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Protective Coatings for Molybdenum

Description: Report discussing studies on various types of protective coatings for a molybdenum sheet. Procedures, materials, and results of each coating are included.
Date: February 17, 1953
Creator: Powell, Carroll F.; Jones, R. P.; Secrest, A. C.; Sherwood, E. M. & Campbell, Ivor E.
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Preliminary Report of the Results of Reconnaissance for Uraniferous Materials in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Description: From introduction: During three months of the summer of 1952, a geologic and radiometric reconnaissance examination for uraniferous materials in the peripheral parts of the Powder River structural basin in northeastern Wyoming (fig. 1) was made by the Survey on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. The purpose was to find, describe, locate, and sample deposits of uraniferous or radioactive materials other than those in the central part of the Powder Rive… more
Date: February 1953
Creator: Davidson, David F.
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Preliminary Index to Geological Survey Trace Elements Reports on Alaska for the Period January 1945-December 1952

Description: From introduction: Since 1945 the Alaskan Trace Elements Unit of the U. S. Geological. Survey has been engaged in reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in Alaska, first on behalf of the Manhattan Engineer District, later on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission. During the period January 1945 through December 1952, 42 reports in the Survey's Trace Elements Investigations series and 18 reports in the Trace Elements Memorandum series, a totaJ of 60 reports, have been completed or are in prepar… more
Date: February 1953
Creator: Bates, Robert Glenn
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Radioactive debris from operations Tumbler and Snapper: observations beyond 200 miles from the test site. Part II

Description: The results of the fall-out monitoring program at fixed stations more than 200 miles from the test site following the series of atomic tests in Nevada during the spring of 1952 are shown in a series of maps. Trajectories of debris from the individual bursts are given, together with a discussion of meteorological phenomena associated with the transport of atomic debris.
Date: February 25, 1953
Creator: List, R.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unusual incident at Savannah River

Description: On January 12, 1953, an explosion occurred in the Savannah River pilot plant which has been used since November, 1951 by du Pont personnel to train operators and to test equipment for their new Purex production plant. The explosion occurred in an evaporator in which a uranyl nitrate solution containing some organics was being concentrated to a high degree to remove nitric acid. This memorandum reviews the facts surrounding the incident as obtained from the official Preliminary Technical Report'… more
Date: February 5, 1953
Creator: Tomlinson, R.E.
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Dynamics of the Supercritical Water Reactor

Description: From introduction: "The work described in this report was carried out as part of the feasibility study (ORNL-117) of a supercritical water reactor (SCWR) for use in nuclear propulsion of aircraft. The object of this work was to study the dynamic behavior of a particular design of supercritical water reactor. Numerical results are presented in Appendix I."
Date: February 1, 1953
Creator: Goertzel, Gerald, 1919-; Shapiro, Mathew M. & Soodak, Harry
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The Valve Actuated Pulse Column Design

Description: Abstract: "The valve-actuated pulse column is employed to give phase separation on each half cycle in the countercurrent flow cycle and provides independent control over each step in the cycle. The dependence on temperature of operation, on pulse frequency and amplitude, and on plate design and spacing has been studied for extraction and stripping of uranium with tributyl phosphate in a hydrocarbon diluent. It is found that the efficiency increases quite significantly as the temperature is rais… more
Date: February 16, 1953
Creator: Burger, L. L. & Clark, L. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production Test 235-5 Plant Process Evaluation Reduction of Plutonium Tetrafluoride With Calcium and Sulfur

Description: This report discusses the production of plutonium metal through the reduction of plutonium tetra fluoride with calcium metal and sulfur. It elaborates that iodine, which was originally used instead of calcium metal, presented several practical problems, but reductions completed with calcium were unsatisfactory.
Date: February 10, 1953
Creator: Kerr, W. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Results of the Ratio of PU²³⁹ Fission Cross Section to U²³⁵ Fission Cross Section

Description: This report presents the final results from the investigation of the ratio of Pu-239 fission cross section to U-235 fission cross section. Three sets of plutonium and uranium foils were prepared at KAPL and were investigated to acquire the final results.
Date: February 20, 1953
Creator: Leonard, B. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Works Analytical Manual for Reactor Process Water

Description: Purpose: "The Hanford Works Analytical Manual for Process Water is designed to specify the analytical methods to be applied for control purposes in the Reactor Section, Process Sub-Section laboratories. The procedures are in general form and serve as references rather than outlined laboratory instructions. The manual us designed to replace the "Hanford Works Manual," HW-12862."
Date: February 13, 1953
Creator: Hanford Works
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Thermogalvanic Effects Between Aluminum Slug Jackets

Description: Report discussing an experiment testing the severity of attack of an aluminum slug jacket containing one or more spots hotter than the rest of the jacket. These conditions match those likely to exist in a poorly bonded slug.
Date: February 2, 1953
Creator: Katayama, Y. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transformation and Magnetic Phenomena Occuring in Boron Stainless Steel Vertical Safety Rods

Description: Summary: "The low carbon 18-8 stainless steels containing approximately 1.7 per cent boron used for vertical safety rods at Hanford were found to be structurally stable in the temperature range 0-450 C. The addition of boron decreases the stability of this metastable austenitic alloy. Sufficient ferrite formation is induced by sub-zero temperature treatments to result in dimensional changes and a magnetic alloy. The difficulties encountered in machining this material are believed to be due prim… more
Date: February 6, 1953
Creator: Hueschen, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Analysis of TBP Process Streams for Calcium with the Flame Photometer

Description: Summary: A method was found for determining calcium concentrations in TBP process streams in spite of serious interferences bysodium, ferrous, uranyl, sulfate, phosphate, and sulfamate ions as well as by TBP. The precision attainable varied from sample to sample, depending upon its composition. In general, errors of 20% or greater occurred. The smallest determinable amount of calcium was about 10 mg/1.
Date: February 20, 1953
Creator: Brite, D. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Report on Geologic Investigations in Monument Valley Area, Arizona, 1952

Description: From introduction: A program of uranium investigations and geologic mapping on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Apache and Navajo Counties, northeastern Arizona (fig. 1) was undertaken by the U. S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission during the field seasons of 1951 and 1952. Field work on this program has been completed and preliminary copies of the maps, which cover an area of about 700 square miles, are inclosed as part of this report. The two principal objectives of … more
Date: February 1953
Creator: Witkind, Irving Jerome; Thaden, R. E. & Lough, C. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Calorimetric Determination of the Half Life of Polonium-210 (Final Report)

Description: Six determinations have been made of the half life of polonium with four different steady-state, resistance-bridge calorimeters and five different samples of polonium. These six values of the half life have been weighted and combined to give a grand-mean value of the half life of 138.4005 + - 0.0051 days.
Date: February 10, 1953
Creator: Eichelberger, J. F.; Jordan, K. C.; Orr, S. R. & Parks, J. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Observations on the Radiation Decomposition of Some C14 LabeledCompounds

Description: Varying amounts of radiation decomposition during storage in the dry form have been found in the cases of C{sup 14}-labeled valine, norvaline, norleucine, choline chloride, calcium glycolate and cholesterol. These data indicate that investigators using labeled organic compounds should make frequent checks of the purity of these compounds in order to exclude the possibility of the presence of decomposition products.
Date: February 27, 1953
Creator: Tolbert, B.M.; Adams, P.T.; Bennett, Edward L.; Hughes, Ann M.; Kirk, Martha R.; Lemmon, R.M. et al.
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[Photograph of NARTB slide]

Description: Photograph of a slide that reads "NARTB Television Code Board. Box 1711 Washington 4, D.C. Seal of Good Practice. Entertainment Information Education" including an illustration of a wreath. The slide is taped to the wall.
Date: February 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Slide for Lone Star Beer sign]

Description: Photograph of a neon sign that reads "Coin' places! Lone Star Beer" including an illustration of a horse-drawn carriage. There are plants in front of the neon sign and another sign that reads "Bar Prices" on the wall to the left of the image. There is a hole in the ceiling and a light hanging in the ceiling.
Date: February 9, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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