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U.S. NAVY STRUCTURES. ANNEX 3.2 OF SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR'S REPORT OF ATOMIC WEAPON TESTS AT ENIWETOK, 1951

Description: Structures are subjected to a 50-kt blast, in order to obtain fundamental data on structures subjected to blast loading, to observe the response of the structures under this loading, and to determine the relative blast-resistance merits of several structural types. Modes of failure are determined. Shaped structures are found to be superdor to rectangular structures. Earth cover for the structures is also found to increase the blast resistance. It is found that standard Navy heavy bomb-proof str… more
Date: June 1, 1952
Creator: Hayen, C.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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F.C.D.A. Family Shelter Evaluation

Description: In order to determine the effects of atomic explosions on small civil defense shelters for family use, 29 simple structures were built along an arc 1200 ft from the target point and exposed to Buster Bursts B, C, and D. The structures were of four basic types; covered-trench, metal-arch, wood-arch, and basement lean-to. Because of poor cohesive properties of the soil, much of the earth cover on the shelters was removed by the first shot. Since test procedures prevented restoration of structures… more
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Flynn, A. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mechanical Properties of Iodide Zirconium Alloys

Description: Introduction: "The tensile properties, hot hardness, impact strength; and corrosion resistance of some arc-melted, iodide zirconium alloys have been determined. The alloys investigated include binary alloys of zirconium containing zero to five per cent tin, binary alloys of zirconium containing zero to 0.14 per cent nitrogen, and ternary alloys of zirconium containing tin and nitrogen, tin and uranium, and uranium and beryllium."
Date: November 1, 1952
Creator: Schwope, A. D. & Chubb, Walston
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of Oxidation-Resistant Ceramics for High-Temperature Reactor Elements

Description: Abstract: "As a possible aid in the selection of ceramic materials for use in the fabrication of high-temperature reactor elements, the reported properties of 23 refractory oxidation-resistance ceramic compounds are tabulated. The thermal stresses and heat throughout capacities for nine of these compounds are estimated for conditions of steady heat flow and uniform heat generation in the temperature range of 1500 to 2500 F. The compounds studied have macroscopic thermal-neutron-absorption cross… more
Date: December 1, 1952
Creator: Harman, Cameron G.; Ferrell, Edward Francis.; Wagner, H. E. & Quirk, J. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report for the Month of January, 1952

Description: This progress report of the Battelle Memorial Institute covers information in many categories. These include development of ceramic fuel elements, general ceramics, uranium and its alloys, thorium and its alloys, development of metallic fuel elements and assemblies, metals and alloys for reactor components, miscellaneous metallurgical work, liquid coolants and fuels, reactor engineering studies, and mechanism development.
Date: February 1, 1952
Creator: Russell, H. W.; Nelson, H. R. & Dayton, R. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental Fabrication of a Lightweight Control Rod

Description: Abstract: "The possibility of fabricating a lightweight control rod from one of several high cross-section materials was investigated. The major effort was directed toward the development of a titanium-clad rod containing a composite core of 25 weight per cent Gd2O3 in a matrix of titanium. Experimentation on both subscale and full-scale control-rod cores showed that the fabricating behavior of the two was not analogous. To roll the full-scale core successfully, it was necessary to lower the ox… more
Date: July 1, 1952
Creator: Saller, Henry A.; Stacy, J. T. & Keller, D. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Continuous Solvent Recovery Process Using Pulse Contacting Column

Description: From abstract: "This report presents the progress in the laboratory development of a continuous solvent recovery process for the tributyl phosphate-diluent mixture used in the Purex Process. Investigations were made with 1/2" diameter pulse columns, using a nine foot sodium carbonate contacting column and a four foot water wash column."
Date: April 1, 1952
Creator: Ellison, C. V. & Land, J. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of Operating Experience with Decelerating Ion Receivers

Description: From abstract: "The following report presents a summary of operating experience with decelerating receivers for ion beam reception. Sample calculations for design of such a receiver for the isotopes of lithium are presented. Estimates of maximum production and requirements to attain such production are given. The maximum ion beam envisioned is 17 amperes obtained from extrapolation of experimental results."
Date: April 1, 1952
Creator: Wilkinson, P. E. & Keim, C. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technical activities report on Hanford water studies

Description: This report is a comprehensive study of the cooling water systems for Hanford production reactors. It includes: film formation study, water plant flow improvement study, water quality tests, sodium dichromate elimination tests, corrosion in aluminium coagulated water study, and water composition, film formation, and effluent activity relationships. A section on special water studies is also included. 22 figs., 25 tabs.
Date: April 1, 1952
Creator: Fryar, R.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Determination of U²³⁷ and Fission-Product Contamination in Uranium Recovered by the Redox Process

Description: Introduction: "When uranium slugs are irradiated in the Hanford piles, one of the many substances formed is U-237. It arises primarily from the reaction: U-238 (n,2n) U-237. This uranium isotope is a beta and gamma emitter with a half-life of 6.7 days. Because it is isotopic with U-238, it accompanies the uranium recovered by the Redox Process, and its concentration is, of course, not diminished by the fission-product decontamination cycles. As a consequence, the maximum total decontamination … more
Date: October 1, 1952
Creator: Leboeuf, M. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report for the Month of February, 1952

Description: This progress report of the Battelle Memorial Institute covers information in many categories for February, 1952. These include development of ceramic fuel elements, general ceramics, uranium and its alloys, thorium and its alloys, development of metallic fuel elements and assemblies, metals and alloys for reactor components, miscellaneous metallurgical work, liquid coolants and fuels, reactor engineering studies, and mechanism development.
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Russell, H. W.; Nelson, H. R. & Dayton, Russell W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Storage of radioactive aqueous wastes from Purex processes

Description: The radioactive liquid wastes from a separations facility are customarily stored in underground waste storage tanks. The wastes from the proposed Purex Separations Plant will have a high concentration of the fission products and will result in a large evolution of heat. The possibility of these wastes boiling due to radio-disintegration of fission products has made a survey of the problem desirable. This report lists the results of this investigation.
Date: August 1, 1952
Creator: Platt, A. M. & Krieg, J. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat transfer studies technical activities report

Description: Discussed activities include: boiling consideration studies, C pile Panellit ranges and orifice sizes, testing of time delay relay, tube water flow studies, extrapolation of pile design data, temperature distributions in cold-sized canned J-slugs, pressure drop film studies, short tube mockup, film formation studies experiment, pile pressure drop increase studies, pile process specifications, loss of pile cooling water study, thermocouple slug, measurement of slug bond coefficients, slug temper… more
Date: April 1, 1952
Creator: Carbon, M. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technical activities report, heat transfer studies

Description: This document describes aspects of heat transfer for the Hanford production reactors. Boiling, flow rate, cooling water failures, thermocouples, and shielding are considered.
Date: May 1, 1952
Creator: Carbon, M. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design and construction history, Aquatic Biology Laboratory: Project C-364, December 31, 1951

Description: The GE Nucleonics Division Staff Department which now is called the Radiological Sciences Department was formerly known as the ``Health Instrument Divisions. A part of this department, presently known as the Biology Section, was formerly identified as the ``Biology Division.`` This project is concerned with a laboratory facility which is being built for the use of the Aquatic Biology Unit of the Biology Section. The Aquatic Biology group was established in 1945 to study the effect of the pile e… more
Date: January 1, 1952
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Studies of Fourteen Nuclear-Powered Airplanes

Description: A representative series of aircraft which could be powered by a relatively low-temperature liquid-coolant-cycle nuclear power plant are described. Present aircraft such as the B-36, B-52, and B-47 bombers as well as new designs were investigated. Design and performance characteristics of all the aircraft are presented.
Date: September 1, 1952
Creator: Hutton, J. N.; McCulloch, J. C.; Schmill, W. C. & Ward, W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Feasibility of Various Types of Seals for the Carrier Freon 11 Turbocompressors

Description: A preliminary feasibility study is made of seals for a machine running at 8000 rpm, having a 2-in. shaft, and operating with a pressure differential of 5 lb/in{sup2}. The following conditions must be met: during operation the air inleak shall not exceed 50 lb/2000 hr and the loss of Freon 11 shall not exceed 0.02 lb/hr; the leak-up rate during shutdown shall not exceed 1/10 in. of Hg per 24 hr (the contained volume is 100 ft{sup3}). Dry-contact and Freon 11-lubricated contact seals are consider… more
Date: May 1, 1952
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Thermodynamics of the Heaviest Elements

Description: The phenomenon of alpha particle emission, a general observable property for the nuclides above lead, makes it possible to relate these nuclides energetically. The radioactive decay energy along a radioactive series can be summed so that the total decay energy for each nuclide in the series is known with respect to its position above teh bottom of the series, that is, with respect to its terminal lead (or bismuth) isotope. This can be done for each of the four mass types and, as shown, one can … more
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Seaborg, Glenn T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis, XV. Ribulose andSedoheptulose

Description: The intermediates of carbon dioxide reduction by plants include phosphorylated derivatives of hydroxy acids and sugars. Their identification becane possible when the use of labeled carbon dioxide permitted discrimination between the earliest products and the many other components of photosynthetic tissues. A number of compounds were identified by virtue of the chemical and physical properties of the radioactive compounds in tracer amounts and by direct comparison of these properties with those … more
Date: January 1, 1952
Creator: Benson, A. A.; Bassham, J. A.; Calvin, M.; Hall, A. G.; Hirsch, H.; Kawaguchi, S. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Photosynthesis

Description: Although there has been considerable progress toward an understanding of the processes of photosyntehsis in recent years, the advances have been followed rather lcosely by symposia, monographs and reviews of the subject matter, particularly during the last three years. In view of the comprehensive coverage it would appear that the present review might very well be limited to a discussion of certain subjects of special interest to the authors and some with which they are especially familiar. The… more
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Calvin, M.; Bassham, J. A.; Benson, A. A. & Massini, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Abstract of Paper Presented at the Symposium on Metal ChelateChemistry at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute on April 26, 1952

Description: The essential structural element which differentiates metal chelate compounds from metal coordination compounds, or metal complexes in general, is the existence of some linkage between two or more of the donor atoms in the first coordination sphere of the metal. It is the purpose of the present discussion to examine the influences that this structural factor may have upon the physical and chemical properties of chelate compounds. Examples of well known, simple coordination compounds involving a… more
Date: April 1, 1952
Creator: Calvin, Melvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranophane at the Silver Cliff Mine Near Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming

Description: In 1950, the U.S. Geological Survey studied a uranium deposit, previously exploited, at the Silver Cliff mine near Lusk, Wyoming. The deposit consists primarily of uranophane that occurs as fracture fillings and small replacement pockets in faulted and fractured quartzite of Cambrian (?) age. The country rock in the vicinity of the mine is schist of pre-Cambrian age intruded by pegmatite dikes and unconformably overlain by flat-lying Cambrian (?) quartzite. The mine is at the southern end of th… more
Date: May 1, 1952
Creator: Wilmarth, V.R. & Johnson, D.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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