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Analysis of production test IP-120-A-94FP comparison of performance of ingot and low hydrogen dingot uranium fuel elements

Description: Twenty charges each of low hydrogen dingot fuel and standard ingot fuel elements were irradiated at DR-reactor. Distortion data from 22 tubes are analyzed in this document. The dingot fuel elements are prone to greater tube filling capacity (TFC) and greater daimeter growths at both center and ends of the fuel elements (the growths at center are larger than at ends). The difference between average warp values for the two types of fuel elements is not statistically significant, indicating that t… more
Date: November 5, 1958
Creator: Stewart, K. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Redox accountability test program: Initial results

Description: This report details initial results of a large scale accountability test program which was recently carried out in the Redox Facility. The test, as originally planned which was to consist of the complete processing (no inventory-clean plant basis) of about 55 tons of selected metal in conjunction with an extensive analytical, sampling, and volume measurement program. With the exception of two incidents, the processing requirements (minimum inventory and measurement of all material) necessary to… more
Date: November 25, 1958
Creator: Schneider, R. A. & Bray, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production test IP-214-A, irradiation of enriched Zircaloy-2 jacketed seven-rod cluster elements

Description: Four Zircaloy-2 jacketed enriched seven-rod cluster elements, one three-foot three-rod Zircaloy-2 jacketed enriched cluster element with integral end closures, and two eighteen-inch Zircaloy-2 jacketed wire wrapped cluster elements containing UO{sub 2} will be irradiated at jacket surface temperatures up to 270 C in the KER loops to an exposure of 3500 MWD/T on the enriched seven-rod cluster elements.
Date: November 24, 1958
Creator: Kratzer, W. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Process Specifications for Operational Control: Purex Plant. Revision 1

Description: The Process Specifications for Operational Control of the Purex Plant(l) have been revised to define the operational control changes as a result of (a) converting the Purex Plant from three to two cycles, and (b) the use of the Plutonium Anion Exchange Unit (N-Cell) for routine plutonium concentration in place of the L-Cell Concentration Package. The flowsheets specified in Figures I-1, -2, and -3, and Table I fulfill the requirements for nuclear and chemical safety within the process as define… more
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Irish, E. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical Processing Department monthly report, October 1958

Description: Output of plutonium from the separations plants Purex, Redox was slightly less than that scheduled; however, year-to-date production exceeds the corresponding commitment. Production of UO{sub 3} met the commitment, and UO{sub 3} shipments conformed to the established shipping schedule. Production of buttons and shapes was slightly less than the commitment as shown in the current Official Forecast. Shipments of buttons conformed to the current Forecast, while large shape shipments were slightly … more
Date: November 21, 1958
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion test of irradiated uranium in monoisopropylbiphenyl (RM-171)

Description: The use of organic cooling media for nuclear reactors operating at high power levels predicates the use of a coolant which will not react violently with metallic uranium in the event of a fuel element failure. This report describes the testing, and subsequent examination, of two pieces of irradiated uranium which were immersed in monoisopropylbiphenyl (MIPB) at high temperatures and pressures for periods of time up to twenty-five days. The uranium samples had different irradiation histories and… more
Date: November 11, 1958
Creator: Brandt, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fringe isotope production

Description: The purpose of this work has been to determine the production rate of tritium in fringe Li-Al alloy columns with the degree of precision necessary for economic analyses of such reactor loadings. These results are provided for use in such an analysis. This experiment indicates the production rate of tritium in the outermost fringe tubes to be T = 0.0216 M{sub E} = 0.175 M{sub t} where T = grams of tritium per full length (67 pieces) charge of Li-Al alloy material; M{sub E} = MWD/adjacent ton of … more
Date: November 11, 1958
Creator: Bunch, W. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Laboratories Operation monthly activities report, October 1958

Description: This is the monthly report for the Hanford Laboratories Operation. Metallurgy, reactor fuels, physics and instrumentation, reactor technology, chemistry, separation processes, biology, financial activities, employee relations, laboratories auxiliaries, radiation protection, operation research, inventions, visits, and personnel status are discussed. This report is for October 1958.
Date: November 15, 1958
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Revised model to describe side rupture data

Description: It has been noted on occasion that the side rupture rate at lower exposure is higher than one would expect in order to be consistent with the mathematical model (Weibull curve) used describe the rupture data. This has apparently been due to a few ruptures occurring at exposures lower than one would anticipate on the basis of the model. Restricting themselves to fuel elements irradiated under similar conditions of power and temperature, it is difficult to assert that these ruptures are anomalous… more
Date: November 25, 1958
Creator: Jaech, J. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bond strength evaluation of the brittle bond problem in production fuel elements

Description: Brittle bonds and the factors controlling their formation have been of substantial concern in the production of dip canned fuel elements. Detection of brittle bonds has been by the chisel test and by metallographic examinations. At best, these are qualitative tests and do not establish the degree of brittleness. For this reason bond tensile strength analysis has been suggested. Tests have been run to determine if a change in canning variables could be detected by a change in bond strength.
Date: November 10, 1958
Creator: Tverberg, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Columbia River flow-time calculations

Description: Re-appraisal of the available data on flow times of the Columbia River between the reactor areas and Pasco was undertaken to permit extrapolation of the flow-time curves to lower river flow rates. Comparisons were made between data collected by the US Corps of Engineers and Regional Monitoring and with the equation for calculation of flow times developed by H.T. Norton. Extrapolation of the Regional Monitoring float study data to a flow of 3 {times} 10{sup 5} gallons per second was accomplished… more
Date: November 21, 1958
Creator: Soldat, J. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermonuclear Experiments at UCRL

Description: Report discussing the status of the five main thermonuclear research groups at University of California Radiation Laboratory. The Mirror Machine program is given a more detailed description.
Date: November 1958
Creator: Damm, Charles C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Microwave Interferometer Measurements for the Determination of Plasma Density Profiles in Controlled Fusion Experiments

Description: The following report demonstrates experimental verification of a method described in a previous paper--that involves measuring the dispersive microwave propagation coefficients simultaneously at several frequencies and comparing measured values with the values calculated for various distribution functions--and describes the procedure used to determine the distribution function in a sample laboratory plasma experiment.
Date: November 6, 1958
Creator: Wharton, Charles B. & Slager, Donald M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High Temperature Production and Measurement : A Bibliography

Description: The following report is a bibliography containing reports, books and journals on the production of high temperatures (2000-3000 F). The literature provided only covers to the end of 1957.
Date: November 10, 1958
Creator: Frost, Frederick E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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17-keV x-ray output of plutonium

Description: In the production of plutonium in a reactor, plutonium-238, 240, and 241 are formed as well as Pu{sup 239}. It is well known that the specific alpha activity of the plutonium varies as the percentages of these isotopes are changed. Kinderman, et al have worked out the relationship between isotopic content and MWD/ton exposure. Their findings are reported in this document.
Date: November 5, 1958
Creator: McCall, R. C. & Bernard, R. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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K Reactor natural I&E goal exposure

Description: Return can be increased on the order of $1000 to $2000 per calendar day at each K Reactor if the goal exposure for natural I & E slugs is reduced from 800 to 700 MWD/T. This gain is predicated on primarily a decrease in rupture losses. The recommended goal is a straight line on a linear graph of exposure in MWD/T versus maximum tube power in kw per tube, passing through the following two points: (850 kw/tube, 900 MWD/T); (1400 kw/tube; 490 MWD/T). In addition, I & E natural uranium charges runn… more
Date: November 26, 1958
Creator: Music, J. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PT IP-183-A-98-FP: Evaluation of projection fuel elements for use in K Process tubes

Description: The objective of this test is to permit irradiation of projection fuel elements to evaluate jacket corrosion in areas of projection, to examine the effect of well-aligned fuel elements on hot-spot incidence, and to evaluate problems associated with projection slug usage in ribbed process tubes.
Date: November 5, 1958
Creator: Hall, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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