Nuclear Reactor Progress Report (open access)

Nuclear Reactor Progress Report

Technical report describing the building of safety devices and features for the Oak Ridge reactor by the Reactor Safeguard Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission. Outlines the difficulties encountered in detailed design and construction operations for the facility.
Date: October 1, 1948
Creator: Brookhaven National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Present Status of Polonium Tolerance Estimations (open access)

Present Status of Polonium Tolerance Estimations

From abstract: "This report contains a summary of biological information on distribution, excretion, and toxicity of polonium; a comparison of results obtained when maximum permissible exposure rates for man are calculated from available data by different methods; and a critical evaluation of the present status of Po tolerance estimates."
Date: October 14, 1948
Creator: Hursh, John B. & Stannard, J. Newell
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Preparation of Uranium Foil (open access)

The Preparation of Uranium Foil

"Uranium foil 0.001 inch thick was made by rolling cast specimens at 600°C in a steel jacket and cold rolling the resulting 0.012-inch-thick strip to the desired thickness. The foil was of excellent quality, having no pin holes and only very slight cracking."
Date: October 1, 1948
Creator: Saller, Henry A. & Keeler, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construction, operation and use of KAPL uranium fluorimeters (open access)

Construction, operation and use of KAPL uranium fluorimeters

From introduction: "Two fluorimeters have been constructed for the determination of small amounts of uranium. There fluorimeters have been constructed after the basic plans for the Model V fluorimeter developed at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and described in the Journal of Biological Chemistry for March 1948.
Date: October 7, 1948
Creator: Rider, B. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Eurida (Toh Atin) District Carrizo uplift area, Arizona (open access)

Report on Eurida (Toh Atin) District Carrizo uplift area, Arizona

Report and corollary maps on the Eurida (Toh Atin) District, Carrio Uplift, Arizona.
Date: October 30, 1948
Creator: Eakland, Edward H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigations of Domestic Radioactive Raw Materials, Beryllium, and Other Trace Elements Monthly Report: September 1948 (open access)

Investigations of Domestic Radioactive Raw Materials, Beryllium, and Other Trace Elements Monthly Report: September 1948

Monthly report of the U.S. Geological Survey's trace element investigations including an outline of field work, laboratory work, and staff activities that have been completed or are in process.
Date: 1948-10~
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.). Trace Elements Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library