L. C.
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
The High Flux Isotope Reactor: Volume 2, Selected Construction Drawings (open access)

The High Flux Isotope Reactor: Volume 2, Selected Construction Drawings

Report containing a series of drawings detailing the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's high flux isotope reactor, its surroundings, and its systems.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Binford, F. T.; Cramer, E. N. & Cramer, E. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Radiation Leakage Survey of the Shield of the Nuclear Ship Savannah (open access)

The Radiation Leakage Survey of the Shield of the Nuclear Ship Savannah

Report containing a survey of the radiation from the nuclear ship Savannah in order to determine the dose rate for people aboard.
Date: August 29, 1962
Creator: Blizard, E. P.; Blosser, T. V. & Freeston, R. M., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instrumentation and Controls Division Annual Progress Report for the Period Ending September 1, 1966 (open access)

Instrumentation and Controls Division Annual Progress Report for the Period Ending September 1, 1966

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing annual progress made by the Instrumentation and Controls Division during 1966. Descriptions of progress and studies conducted are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 1967
Creator: Borkowski, C. J.; Dandl, R. A.; Epler, E. P. & Harrill, C. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaporation of Iron-, Nickel-, and Cobalt-Base Alloys at 760 to 980°C in High Vacuums (open access)

Evaporation of Iron-, Nickel-, and Cobalt-Base Alloys at 760 to 980°C in High Vacuums

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing the evaporation of alloys in high vacuums. As stated in the introduction, "the investigation encompasses measurements of the evaporation rates, identification of the evaporating elements, and correlation of these measurements to the alloy composition for specimens in both the polished and oxidized conditions" (p. 2). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Bourgette, D. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending February 28, 1965 (open access)

Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending February 28, 1965

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing semiannual progress made by the Molten-Salt Reactor Program. Progress of operations, construction, engineering analysis, and development is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Briggs, R. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending July 31, 1964 (open access)

Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending July 31, 1964

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing semiannual progress made by the Molten-Salt Reactor Program. Descriptions of design, construction, and experimental progress is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Briggs, R. B.
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
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
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
Laboratory Development of Processes for Fixation of High-Level Radioactive Waste in Glassy Solids. [Part] 3, Wastes from the Purex Solvent Extraction Process (open access)

Laboratory Development of Processes for Fixation of High-Level Radioactive Waste in Glassy Solids. [Part] 3, Wastes from the Purex Solvent Extraction Process

Report concerning the fixation and disposal of toxic waste derived from the Purex solvent extraction process.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Clark, W. E.; Godbee, H. W. & Fitzgerald, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Instantaneous and Creep Buckling of Initially Out-of-Round Tubes Subjected to External Pressure (open access)

An Investigation of the Instantaneous and Creep Buckling of Initially Out-of-Round Tubes Subjected to External Pressure

Report regarding a method for predicting the instantaneous and creep buckling characteristics of tubes to lateral external pressures using a small sample of 8.0-in.-o.d. stainless steel tubes. The report includes the development and application of buckling theories. Appendix begins on page 71.
Date: 1963
Creator: Corum, J. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Analysis of NS "Savannah" Operation at Camden (open access)

Environmental Analysis of NS "Savannah" Operation at Camden

Report regarding the nuclear ship "Savannah" and the consequences of nuclear activity that it would release into the surrounding area at its proposed startup site, Camden, New Jersey. Scenarios include activity being released into the atmosphere and hydrosphere, damage to equipment, and effects on a population.
Date: 1960
Creator: Cottrell, William B.; Mann, L. A.; Parker, F. L. & Schmidt, G. D.
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
Development of Fabrication Procedures for Core B Fuel Elements for the Enrico Fermi Fast Breeder Reactor (open access)

Development of Fabrication Procedures for Core B Fuel Elements for the Enrico Fermi Fast Breeder Reactor

Report describing the "development procedures for fabricating the proposed Core B fuel element of the Enrico Fermi Fast Breeder Reactor" (p. 1). This includes a description of various components, reactor assembly, and reported conclusions. Appendices begin on page 57.
Date: 1964
Creator: Donnelly, R. G.; Thurber, W. C. & Slaughter, G. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design Report for Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor Pressurized Water Loop at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Research Reactor (open access)

Design Report for Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor Pressurized Water Loop at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Research Reactor

Report describing a pressurized water loop that was constructed for use in the Maritime Reactor Program. The report also includes the operational experience of using the device. Appendices begin on page 48.
Date: 1963
Creator: Dudley, I. T.; Tidwell, D. E. & Trauger, Donald B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Superposition of Forced and Diffusive Flow in a Large-Pore Graphite (open access)

Superposition of Forced and Diffusive Flow in a Large-Pore Graphite

Report describing an "investigation of steady-state counter-flow of gases in a large pore graphite" by exposing it to streams of helium and argon.
Date: 1961
Creator: Evans, R. B., III; Truitt, J. & Watson, G. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pulse Amplifier Manual (open access)

Pulse Amplifier Manual

Manual for the use and repair of repair pulse amplifiers. This covers general testing routines, specific tests, and a bibliography of related materials.
Date: 1962
Creator: Fairstein, E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Solution Critical Experiments for the High-Flux Isotope Reactor (open access)

Preliminary Solution Critical Experiments for the High-Flux Isotope Reactor

Report containing experiments conducted at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Critical Experiments Facility. These experiments involved "determining the critical parameters of the assembly with varying amounts of neutron absorber in the D20 reflector, measuring the relative neutron flux distribution for various conditions of reflector poison and fissile solution concentration, determining the ratio of the absolute thermal-neutron flux in the center of the assembly to the power in the fissile solution , and determining the effect on reactivity of reducing the hydrogen density in the central region of the assembly" (p. 1).
Date: June 12, 1963
Creator: Fox, J. K.; Magnuson, D. W. & Gilley, L. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Designs for Four Integrated Gas-Cooled Ceramic-Fueled and -Moderated Reactor Core and Steam Generator Units (open access)

Preliminary Designs for Four Integrated Gas-Cooled Ceramic-Fueled and -Moderated Reactor Core and Steam Generator Units

Report containing preliminary designs for four reactor core and steam generator units. The units, their difficulties, and the layout of the reactor building are described.
Date: 1962
Creator: Fraas, A. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library