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Accidental Radiation Excursion at the Y-12 Plant, June 16, 1958: Final Report

Description: This report describes the circumstances leading to the accident, attempts to reconstruct the nuclear reactivity conditions, and reviews the dosimetric means and results which were used to help determine the exposure of affected employees.
Date: September 12, 1958
Creator: Patton, F. S.; Bailey, J. C.; Callihan, A. D.; Googin, J. M.; Jasny, G. R.; McAlduff, H. J. et al.
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Portable Mercury Vapor Detector

Description: From abstract: "This report describes a functional mercury vapor detector which is a portable, self-contained, survey instrument, and had a minimum range from zero to two-tenths milligram of mercury per cubic meter of air."
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: McMurray, C. S. & Redmond, J. W.
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Uranium Concentration Meter

Description: From abstract; "Two basic instruments were developed for determining the concentration of uranium in solutions. Both instruments detect the gamma activity present in a sample solution, and interpret this analysis into direct presentation as parts per million."
Date: September 24, 1956
Creator: Arnett, Orville
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Plasma Thermocoufle Development

Description: A report about a thermionic converter which has been constructed for the purpose of evaluating the effect of radiation shields in the interelectrode space.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California
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Atomic Energy Facts: a Summary of Atomic Activities of Interest to Industry

Description: Introduction: Atomic Energy Facts is designed to serve as an introduction to nuclear operations in the United States and as a handbook of related information for the use of industrial firms and other active or interested in atomic energy.
Date: September 1957
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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20,000 KW Nuclear Power Plant Study for United States Atomic Energy Commission

Description: Introduction: In September of 156, Gilbert Associates, Inc., entered into a contract with the United States of America, acting through the United States Atomic Energy Commission, for the study and preliminary design of a nuclear power plant being considered for integration into a central station power system at an overseas site.
Date: July 7, 1957
Creator: Gilbert Associates, Inc.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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AEC Hot Cells and Related Facilities

Description: Foreward: The primary purpose of this report is to present as an accumulation of basic information on the hot cells constructed to date by the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Fosdick, Ellery R.
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Standardization of Industrial Nuclear Power Plant Components and of Low Power Reactor Systems Report for 1954: Studies Conducted Under an Agreement with the United States Atomic Energy Commission, February 1954 - January 1955

Description: From objectives: This report is a comprehensive review of the American Machine & Foundry Company's Industrial Participation activities for the fiscal year of 1954 and includes a detailed description of technical findings, results of economic analysis and an orientation of the project plans for continued studies.
Date: February 1955
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Nuclear Superheat Meeting: September 1959

Description: From introduction: The Commission's underlying objective of this program is to conduct sufficient engineering and development work to determine the most feasible and economical methods of producing nuclear super-heated steam from a boiling water reactor.
Date: November 3, 1959
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Developments in the Centrifuge Separation Project

Description: Preface: The results of the work undertaken at the University of Virginia, the research laboratory at Westinghouse, and the Standard Oil Development Co. are reported in Parts I, II, and III, respectively, of this volume.
Date: 1951
Creator: Beams, Jesse W.; Hagg, A. C. & Murphree, E. V.
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Polonium

Description: From foreword: This is a report on the efforts of Monsanto Chemical Co. to solve some of the chemical problems involved in the atomic energy program.
Date: July 1956
Creator: Moyer, Harvey Vernon; Gnagey, Lloyd B. & Rogers, Adrian J.
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Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study [Part 1]: Phase 1 Report

Description: From preface: This report covers Phase I of the authorized work, consisting of determination of the specific reactor concept and size for the most economic reactor, preparation of a reference design of the most promising concept and estimated capital and generating costs, evaluation of the variations in cost as a function of unit size, and evaluation of the reductions in ultimate costs for a power station having multiple units of the same type.
Date: July 1959
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Reactor Development.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study [Part 3]: 235 Mw Coal-fired Generating Plant

Description: "This study is one of four initiated in 1958 by the Division of Reactor Development, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, to assess the feasibility of power generation through the use of certain types of nuclear reactors. These studies are available from the Office of Technical Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D.C."
Date: July 1959
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Reactor Development.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 1]: 306 Mw Power Reactor Conceptual Design

Description: From introduction: In general, the objective of this study is to provide for the development of the conceptual design criteria for the most promising type of boiling water reactor and associated complete electrical generating plant consistent with a schedule calling for start of construction in July 1960.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 2]: Separate Studies

Description: From introduction: This section presents the principal results of the optimization study done to establish the economic basis for selection of the core and fuel design.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 3]: 306 Mw Coal-Fired Installation

Description: From introduction: The objectives of this study are to determine the estimated capital and energy costs of this typical conventional coal-fired installation, consistent with a schedule calling for completion of construction April 1964.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Organic Cooled Reactor Study [Part 3]: Reactor Concept Evaluation

Description: From summary and conclusions: The purpose of this volume is to present the results of design studies to select the optimum-sized electric power station utilizing an organic cooled nuclear reactor and to evaluate and optimize the various reactor concepts, with special attention to selection of the moderator, consistent with the basic design criteria established by the AEC.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Bechtel Corporation
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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