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Status Report and Plant Proposals for Zirconium Purification

Description: From abstract: "This report contains a summary of the latest improvements in zirconium purification as developed by the Y-12 research, pilot plant, production, and engineering groups, all of whom have been generously cooperating in this project."
Date: November 18, 1955
Creator: Leaders, W. M.
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Report of the Forty-Fourth National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1959

Description: Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date: December 18, 1959
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Methods for End Capping Stainless Steel Pins

Description: This report follows investigations of methods for sealing the ends of stainless steel-uranium oxide fuel pins with the objective to develop an end-capping method that would give consistently good-quality closures in production.
Date: May 18, 1956
Creator: Vagi, Julius J.; Thompson, Harold B. & Martin, David C.
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MoSi₂-UO₂ Ceramics for High-Temperature Fuel Elements

Description: This report follows a study that was aimed at the collection of experimental data needed to estimate the maximum safe temperatures and dispersed UO2 contents for MoSi2--UO2 fuel elements exposed to air.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: Gambino, John R.; Quirk, John F. & Duckworth, Winston Howard
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NACA Conference on High-Speed Aerodynamics: A Compilation of Papers Presented

Description: A reproduction of the technical papers presented by staff members of the NACA Laboratories at the NACA Conference on High-Speed Aerodynamics at the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory during March 18-20, 1958. The primary purpose of the conference was to convey to military services and contractors the results of recent research and to provide an opportunity to discuss the results.
Date: 1958-03-18/1958-03-20
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a 1/60-Scale Model of the Republic MX-1554 Airplane at a Mach Number of 2.85

Description: Report presenting the results of an investigation to determine the static longitudinal and lateral stability and control characteristics of a model of the Republic MX-1554 airplane at a specified Mach and Reynolds number. No analysis was provided in the paper in order to expedite publication.
Date: March 18, 1953
Creator: Dickey, Robert R. & Spahr, J. Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Corrosion of Miniature Fuel Plates in Simulated Reactor Cooling Water

Description: Technical report issued as one of a series of reports concerned with corrosion studies for the Materials Resting Reactor, created to both determine the effect of various practices for fuel plate fabrication on corrosion resistance and to determine the extent of penetration of the fuel plates by localized corrosion attack. [From Introduction]
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: English, James L.
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Magnetic Acceleration of a Plasma by a Rail Source

Description: Abstract: "Two parallel wires close together with an arc between them form a hairpin-type of current configuration which should magnetically propel the plasma of the arc. By the time-of-flight measurements with probes it has been demonstrated that directed translational energies of 290 ev can be imparted to deuterons in a plasma produced by a high-current pulsed arc at the tips of two titanium wires loaded with deuterium. It is believed that three deuterons are actually magnetically propelled."
Date: March 18, 1955
Creator: Bostick, Winston H.
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Some Preliminary Investigations in the Use of a Supersonic Mercury Vapor Jet for Providing an Energetic Neutral Beam

Description: Report discussing experiments conducted under the Livermore "Waldo" project to determine "(1) surface densities attainable in a supersonic mercury vapor jet stream, (2) the approximate efficiency of a mercury jet for neutralizing a proton beam, and (3) the mercury partial pressure contribution in the bore due to side streaming from the mercury jet."
Date: July 18, 1956
Creator: Steinhaus, J. F.
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The Quantitative Recovery of Plutonium From Laboratory Residues

Description: Report discussing the procedures and experimental data of various plutonium waste recovery methods. The report elaborates on the different methods of collection necessary for different wastes.
Date: March 18, 1953
Creator: Ferguson, W. S.
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Proposal for a High-Current Discharge Tube With Capacitor

Description: Abstract: This proposal describes a parallel-plate capacitor and the discharge tube with which it is hoped that implosion energies of 1000 eV can be given to deuterons by the pinch effect. The discharge tube is to be arranged so that no external series switch is required.
Date: March 18, 1955
Creator: Bostick, Winston H.
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An Immobilized Plasma in a Nonuniform Field : (IBM Machine Code Title "PLANOUNF1")

Description: Abstract: "The self-consistent equations have been found for a plasma which lies in a mainly unidirectional magnetic field, which has a circular symmetry and which has a harmonic variation in the direction of the magnetic field. The equations have been solved in two cases, 1) where the harmonic variation of the field is finite and the plasma is weak, and 2) where the plasma is strong but the harmonic variation of the field is weak. The configurations thus found can form an important starting po… more
Date: February 18, 1955
Creator: Tonks, Lewi, 1897-1971
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineers 100 Areas technical activities report July 1950

Description: Progress is reported by the Mechanical Development group and by the Plant Assistance group. The Mechanical Development group reports on the thimble removal program, special pile measurements and instruments, graphite sampling, and the ruptured slug problem. The Plant Assistance group reports on technical information on the B, D, F, and H piles, special request container slug, exposure of P-10 fuel slugs, slug corrosion studies, front tube corrosion, and flow laboratory experiments.
Date: August 18, 1950
Creator: Lewis, W. R.
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Safety system for RDA-DC-3

Description: The basis for the safety control system for RDA-DC-3 is set forth in HDC-2462 with revisions as noted here. These conditions are satisfied by an array of safety control components comprising 37 vertical safety rods and 51 ball hoppers (51 total vertical graphite slots) as shown on drawing H-1-21403.
Date: February 18, 1952
Creator: Reed, E. L.; Robinson, T. F. & Roy, G. M.
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Hanford Works Monthly Report: February 1953

Description: This document presents a summary of work and progress at the Hanford Engineer Works for February 1953. The report is divided into sections by department. A plant wide general summary is included at the beginning of the report, after which the departmental summaries begin. The Manufacturing Department reports plant statistics, and summaries for the Metal Preparation, Reactor and Separation sections. The Engineering Department`s section summaries work for the Technical, Design, and Project Sectio… more
Date: March 18, 1953
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of preheat time in compound layer formation

Description: Hanford fuel elements are made by brazing uranium cores in aluminum cans. The interface, or junction, between the AlSi braze and uranium core known as the compound layer, is composed of an intermetallic complex. The properties of this compound layer, brittleness, ductility, toughness, are considered to have a pronounced influence on the performance of fuel elements in the reactors. This report presents the results of initial efforts to identify the compound layers and establish some of the proc… more
Date: August 18, 1958
Creator: Strand, C. A. & Padgett, E. V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear metallurgy lectures, Chapter 17

Description: This chapter covers process tubes; it is divided into: philosophy of safety factors, mechanical properties of available materials (C steel, mo steel, Cr-Mo steel, ss-304, ss-347), and costs (zircaloy-2).
Date: May 18, 1955
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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K Area hydraulic working curves and numerical results of PT IP-130A K Reactor trip-out test down to cross-tie backup

Description: During the course of process engineering work at the K Reactors, a wide variety of problems have been encountered where hydraulic information was required. This information was, obtained from various documents, from calcuations, and from actual tests run specifically to obtain the information. In order to simplify work of this nature in the future and to present a convenient means of obtaining information, the data so collected are summarized and graphed in this document.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: Benson, J. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production Test IP-98-I revised tube charge pattern for graphite annealing: Interim Report

Description: Graphite shrinkage of 0.60 inches (approximately 30 per cent) has been observed at F Reactor in the region of maximum graphite distortion. A reduction of graphite distortion at B Reactor of 0.60 inches in the top-center and 0.32 inches in the top-far region also has been observed. Analysis of the vertical traverse data indicates that continued graphite annealing with resultant decrease in graphite distortion might be anticipated although perhaps at a reduced rate. No significant detrimental eff… more
Date: December 18, 1958
Creator: Graves, S. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Atomic Products for Operation monthly report, February 1955

Description: This document presents a summary of work and progress at the Hanford Engineer Works for February 1955. The report is divided into sections by department. A plant wide general summary is included at the beginning of the report, after which the departmental summaries begin. The Manufacturing Department reports plant statistics, and summaries for the Metal Preparation, Reactor and Separation sections. The Engineering Department`s section summarizes work for the Technical, Design, and Project Secti… more
Date: March 18, 1955
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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