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
Fast Flux Test Facility Studies Progress Report: April 1965 (open access)

Fast Flux Test Facility Studies Progress Report: April 1965

From abstract: "...limited study work was performed on the conceptual design of the proposed fast flux test facility and information was obtained in important areas of supporting technology."
Date: April 1965
Creator: Astley, E. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: June 1, 1965 - September 1, 1965 (open access)

Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: June 1, 1965 - September 1, 1965

Report documenting radioactive fallout across the world, including material in the atmosphere, on land, and that has deposited into food and water supplies.
Date: October 1, 1965
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr. & Rivera, Joseph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Smoothed Thermocouple Tables of Extended Significance (°C), Volume 2: Section 2.3 Chromel-Alumel Thermocouples (open access)

Smoothed Thermocouple Tables of Extended Significance (°C), Volume 2: Section 2.3 Chromel-Alumel Thermocouples

This report is a segment providing smoothed thermocouple tables of extended significance in degrees Celsius (°C) for [section name]. It includes [1] a figure illustrating the difference in microvolts between the values in the smoothed table and those in the reference table and [2] a reference table containing (i) a tabulation of smoothed emf (in absolute millivolts) vs. temperature for a specific thermocouple and (ii) a tabulation of emf differences.
Date: March 1965
Creator: Adams, R. K. & Davisson, E. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Reactor Containment Technology: a Compilation of Current Practice in Analysis, Design, Construction, Test, and Operation, Volume 2 (open access)

U.S. Reactor Containment Technology: a Compilation of Current Practice in Analysis, Design, Construction, Test, and Operation, Volume 2

Second volume of a compilation of information about reactor containment, written by experts from a variety of organizations.
Date: 1965
Creator: Cottrell, William B. & Savolainen, A. W.
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
Fire Test of Wooden-Jacket Shield for Radioisotope Shipping Container (open access)

Fire Test of Wooden-Jacket Shield for Radioisotope Shipping Container

"This report covers fire tests conducted on an experimental design of a wooden-jacket shield for radioisotope shipping containers" (p. i).
Date: March 23, 1964
Creator: Horn, Leonard H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Sequence for Predicting Waste Transport by Ground Water (open access)

A Sequence for Predicting Waste Transport by Ground Water

From introduction: "This paper describes a sequence for analyzing the effects of ground water flow on waste transport in natural soils."
Date: April 15, 1965
Creator: Nelson, R. William
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
Numerical Results for EGCR Moderator-Element Stress Problems (open access)

Numerical Results for EGCR Moderator-Element Stress Problems

From introduction: "A recent report describes the development of a general program for the IBM Type 7090 electronic computer for calculating plane thermal stresses."
Date: July 3, 1961
Creator: Hulbert, Lewis E. & Redmond, Robert F.
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
U.S. Reactor Containment Technology: a Compilation of Current Practice in Analysis, Design, Construction, Test, and Operation, Volume 1 (open access)

U.S. Reactor Containment Technology: a Compilation of Current Practice in Analysis, Design, Construction, Test, and Operation, Volume 1

First volume of a compilation of information about reactor containment, written by experts from a variety of organizations.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Cottrell, William B. & Savolainen, A. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assembly of Fifty Prototype Fuel Elements for the Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor (open access)

Assembly of Fifty Prototype Fuel Elements for the Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor

Report that describes the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor, problems with the procurement and assembly of its components, and its economic feasibility.
Date: December 23, 1960
Creator: Wick, E. A. & Heestand, R. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: May-July 1960 (open access)

Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: May-July 1960

Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing quarterly progress made by the Homogeneous Reactor Program. Descriptions of progress and studies conducted are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1960
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Failure Test of a Double Chambered NaK-Filled Irradiation Capsule (open access)

Failure Test of a Double Chambered NaK-Filled Irradiation Capsule

Report describing tests "in which a double chambered irradiation capsule containing NaK (sodium-potassium alloy) in its inner chamber was deliberately perforated to allow NaK (the heat transfer medium) and water to react within the capsule chambers" (p. 2). The report includes descriptions of the materials used in the tests, test procedures, and results.
Date: September 1961
Creator: Kosut, B. S.; Leggett, R. D. & Marshall, R. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Design Report: DR-1 Gas Loop (open access)

Final Design Report: DR-1 Gas Loop

Report describing the performance, fission product tolerance, design, and costs of the DR-1 Gas Loop, which is an in-reactor test facility.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Baars, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Standardization and Evaluation of Grain Size Test for Uranium Fuel (open access)

Standardization and Evaluation of Grain Size Test for Uranium Fuel

Report that "describes the selection of "standard fuel cores for calibrating an ultrasonic tester designated UT-2C" (p. 3) at Hanford Laboratories.
Date: July 1964
Creator: Spice, R. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnetic Force Welding Sintered Aluminum Powder Materials (open access)

Magnetic Force Welding Sintered Aluminum Powder Materials

Report discussing the use of sintered aluminum powder for nuclear fuel cladding. This report includes descriptions of pertinent materials and experimental procedures.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Mills, L. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Intrumentation and Controls Division Annual Progress Report: 1960 (open access)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Intrumentation and Controls Division Annual Progress Report: 1960

Report containing ongoing research and experiments of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Instrumentation and Controls Division.
Date: February 3, 1961
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Instrumentation and Controls Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: September 1960 (open access)

Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: September 1960

Report documenting ongoing research and developments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Gas-Cooled Reactor Project.
Date: November 11, 1960
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determination of the Effect of High Excess H2SO4 Concentrations on the Radiation-Induced Corrosion of Zirconium and Titanium Alloys in 0.17 m UO2SO4 (open access)

Determination of the Effect of High Excess H2SO4 Concentrations on the Radiation-Induced Corrosion of Zirconium and Titanium Alloys in 0.17 m UO2SO4

Study of the effects on Zircaloy-2 radiation corrosion of a high concentration of excess H2SO4 in a uranyl sulfate test solution using an in-pile loop experiment.
Date: May 1, 1962
Creator: Jenks, G. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library