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Study of Requirements and Suitability of Available Reactors for Fast Fuel Tests

Description: Report issued by the APDA over studies conducted on the requirements of reactors for fuel testing. As stated in the summary, "the purpose of this study is to determine the requirements for radiation space for fast reactor fuel testing and to determine the capability of existing Commission and private test and power reactors to meet these requirements" (p. 7). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1963
Creator: Doyle, T. A.; Duffy, J. G.; Jens, W. H.; McHugh, W. E.; Page, E. M. & Warberg, H. S.
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BIO-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY QUARTERLY REPORT. March through05/1963

Description: This report covers the following titles: (1) Fertility and litter size of normally ovulated and artificially ovulated mice; (2) Further studies on sterility produced in male mice by deuterium oxide; (3) Planarian disaggregation; (4) Uptake of organic compounds by planarians. II; (5) Effects of environmental complexity and training on acetylcholinesterase and cholinesterase activity in rat brain; (6) Effects of environmental complexity and training on brain chemistry and anatomy among mature rat… more
Date: July 23, 1963
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim pumping modification review

Description: Pumping specifications are given for the B, C, D, and DR reactors at Hanford in August 1963. The maximum capacity is given for equipment in use and equipment that could be used.
Date: August 23, 1963
Creator: Hedges, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of invention

Description: This invention discloses a method of making a synthetic nuclear fuel by mixing pure U-233 with U-238 fuels, such as depleted uranium, to produce a fuel that combines the most desirable nuclear properties of both the U-233 and U-238 fertile material. The process requires that U-233 be manufactured in such a manner as to be relatively uncontaminated from U-232. The subject of this invention is a method of fuel handling that incorporates the desirable features of both U-233 and U-238. It is propos… more
Date: January 23, 1963
Creator: Lang, L. W.
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Status of canning cycle optimization study

Description: A concentrated study of the present manufacturing process was initiated in the Process Engineering Unit, the purpose of the study being to optimize the present operations, procedures, and methods of the AlSi canning process. It is the purpose of this document to report the findings and accomplishments for that portion of the study concerned with the optimization of component preparation and fabrication within the canning furnace. To date, this study has consisted mainly of heating rate studies … more
Date: December 23, 1963
Creator: Hutton, T. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Increased coolant flow for H reactor

Description: The purpose of this letter is to outline the immediate and long-range plans for increasing the H Reactor coolant flow. The flow can be increased, immediately from the present base of about 84,000 gpm to about 88,000 gpm via the following changes: routine purges; use of non-bumpered fuel; increasing the flow through Fringe enrichment and Fringe Poison tubes by changing orifices; and reaming damaged rear fittings to their original size. The flow can be increased to about 94,000 gpm via the follow… more
Date: October 23, 1963
Creator: Huffman, I. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Neutron lifetimes in the Hanford lattices

Description: An important parameter which is required in the study of short-term reactor transients is the prompt neutron lifetime. This document presents calculated values for the prompt neutron lifetime in the Hanford IPD lattices under a variety of conditions. The calculated values for the prompt neutron lifetimes in the various Hanford IPD lattices are shown. None of the values shown include any contribution from the neutron slowing down time. Two different values (1{sub o1} and 1{sub o2}) are presented… more
Date: July 23, 1963
Creator: Tiller, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Automatic Mass Spectrometer for Monitoring Uranium Isotope Concentrations

Description: Abstract: An automatic recording mass spectrometer has been designed; two instruments have been constructed and have operated reliably for more than seven years as process monitors.
Date: January 23, 1963
Creator: Langdon, A.; Evans, E. C. & Tabor, Charles Dewey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Redox neptunium measurements

Description: Dissolver solution samples were analyzed for neptunium, and the data are plotted as g Np/t U vs g Pu/t U.
Date: May 23, 1963
Creator: Malody, C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SIZCAN: A Fortran code to aid in sizing cylindrical or annular fission product containers

Description: The problem of designing storage containers for heat-generating fission products or radioactive wastes is complicated by the interdependence of a number of variables. The permissible maximum surface temperatures and internal temperature; the concentration, age, and type of isotope; the thermal conductivity of the materials, the ambient temperatures, the configuration (annular or cylindrical) of the container; and the mechanism of heat removal, all affect the design of the container 4-n that the… more
Date: August 23, 1963
Creator: DeMier, W. V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dynamic Calibration Study

Description: Since transducers used in rocket engine applications measure time varying quantities, the characteristics which define the behavior of a transducer under dynamic conditions are extremely important in their applications by the design engineer. Proper calibration of transducers in the dynamic or frequency domain required a thorough understanding of the dynamic or frequency domain required a thorough understanding of the dynamic characteristics of a transducer. Analytical models are generated in h… more
Date: October 23, 1963
Creator: Copen, W.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Alpha Particle Ionization of Argon Mixtures--Further Study of the Role of Excited States

Description: BS>The average energy required to form an ion pair, W, when alpha particles are absorbed in mixtures of argon with other gases is studied. The other gases were selected on the basis of their ionization potentials. One group consists of representative gases that have ionization potentials below that of Ar (15.77 ev) and above the doublet metastable state of Ar (11.49 and 11.66 ev). This list includes methane, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, xenon, and krypton. The other group of special interest … more
Date: May 23, 1963
Creator: Borner, T. E.; Hurst, G. S.; Edmundson, M. & Parks, J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Space Vehicle Shielding Studies Calculations of the Attenuation of a Model Solar Flare and Monoenergetic Proton Beams by Aluminum Shields

Description: Using the straight-ahead approximation, nucleon-meson cascade calculations have been carried out for a typical proton flare spectrum incident on a shield and for approximately monoenergetic incident proton beams. The shield material considered has approximately the properties of Al. The results from the monoenergetic beams may be used to obtain shielding information for any incident proton spectrum. (auth)
Date: January 23, 1963
Creator: Alsmiller, R. G., Jr. & Murphy, J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SOLID STATE DIVISION ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING MAY 31, 1963

Description: Progress in solid state physics is reported in the following areas: theory, crystals, metals and nonmetals, radiation effects, and other subjects. Separate abstracts were prepared for the fifteen sections of the report. A list of 70 papers and publications is included. (D.C.W.)
Date: August 23, 1963
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Demonstration of the Zirflex and Sulfex Decladding Processes and a Modified Purex Solvent Extraction Process, Using Irradiated Zircaloy-2 and Stainless-Steel-Clad Urania Specimens

Description: The Zirflex and Sulfex processes for chemical decladding Zircaloy or stainless-steel-clad UO/sub 2/ power reactor fuels were successfully demonstrated at irradiation levels as high as 28,200 Mwd/t. The Zircaloy jackets were dissolved in boiling 6 M NH/sub 4/F-- 1 M NH/sub 4/NO/sub 3/, and the stainless steel jackets were dissolved in refluxing 4 M H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/. Both processes gave average soluble losses of uranium and plutonium to the decladding reagents of about 0.05%. Centrifugation or f… more
Date: May 23, 1963
Creator: Goode, J.H.; Baillie, M.G. & Ullmann, J.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Low Compressive Stresses on Radiation-Induced Dimensional Changes in Graphite

Description: Samples of five nuclear-grade graphites were irradiated under constant compressive stresses of 150 and 300 psi. Length changes of the stressed samples are compared with length changes of unstressed control samples, irradiated in the same assembly. Results obtained at 825 deg C and for exposures up to 6500 Mwd/ at. in a Hanford irradiation facility are presented. Additional data on one nuclear-grade graphite, irradiated under 100 psi constant tensile stress, are included. (auth)
Date: July 23, 1963
Creator: Morgan, W. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A LITERATURE SURVEY OF NONELASTIC REACTIONS FOR NUCLEONS AND PIONS INCIDENT ON COMPLEX NUCLEI AT ENERGIES BETWEEN 20 Mev AND 33 Gev

Description: Experimental data on nonelastic reactions of protons, neutrons, pi /sup +/, and pi /sup -/ with complex nuclei at incident energies of 20 Mev to 33 Bev were surveyed. The material is grouped according to the incident particle in the above order. Information on the measured quantity, experimental arrangemert, and the experimental error is included. The 200 publications used in the survey, most of them abstracted for Physics Abstracts, are listed. (D.C.W.)
Date: August 23, 1963
Creator: Bertini, H.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tables of Classical Scattering Integrals for the Bohr, Born-Mayer, and Thomas-Fermi Potentials

Description: Values of the distance of closest approach, the centerof-mass scattering angle, and the time integral are tabulated as functions of the impact parameter and the relative kinetic energy for each of three repulsive potentials. The classical theory of scattering was used as the basis for the calculations. The potentials used are the Born-Mayer (exponential), the Bohr (exponentially screened Coulomb), and the Thomas-Fermi. (auth)
Date: September 23, 1963
Creator: Robinson, M.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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GAS-COOLED REACTOR PROGRAM SEMIANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING MARCH 31, 1963

Description: Progress is reported on the development of gas-cooled reactors. The report contains eleven sections which are abstracted separately in NSA. These sections are contained in two parts: investigations in support of the Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor and advanced reactor design and development. The four sections abstracted under Part I are: performance analyses, component development and testing, materials development, and irradiation testing of components and materials. The remaining sections are… more
Date: July 23, 1963
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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STEAM GENERATORS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTORS

Description: An analytical approach and an IBM machine code were prepared for the design of gas-cooled reactor once-through steam generators for both axial-flow and cross-flow tube matrices. The codes were applied to investigate the effects of steam generator configuration, tube diameter, extended surface, type of cooling gas, steam and gas temperature and pressure conditions, and the pumping power-to-heat removal ratio on the size, weight, and cost of steam generators. The results indicate that the least e… more
Date: April 23, 1963
Creator: Fraas, A.P. & Ozisik, M.N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SPERT II REACTOR FACILITY

Description: The Special Power Excursion Reactor Test II (Spert II) reactor is a pressurized-water research reactor for conducting reactor kinetic behavior and safety investigations. The facility incorporates sufficient flexibility to permit studies on a variety of cores using a variety of reflectors, especially heavy water. It is designed for operations up to pressures of 375 psig and temperatures of 400 deg F with flow rates up to 20,000 gpm. The engineering features of the reactor and supporting process … more
Date: August 23, 1963
Creator: Montgomery, C.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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REPORT OF THE QUALIFICATION TESTING OF SNAP 10A FIXED RESISTORS

Description: Upon completion of the initial visual examination and dimensional check, the resistors were weighed and the weights were recorded. The measurement of insulation resistance, performed with a megohmmeter, indicated infinity for each resistor. The dielectric strength test was performed with a high potential a-c dielectric strength tester. The test voltage was applied with no evidence of leakage or breakdown in any case. A wheatstone bridge was used to measure the d- c resistance of each resistor. … more
Date: January 23, 1963
Creator: Holtwick, J. S., III
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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