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Program For the Development of Plutonium Recycle For Use in Light Water Moderated Reactors: Third Quarterly Report

Description: This is a report of work completed during the period October 1, 1961, to December 31, 1961. The Program fuel element was completed and assembled. After extensive analysis, it was concluded that the fuel was satisfactory for use in the Program.
Date: January 5, 1962
Creator: Carver, J. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental Fast Ceramic Reactor Design Status Report as of October 31, 1961

Description: The design status of the Experimental Fast Ceramic Reactor (EFCR) is described for the period up to October 31, 1961. The primary purpose of the facility is to study the dynamic behavior of a fast ceramic reactor, including the experimental demonstration of the effectiveness of the Doppler coefficient in limiting the power excursion following a rapid insertion of reactivity.
Date: April 24, 1962
Creator: Horst, K. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Maritime Loop Irradiation Program Savannah I Fuel Irradiation Quarterly Progress Report October 1, 1961 - December 31, 1961

Description: This report covers the S-I-5-B-M fuel irradiation in the GETR Maritime Loop during the second quarter of fiscal year 1962. The data are summarized in Section II. Discussions on fuel performance, fuel environment (water chemistry), problems with loop operations, and the crud deposition program are included.
Date: January 31, 1962
Creator: Danielson, D. W. & Gilbert, R. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High Performance UO2 Program Third Quarterly Progress Report: October-December 1961

Description: The primary purpose of this joint USAEC-Euratom program is to obtain a better understanding of the maximum achievable operating characteristics of UO2 as a reactor fuel. During the program work will be performed in two areas that have been of concern to reactor core designers for a long time, namely, fission gas release and central melting in fuel rods.
Date: January 2, 1962
Creator: Weidenbaum, B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Half-Life and Gamma Ray Abundance of Cs-137

Description: The nuclide Cs-137 is a fission product commonly used for measurement of uranium burnup in irradiated uranium fuel by the fission product to uranium ratio method. In the application of this method, the largest single error introduced in the measurement of burnup is the uncertainty in the half-life of Cs-137. Because of the uncertainty in this value and its importance in nuclear fuel burnup analysis, a reinvestigation was undertaken to obtain a more accurate value using the mass spectrometric me… more
Date: June 2, 1962
Creator: Rider, B. F.; Peterson, J. P. & Ruiz, C. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic Evaluation of Control Rod Materials and Fabrication Processes

Description: Control rod materials, designs, and fabrication processes are compared for their relative economies. Control rod lifetime data are calculated with a simple approximation of nuclear worth depreciation. These data are used in conjunction with the estimated fabrication costs to determine the cost of using several absorber materials in a typical power reactor on a cost-per-year basis. The effect the control system has on core power density and fuel lifetime is included.
Date: May 1962
Creator: Williamson, H. E. & Megerth, F. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel Cycle Program, A Boiling Water Reactor Research and Development Program Eighth Quarterly Progress Report April 1962 - June 1962

Description: The Fuel Cycle Program is an integrated program of investigation in the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor (VBWR) and other facilities to improve the technological limits of boiling water reactors in several areas. This report presents updates on tasks related to those areas.
Date: July 10, 1962
Creator: Hodde, J. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Program For The Development of Plutonium Recycle For Use In Light Water Moderated Reactors Quarterly Report For Period April 1 - June 30, 1962

Description: The Program fuel element has continued under irradiation in the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor, thermal energy group transfer cross sections for UO2 have been computed, and data have been reduced from the resonance wire activations performed last quarter. Future plans are included.
Date: July 15, 1962
Creator: Carver, J. G.; Morgan, W. R. & Robkin, M. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary Safeguards Report For The Critical Experiment Facility Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory

Description: This report contains technical specifications and supporting data for the Critical Experiment Facility, information to justify operation of the facility, procedural control to be used to ensure safe operation, changes in neutron instrumentation and safety system, an evaluation of the safety of the Facility. It also contains descriptions of the site, the facility and the Critical Assemblies, operating standards and procedures. Amendment no.18 to license application for Critical Experiment Facili… more
Date: July 1962
Creator: General Electric Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Maritime Loop Irradiation Program Savannah I Fuel Irradiation Quarterly Progress Report April 1, 1962 - July 31, 1962

Description: This report covers the S-I-5-B-M fuel irradiation in the GETR Maritime Loop during the final quarter of fiscal year 1962 plus the month of July 1962 to conclude the irradiation program. The data are summarized in Section II.
Date: August 17, 1962
Creator: Danielson, D. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel Cycle Program - A Boiling Water Reactor Research and Development Program: Seventh Quarterly Progress Report January 1962 - March 1962

Description: The Fuel Cycle Program is an integrated program of investigation in the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor and other facilities to improve the technological limits of boiling water reactors in several areas. Progress is reported here.
Date: April 30, 1962
Creator: Hodde, J. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of Boron Carbide Nickel Dispersion to a Prototype Control Rod

Description: Previously reported results on the testing of small samples of boron carbide dispersed in nickel by electrolytic codeposition were adequately encouraging to lead to the development of a prototype control rod for operation in the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor. The operation of the control rod has been entirely satisfactory.
Date: May 1962
Creator: Williamson, H.E. & Alexander, A. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Resonance Integral Calculations for Evaluation of Doppler Coefficients: The Rapture Code

Description: A code (RAPTURE) was programmed for the Philco TRANSAC 2000 computer to perform calculations needed for the evaluation of Doppler Coefficients in fast reactors with degraded neuron spectra. This code computes resonance integrals, averages them over resonance parameter distributions, and computes fission and capture cross sections as a function of fuel temperature and of potential scattering cross section per absorber isotope.
Date: June 12, 1962
Creator: Ferziger, Joel H.; Greebler, P.; Kelley, M. D. & Walton, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Program For the Development of Plutonium Recycle For Use in Light Water Moderated Reactors: Quarterly Report For Period January 1 - March 31, 1962

Description: This is a report of work completed during the period January 1, 1962, to March 31, 1962. Work was done on fuel irradiation, activation studies and UO2 scattering experiment
Date: April 15, 1962
Creator: Carver, J. G. & Robkin, M. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High Power Density Development Project Eighth Quarterly Progress Report January - March 1962

Description: During the eighth quarter the instrumented assemblies were removed from VBWR and examined for effects of the exposure to reactor conditions. Also during this period the Big Rock developmental fuel assembly design was completed and a topical report was issued. A summary of progress by task is presented here.
Date: April 1, 1962
Creator: Holladay, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Maritime Loop Irradiation Program Savannah I Fuel Irradiation Quarterly Progress Report: January 1, 1962 -March 31, 1962

Description: This report covers the S-I-5-B-M fuel irradiation in the GETR Maritime Loop during the third quarter of fiscal year 1962. The data are summarized in Section II. Discussions on fuel performance, fuel environment (water chemistry), and loop operations are included.
Date: April 30, 1962
Creator: Danielson, D. W. & Gilbert, R. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sodium-Cooled Reactors Program: Fast Ceramic Reactor Development Program - Second Quarterly Report, January - March 1962

Description: This is the second in a series of quarterly progress reports on the Fast Ceramic Reactor Development Program, an integrated analytical and experimental program directed toward the development of fast reactors employing ceramic fuels, with particular attention to mixed plutonium-uranium oxide.
Date: 1962
Creator: Leitz, F. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sodium Cooled Reactors Program: Fast Ceramic Reactor Development Program Third Quarterly Report, April - June 1962

Description: This is the third in a series of quarterly progress reports on the Fast Ceramic Reactor Program, an analytical and experimental program directed toward the development of fast reactors employing ceramic fuels, with particular attention to mixed plutonium-uranium oxide.
Date: 1962
Creator: Leitz, F. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High Power Density Development Project Seventh Quarterly Progress Report October - December 1961

Description: During the seventh quarter the twenty-four high power density fuel assemblies were irradiated in the VBWR to an average of about 2572 MWD/T. Also during this period the instrumental assembly tasks were completed, and the award of the contract for the Scheduling Computer was made. A summary of progress by task is presented here.
Date: 1962
Creator: Holladay, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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