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A Noble Gas Scintillation Counter

Description: The following report describes a gaseous scintillation counting system, including the production and operation of the counter.
Date: May 28, 1957
Creator: Dickieson, Robert W.
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Incentives for using poison splines at C Pile

Description: The benefits of the poison spline system as developed and partially tested by the Facilities Engineering Operation are considered over a two year period. The full pile operational charge-discharge installation at the end of that time could make the poison spline system a marginal operation. This document list the production gains that are possible, how these gains compare with the cost of the poison spline system, and how this system compares with other available supplementary reactivity contro… more
Date: February 28, 1957
Creator: Franklin, F. C.
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The Primary Quantum Conversion Process in Photosynthesis: ElectronSpin Resonance

Description: Photoinduced electron spin resonance signals have been observed in isolated chloroplasts and other green materials with a growth time not affected by reducing the temperature to -140 deg. This is interpreted in terms of conduction-band and trapped-electron theory.
Date: January 28, 1957
Creator: Calvin, Melvin & Sogo, Power B.
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A Further Evaluation of the Calder Hall Type of Nuclear Power Plant

Description: Abstract: This report presents the results of plant optimization studies and cost estimates of the reference design for a natural uranium, graphite moderated, gas-cooled reactor and power plant which was described in NAA-SR-1833.
Date: June 28, 1957
Creator: Banks, William F.
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Carbide Coatings on Graphite

Description: A method has been developed for the uniform coating of graphite tubes with carbides of niobium, tantalum, and zirconinm by thermal decomposition of their respective halide vapors. Conditions of coating temperature and pressure are so chosen as to prevent the deposition of metal, but to permit the formation of the carbide as rapidly as carbon can diffuse to the surface. If the carbon diffusion can be made the rate-limiting step, the coating process becomes self- regulating and uniform thickness … more
Date: June 28, 1957
Creator: Blocher, J.M. Jr.; Ish, C.J.; Leiter, D.P.; Plock, L.F. & Campbell, I.E.
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GRISCOM-RUSSELL TWO-TUBE EVAPORATOR

Description: No Description Available.
Date: June 28, 1957
Creator: Barrett, C.F. Jr.
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POWER CALIBRATION FOR BSR LOADING 33

Description: BSR Loading 33 consists of an essentially 5 by 6 fuel element array completely reflected by water. It was controlled by means of two boron carbide shim-safety rods and a type 347 stainless steel regulating rod with an 57-mil wall, located as shown in Fig. a. The critical mass was about 3.4 kg of U/sup 235/ , with an excess reactivity for the clean cold loading of about 0.6%. The total mass in the initial loading was 3.6 kg of U/sup 235/. Loading 33 was initially assembled in November 1954, from… more
Date: November 28, 1957
Creator: Johnson, E.B.
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Dynamic Stability Investigation of Two Right Circular Cylinders in Axial Free Flight at Mach Numbers From 0.4 to 1.7 Fineness-Ratio- 2.56 Cylinder and Fineness-Ratio-4.0 Cylinder With Flared Afterbody

Description: Memorandum presenting two right circular cylinders tested in axial free flight over a Mach number range of 0.4 to 1.7 by using the rocket-boosted-model technique. Results regarding time history, basic data cross plots, center of pressure, and drag are provided.
Date: February 28, 1957
Creator: McFall, John C., Jr.
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Preliminary performance evaluation of blends of pentaborate and JP-4 fuel in a full-scale turbojet engine

Description: Report presenting a brief evaluation of pentaborane-JP-4 fuel mixtures in a turbojet engine at a simulated flight altitude of 50,000 feet and a Mach number of 0.8. Engine data included thrust and specific fuel consumption is provided in tabular and graphical form for various fuel blends as well as photographs of the condition of the engine at the end of the investigation.
Date: January 28, 1957
Creator: King, C. R.; Breitwieser, Roland & Sivo, J. N.
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Altitude performance of a full-scale turbojet engine using pentaborane fuels

Description: From Introduction: "The data presented herein include the standard engine performance parameters of net thrust, specific fuel consumption, and engine total-pressure ratio that reflect the performance available from the use of pentaborane as a fuel. The influence of the boric oxide deposits from the high-concentration pentaborane fuels on engine component performance is presented."
Date: February 28, 1957
Creator: Useller, James W.; Kaufman, Warner B. & Jones, William L.
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Materials for Liquid Metal Systems

Description: Lecture presented at the Atomic Industrial Forum's Third Course on Reactor Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, California, July 9-19, 1957A review of progress in the use of liquid metals is presented. A number of liquid metals are compared, and the general problems of selecting container materials are considered. In addition. a discussion of corrosion mechanisms and corrosion testing methods commonly employed are examined as well as problems encountered with the liquid metals of greatest … more
Date: October 28, 1957
Creator: Holman, W.
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Recovery of cesium from Purex plant wastes by metal ferrocyanides and ferricyanides II: Full level laboratory investigations

Description: Laboratory scale experiments with synthetic Purex 1WW and HAW have demonstrated the feasibility of recovering cesium by precipitation with metal ferrocyanides and ferricyanides. One method for recovery of cesium involves neutralization of the precipitate ferric hydroxide and sodium diuranate, and recovery of cesium from the supernate by precipitation with zinc ferrocyanide. Another method involves precipitation with nickel or ferric ferrocyanide from partially neutralized 1WW, or from HAW. The … more
Date: February 28, 1957
Creator: Van Tuyl, H. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gaseous Detonation : Bibliography

Description: This report is a bibliography divided into two sections: one that documents books and journal articles, the other containing classified and unclassified documents, that are based around gaseous detonation. These sources cover the period between 1941 to October of 1957.
Date: October 28, 1957
Creator: Maynard, G. R. & Frost, Fred
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Cyclotron Resonance Heating of a Deuterium Plasma

Description: Abstract: "The energy gained by a deuterium plasma, from a three megacycle per second radiofrequency field, was studied experimentally. A static magnetic field, in the form of a "mirror", was used. The coil of an rf resonant circuit, placed at the center of the machine produced a time-varying magnetic field parallel to the static field. This, in turn, induced an electrical field, in an azmuthal direction, which acted on the ions. When this was in synchronism with the cyclotron frequency, the io… more
Date: October 28, 1957
Creator: Chambers, Edmund S.; Lamb, William A. S. & Kippenhan, Dean O.
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Segregation in Arc-Melted Uranium-Niobium Alloys

Description: Report discussing a study aimed at pinpointing the cause of banding segregation in arc-melted uranium-niobium alloys and suggesting possible methods for eliminating banding.
Date: August 28, 1957
Creator: Dickerson, Ronald F.; Foster, Ellis L. & Chubb, Walston
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Waste tank temperature studies

Description: This report concerns the continuing problem of providing waste tank designs which will insure safe storage of radioactive waste over long periods of time. These tanks must withstand severe stresses imposed by earth loading, by hydrostatic pressure and by temperature gradients. The temperature gradients are caused by contained in the waste. The waste entering the tank is relatively cold, but the temperature rises rather rapidly to the boiling point as filling proceeds and then the temperature co… more
Date: January 28, 1957
Creator: Cook, M. W. & Gerhart, J. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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