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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Continuous Water Monitor for Detecting PPM Quantities of Alkali Metals (open access)

A Continuous Water Monitor for Detecting PPM Quantities of Alkali Metals

Abstract: "This report describes a flame photometric system which continuously monitors a process water stream for ppm quantities of alkali metals, and automatically diverts the stream when the contamination exceeds a pre-determined level."
Date: June 20, 1955
Creator: Been, Julian F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equation of State and Heat Content of Uranium (open access)

Equation of State and Heat Content of Uranium

Report issued by the APDA regarting studies conducted on the state of uranium at different temperature and pressure. Calculations are presented for the differing pressures of uranium; it includes tables.
Date: February 20, 1957
Creator: Brout, Robert H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Bowing of Core Subassemblies (open access)

Thermal Bowing of Core Subassemblies

Report issued by the APDA over studies conducted on thermal bowing of core sub-assemblies at the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant. As stated in the introduction and summary, "the present report deals with this problem in the design of the Enrico Fermi Reactor and with the method which has been adopted to avoid a positive temperature coefficient of reactivity" (p. 1). This report includes illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 20, 1959
Creator: De Stordeur, Arnold
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Metals Annual Progress Report: 1956-1957 (open access)

Nuclear Metals Annual Progress Report: 1956-1957

Annual report for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Research Division describing work completed by programs at Nuclear Metals, Inc.
Date: November 20, 1957
Creator: Nuclear Metals, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparent viscosity of simulated underground metal waste slurries (open access)

Apparent viscosity of simulated underground metal waste slurries

From introduction: "This report presents the apparent viscosities of supernate-sludge slurries prepared synthetically to simulate the conditions known to exist in the waste storage tanks, but with fission products and plutonium absent."
Date: June 20, 1950
Creator: Allen, A. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Studies of Scavenging Systems Related to Radioactive Fallout : Eighth Letter Report, June 1 to August 1, 1959 (open access)

Preliminary Studies of Scavenging Systems Related to Radioactive Fallout : Eighth Letter Report, June 1 to August 1, 1959

Introduction: "This is the eighth letter report on ARF Project C 127, entitled "Preliminary Studies of Scavenging Systems Related to Radioactive Fallout." This report covers the period from June 1 to August 1, 1959."
Date: August 20, 1959
Creator: Stockham, John D. & Rosinski, John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zirconium Pilot Plant Research and Development Progress Report (open access)

Zirconium Pilot Plant Research and Development Progress Report

The following progress report was compiled by the research and development division of the zirconium pilot plant. This report discusses two iodination and deposition runs that were completed as of August 20, 1951, as well as the third iodination run that uses a vaporizer condenser that condenses approximately 40 pounds of zirconium iodide.
Date: September 20, 1951
Creator: Accountius, O. E.; Black, D. G.; Dryden, C. E.; Finney, B. C.; Gruber, B. A.; Jurevic, W. G. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zirconium Pilot Plant Research and Development Progress Report (open access)

Zirconium Pilot Plant Research and Development Progress Report

The following report studies the effect of flow rates and deposition pressure on the zirconium deposition in the zirconium pilot plant with the use of a Hilco oil purifier for the vacuum pumps that permitted studies to continue through the month.
Date: November 20, 1951
Creator: Dryden, C. E.; Accountius, O. E.; Black, D. G.; Finney, B. C.; Gruber, B. A.; Jurevic, W. G. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report on Nonaqueous Extractive Methods for Western Uranium Ores (open access)

Progress Report on Nonaqueous Extractive Methods for Western Uranium Ores

This report describes progress in testing nonaqueous methods for extracting uranium and vanadium from Western ores. Acetone leaches were found to be effective.
Date: January 20, 1954
Creator: Ewing, R. A.; Kiehl, S. J., Jr.; Kimball, R. B. & Bearse, A. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report on Nonaqueous Extractive Methods for Western Uranium Ores (open access)

Progress Report on Nonaqueous Extractive Methods for Western Uranium Ores

The following progress reports continues the investigation of the HCl-acetone process for extracting uranium, discovering that it is applicable to most Western ores, yielding high uranium recoveries. The economics of the process have been improved by substitution of sulfuric acid for part of the hydrochloric acid requirements.
Date: April 20, 1954
Creator: Ewing, R. A.; Pobereskin, M.; Kiehl, S. J.; Foley, D. D.; Filbert, Robert B.; Kimball, R. B. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report on Nonaqueous Extractive Methods for Western Uranium Ores (open access)

Progress Report on Nonaqueous Extractive Methods for Western Uranium Ores

This report describes progress regarding construction of a small pilot plant and a five-step process involving hydrochloric-sulfuric acid treatment and acetone extraction.
Date: October 20, 1954
Creator: Ewing, R. A.; Foley, D. D.; Filbert, Robert B., Jr. & Bearse, A. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report on Nonaqueous Extractive Methods for Western Uranium Ores (open access)

Progress Report on Nonaqueous Extractive Methods for Western Uranium Ores

This report describes progress in testing nonaqueous extractive methods for leaching Western ores of uranium and vanadium
Date: October 20, 1953
Creator: Ewing, R. A.; Pobereskin, M.; Kimball, R. B. & Bearse, A. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modified-Graphite Technology : Quarterly Report No. 1 (open access)

Modified-Graphite Technology : Quarterly Report No. 1

From abstract: "This report summarizes the past year of study of fine, molded, multicrystalline graphites with particular reference to the interrelation among certain properties with the composition, fabricating techniques, and thermal treatments found to influence them."
Date: January 20, 1960
Creator: Bradstreet, Samuel W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyon for Radioactive Contamination and Radio Assay Tests Run on Sewer-Water Samples and Water and Soil Samples Taken From Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyons (open access)

Survey of Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyon for Radioactive Contamination and Radio Assay Tests Run on Sewer-Water Samples and Water and Soil Samples Taken From Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyons

"Report of the Survey of Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyon for radioactive contamination and radioassay tests run on sewer water samples and water and soil samples taken from Los Alamos and Pueblo Canyons." The objective of this report was to determine the extent and sources of radioactive contamination in the areas studied.
Date: February 20, 1947
Creator: Kingsley, William H.; Fox, Alvin; Tribby, J. F. & Doner, Elmer
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feasibility Study of a New Mass Flow System : Quarterly Report No. 5 Covering the Period from June 1, 1961 to August 31, 1961 (open access)

Feasibility Study of a New Mass Flow System : Quarterly Report No. 5 Covering the Period from June 1, 1961 to August 31, 1961

This is the fifth quarterly report that documents a system of mass flow that can record measurements of homogeneous flow, slurries, highly corrosive fluids and multiphase fluids, additionally considering pressure drops, measuring external to the flow, ruggedness and reliability.
Date: September 20, 1961
Creator: Haffner, J. W. & Genthe, William K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feasibility Study of a New Mass Flow System : Quarterly Report No. 3 Covering the Period from December 1, 1960 to February 28, 1961 (open access)

Feasibility Study of a New Mass Flow System : Quarterly Report No. 3 Covering the Period from December 1, 1960 to February 28, 1961

This is the third quarterly report that documents a system of mass flow that can record measurements of homogeneous flow, slurries, highly corrosive fluids and multiphase fluids, additionally considering pressure drops, measuring external to the flow, ruggedness and reliability.
Date: March 20, 1961
Creator: Burgwald, G. M.; Stone, C. A. & Genthe, William K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Evaluation of High-Temperature Tungsten Alloys: Quarterly Report Number 1, October-December 1959 (open access)

Development and Evaluation of High-Temperature Tungsten Alloys: Quarterly Report Number 1, October-December 1959

Quarterly report describing progress on a project to develop and evaluate high-temperature tungsten alloys. This report discusses initial experiments to compare different alloy combinations.
Date: January 20, 1960
Creator: Holtz, F. C. & Van Thyne, R. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vapor-Deposited Zirconium on Uranium (open access)

Vapor-Deposited Zirconium on Uranium

From introduction: "This report describes the second phase of the work on the application of protective coatings to uranium by vapor deposition to reduce or prevent its corrosion by water."
Date: July 20, 1955
Creator: Powell, Carroll F.; Jones, Robert P.; Girod, Fleet T. & Campbell, Ivor E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Determination of Uranyl Nitrate in Pretreated Hexone by Infrared Absorption Measurements (open access)

The Determination of Uranyl Nitrate in Pretreated Hexone by Infrared Absorption Measurements

The following report examines methods to determine uranium nitrate hexahydrate on pretreated hexone in the range of 0 to 40 g./l. by infrared absorption measurements.
Date: April 20, 1950
Creator: Moore, R. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ferrous Sulfamate Stability in the RA System (open access)

Ferrous Sulfamate Stability in the RA System

Objective: "The observations summarized in the present report were made to determine the stability of ferrous and sulfamate ions and sulfamic acid in RA Column scrub solution (RAS) and in aqueous solution comparable to the RA Column feed tee composition (RAFS). Knowledge of the stability of the reducing agent (ferrous iron) is necessary to properly plan the method of preparation and introduction of this component into the RA system and to assure dependable and reproducible performance."
Date: April 20, 1950
Creator: Clagett, Fred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemistry and Movement of Ground Water, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Chemistry and Movement of Ground Water, Nevada Test Site

Introduction: The chemical character of ground water depends to a large degree upon the character of the rock formations through which the water moves. The composition of the water is the result of several solutional and decompositional processes.
Date: May 20, 1964
Creator: Schoff, Stuart L. & Moore, John E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transonic Wind-Tunnel Tests of the Launch, Jettison, and Longitudinal Characteristics of an Airplane and Missile Model Combination (open access)

Transonic Wind-Tunnel Tests of the Launch, Jettison, and Longitudinal Characteristics of an Airplane and Missile Model Combination

Report presenting tests of an airplane model equipped with missiles to investigate the capability of that combination to achieve satisfactory launching and jettisoning of the missiles. Information about pylon modifications, missiles in launch positions, missile trajectory, and missiles in jettison positions is provided.
Date: November 20, 1957
Creator: Cleary, Joseph W.; Frank, Joseph L. & Dewey, C. Forbes, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Surface to Mass Dependence of Effective Resonance Integrals for Uranium 238 Cylinders (open access)

Surface to Mass Dependence of Effective Resonance Integrals for Uranium 238 Cylinders

Technical report outlining the determination of the effective resonance integral for U238 as a function of the mass ratio for cylinders of 5/8" to 3" diameter. Also gives a linear approximation of the effective resonance integral with infinite shielding in the form of a function. [From Abstract]
Date: March 20, 1951
Creator: Risser, J. R.; Arfken, G. B., Jr.; Cuykendall, T. R.; Stephenson, R. J. & Caldwell, D. O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library