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Magnetic Properties of Insulators. Quarterly Report No. 2 Covering Period May 15, 1961 to August 15, 1961

Description: The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of color centers in additively colored KCl crystals is measured to observe the effects of optical bleaching at room temperature. Earlier measurements on the F-center are confirmed and the susceptibility is measured at 78 and 300 deg K over five decades of power, including the very low power region. The width and the saturation properties of the individual multiplets are studied in detail and the technique of making E PR measurements on inhomogeneously b… more
Date: August 30, 1961
Creator: Markham, J. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PROCESSES FOR RECOVERY OF URANIUM AND THORIUM FROM GRAPHITE-BASE FUEL ELEMENTS. PART II

Description: Laboratory-scale tests on methods for recovering uranium and thorium from graphite-base reactor fuel elements are reported. The 90% HNO/sub 3/ process, which involves simultaneous disintegration and leaching in 21 M HNO/sub 3/, is applicable to all fuel elenments which do not contain coated fuel particles. Leaching of irradiated (0.001% burnup) fuels containing 3 and 12% uranlum recovered approximates 99.3 and 99.9%, respectively, of the uranium in two 4-hr leaches with boiling acid. The graphi… more
Date: November 30, 1961
Creator: Ferris, L.M.; Kibbey, A.H. & Bradley, M.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Periodic Waste Disposal System Material Balance Test. Core 1, Seed 2. Test Evaluation T-641317. Section 1

Description: A test was carried out to determine the adequacy of storage capacity and operating procedures of the radioactive waste disposal system during a normal reactor plant warmup. The capacity and operating procedures were found to be adequate. It was impossible to perform a complete material balance based on existing level instrumentation and using the data required by the test procedure. Approximately 21,290 gal. of waste were received in the system and 13,210 gal. were discharged to the river with … more
Date: June 30, 1961
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PL FINAL DESIGN REPORT. VOLUME II. PLANT DRAWINGS

Description: Plant drawings for the final design for the Army Reactor (PL-2) are presented. Two hundred and twenty-eight figures are included. (M.C.G.)
Date: June 30, 1961
Creator: Combustion Engineering, Inc. Nuclear Div., Windsor, Conn.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FUEL ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE PEBBLE BED REACTOR. Final Report

Description: >The basic fuel element consisted of a uniform dispersion of fuel in a 1 1/2 inch diameter graphite sphere. Ceramic coatings for the retention of fission products were studied. It was found-that molecularly deposited'' ceramics such as alumina, siliconized silicon carbide, and pyrolytic carbon were excellent barriers to fission product leakage. The most advantageous location for ceramic coatings was found to be on the individual fuel particles, where the coating was subject to smaller forces an… more
Date: April 30, 1961
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PROGRAM ODD--A ONE-DIMENSIONAL MULTIGROUP CODE FOR THE IBM-7090 (ANP PROGRAM NO. 657)

Description: The physical and mathematical reactor models which are used in Program ODD are discussed. In addition, the FORTRAN II source program listings, decimal data input sheets, and input and output for a sample case are given. Program ODD was designed to raake use of the Revised Nuclear Data System at ANPD which consists of twenty-five energy group cross-section data including high energy inelastic scattering matrices, resonance parameters for the resolved resonances, and thermalization scattering mat… more
Date: June 30, 1961
Creator: Fischer, P.G.; Wenstrup, F.D. & Hoffman, T.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of the Initial Nuclear Superheat Critical Experiments. Supplementary Study Related to Bonus and Nuclear Superheat Programs

Description: A critical experiment program is carried out in a configuration similar to the BONUS reactor. The results give information concerning: the effects of different boilersuperheater geometries; the reactivity changes associated with superheater voiding or flooding; power regulation between the boiler and superheater regions; epithermal transmission probabilities for B-stainless steel and Cd control rods; the power flattening characteristics; and void simulation properties. The calculational methods… more
Date: January 30, 1961
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PL FINAL DESIGN REPORT. VOLUME V. CORE DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS

Description: Drawings andd specifications for the PL reactor core are given. The requirements for the material procurement, fabrication, testing, and inspection of one P L-2 reactor core and spares are listed. (M.C.G.)
Date: June 30, 1961
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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MOUND LABORATORY MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT FOR MAY 1961 ON PLASTICS, RADIOELEMENTS, ISOTOPE SEPARATION, AND REACTOR FUELS

Description: tems were cast and cured. Results of chemical tests on aa epoxy curlang exudate are included. Comparison of solvent effects on retention of radioelements by stainless steel was started and data are tabulated for Ac/sup 227/, Th/sup 227/, a nd Ra/sup 22//sub 3/. Work on protactinium was resumed after suspension of this project in 1960. Methods for preparation of small quantities of highly enriched U isotopes are being examined. Included in the survey are chemical exchange, electromagnetic separa… more
Date: May 30, 1961
Creator: Eichelberger, J.F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PERFORMANCE TESTS OF SNAP 10A THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENTS

Description: Apparatus for the performanee testing of SNAP 10A thermoelectric elements was designed, constructed, and is now in operation. Elements may be tested for any desired length of tfme up to 1400 deg F and in a vacuum of 1 x 10/ sup -5/ of Hg. The equipment used for these tcsts may also be utilized for measuring Seebeck coefficient and resistance as a function of temperature. Element performance is derived from the data on voltages and temperatures. The performance variables which are reported in gr… more
Date: August 30, 1961
Creator: Bergdorf, C.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flux and Power Distributions for the SM-2 Reference and Critical Experiment Cores

Description: A detailed analysis was made of the power distributions in the SM-2 experimental core at 68 deg F and the SM-2 reference core at 510 deg F. This analysis supersedes the power distribution calculations presented in APAE No. 69. The calculated distributions for the experimental core were normalized to measured data wherever possible in order to obtain corrections factors for application to the reference core. The over-all power distributions were calculated by synthesis of one-dimensional axial c… more
Date: June 30, 1961
Creator: Fried, B. E.; Alford, M. R. & Oggerino, J. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Magnetic Properties of Insulators : Quarterly Report No. 2 Covering the Period from May 15, 1961 to August 15, 1961

Description: Abstract: "The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of color centers in additively colored KCl crystals is measured to observe the effects of optical bleaching at room temperature. Earlier measurements on the F-center are confirmed and the susceptibility is measured at 78 and 300 deg K over five decades of power, including the very low power region. The width and the saturation properties of the individual multiplets are studied in detail and the technique of making EPR measurements on inhomog… more
Date: August 30, 1961
Creator: Markham, Jordan J. & Noble, Gordon A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineering Evaluation Studies: Heavy Water Moderated Power Reactor Plants

Description: Foreword: This report describes results of a series of evaluation and design studies conducted between July 1, 1960 and June 30, 1961, related to heavy water moderated power reactor plants.
Date: June 30, 1961
Creator: Chittenden, W. A. & Hoveke, G. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Closest Packing of Spheres (A Unifying Basis for Crystal Structures)

Description: "An intuitive approach to the understanding of crystal structures is presented in terms of the concept of the closest packing of spheres. The qualitative features of the concept are sorted out and correlated by successively treating single, double, triple, and multiple layered arrays of closest packed spheres" (p. ix).
Date: July 30, 1961
Creator: Gehman, William G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion and Activity Transfer in the SRE Primary Sodium System

Description: Abstract: An evaluation extending over a two-year period was made of primary system sodium and of stainless steel, zirconium, and beryllium specimens exposed in the hot and cold legs of a bypass loop in the primary system of the Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE).
Date: October 30, 1961
Creator: Johnson, H. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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On the Mechanism of Yielding and Flow in Iron

Description: The activation energy, activation volume, snd frequency factor were evaluated for yielding (delay time for yielding, upper yield stress, lower yield stress, and Luders band propagation) and flow (friction stress, flow stress, and dislocation mobility) for various irons and steels from data in the literature. It was found that the values of these flow parameters and their stress dependence were the same, within experimental error, for both yielding and flow, and for all the materials considered.… more
Date: May 30, 1961
Creator: Conrad, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Primary Piping Static Test Design Request

Description: It is requested that a design be initiated for the primary piping static test. This test is necessary to provide information as to the reliability of the pipe subjected to reactor operating conditions. The test conditions are as follows: temperature - 2000 F (isothermal), pressure effective - 42 psi, and test time - 10,000 hours. It will be necessary to test two sizes of pipe as shown on the preliminary piping layout (2.250-inch O.D. x .095-inch wall and 3 1/2 SCH. 10 pipe). The test specimens … more
Date: November 30, 1961
Creator: O'Brien, R.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Request for Design of a Fuel Element Assembly Soak Test

Description: It is requested that the design be completed for a full-scale fuel element soak test. The test assembly must be designed to permit the fuel element test specimen to be submerged in a lithium bath under a pressure of 60 psi. The maximum temperature of the lithium is to be 2000 F. A total of four test units will be required to complete the test program. Two specimens will be exposed to a thermal cycle between 2000 F and 1400 F with the remaining two specimens being exposed to a thermal cycle betw… more
Date: November 30, 1961
Creator: Spahl, R.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PL Final Design Report. Volume I. Plant Design

Description: The plant design for PL-2, a 1000-kw net electric direct cycle boiling water nuclear power plant, is presented. The design includes all buildings, foundations, and structures required for the installation of the plant in a snow tunnel. (M.C.G.)
Date: June 30, 1961
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Laboratory Gas-Circulating Pump

Description: A pump was developed for pumping carbon dioxide in a closed loop without introducing impurities. This pump will give flow rates of up to 3 liters/min and will develop a working pressure of over 70 mm Hg. No wear was observed after 2000 hr of testing. It is felt that this pump is more desirable for this application than those developed by other experimenters for two reasons: relatively inexpensive construction of the pump and the associated electronic circuit and the low coefficient of friction … more
Date: November 30, 1961
Creator: McNabb, B. Jr. & McCoy, H. E. Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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