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The Microbiology of Heavy Water in the HIFAR Reactor

Description: The high flux research reactor HIFAR contains ten tons of heavy water which acts as moderator and primary coolant. Over an eighteen months period regular microbiological examinations have been carried out on samples of heavy water taken from various parts of the circuit. The heavy water circuit provides an interesting opportunity for the study of microorganisms because of the high isotopic purity (greater than 99.6 per cent.), and the high chemical purity of the heavy water in the reactor. Furt… more
Date: June 1962
Creator: Davis, P. S. & McPherson, G. G.
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Automatic Solution of Optimum Design Problems on a Digital Computer

Description: A description is given of a method suitable for the automatic solution of certain optimum design problems on a digital computer for cases where the number of constraints imposed on the design is not greater than the number of design variables. The problem is transformed to one requiring the minimization or maximization of an unconstrained function, for which a gradient method is used.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Lawrence, B. R.
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Reactions of Preoxidized Beryllium Powder in Moist Carbon Dioxide

Description: Breakaway corrosion of Be in moist CO2 can be avoided if the Be is fabricated using preoxidized powder. The powder is preoxidized by heating in dry O/sub 2/. Preoxidation of Be powder was measured as a function of temperature and time of heating in O/sub 2/. The subsequent reactions of the preoxidized powder in moist CO/sub 2/ at 700 deg C were studied and the effect of increasing amounts of added oxide was measured. A model is proposed to explain the inhibition of corrosion by added oxide. (au… more
Date: June 1962
Creator: Adams, R. B.; Price, G. H. & Stuart, W. I.
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Purification of Carbon Dioxide for Reactor Purposes. Part III, Drying

Description: Comparison of the adsorption characteristics of the desiccants silica gel, alumina, and molecular sieves has shown that molecular sieves have by far the greatest capacity of the desiccants at the low partial pressures considered. Equilibrium data in the form of isotherms were established over the range of variables expected in the coolant circuit of a proposed Australian H.T.G.C. reactor. The mass transfer from the gas phase to molecular sieves is such that no correlation could be attempted for… more
Date: April 1962
Creator: Draycott, A. & Kerr, A. C.
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Design of Concentric Tubular Reactor Fuel Elements for Uniform Coolant Conditions

Description: Concentric tubular reactor fuel element geometries to give equal coolant outlet temperatures are presented. Oscillations from tube to tube in thickness and temperatures generally occur but it is possible to eliminate them by choice of the centre element. This may be a fuel rod or a non-heat—producing rod with or without a surrounding annulus of fuel. The geometries and temperatures are dependent on the voidage and on a non-dimensional parameter equivalent to a Biot number based on the channel e… more
Date: June 1962
Creator: Binns, Ian M.
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