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Hanford Atomic Products Operation monthly report for February 1956

Description: This is the monthly report for the Hanford Laboratories Operation, February, 1956. Metallurgy, reactors fuels, chemistry, dosimetry, separation processes, reactor technology financial activities, visits, biology operation, physics and instrumentation research, employee relations are discussed.
Date: February 21, 1956
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Irradiation Processing Department Monthly Record Report: September 1956

Description: This document details activities of the irradiation processing department during the month of September 1956. A general summary is included at the start of the report, after which the report is divided into the following sections: research and engineering operations; production and reactor operations; facilities engineering operation; employee relations operations; and financial operation.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: Hanford Atomic Products Operation. Irradiation Processing Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final report -- PT-105-548-A, The effect of masonite burnout on shield attenuation properties

Description: In a previous study it was determined experimentally that heat deterioration, or burnout, of the shield masonite is more severe than radiation damage under existing and proposed operating conditions. Higher shield temperatures, which are expected to result from increased power levels, fringe enrichment, and higher graphite temperatures, will markedly increase the rate at which the masonite burns out. The laminated iron-masonite biological shield will lose, as a result of burnout, the hydrogen a… more
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: Bunch, W. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Laboratories Operation Monthly Activities Report: October 1956

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 1956.
Date: November 21, 1956
Creator: Hanford Laboratories
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Aluminum components fabricated for the Savannah River Plant]

Description: This report discusses procurement, fabrication, and specifications of aluminium components manufactured by Harvey Aluminium Company in Los Angeles, California.
Date: January 17, 1956
Creator: Woodhouse, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel Element Technical Manual

Description: It is the purpose of the Fuel Element Technical Manual to Provide a single document describing the fabrication processes used in the manufacture of the fuel element as well as the technical bases for these processes. The manual will be instrumental in the indoctrination of personnel new to the field and will provide a single data reference for all personnel involved in the design or manufacture of the fuel element. The material contained in this manual was assembled by members of the Engineerin… more
Date: August 1, 1956
Creator: Burley, H. H.
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Production test number 105-634-A in-pile cocked slug tests

Description: Slug ruptures characterized by intergranular corrosion failure of the aluminum can (Hot Spot Ruptures) have been a major cause for loss of reactor production, particularly during the past year. Although the cause for these failures is not definitely known, it is suspected that fuel elements when cocked in the process tube will sufficiently distort the neutron flux and the heat transfer characteristics in a localized area that very high local temperatures will exist and the corrosion rate of the… more
Date: May 29, 1956
Creator: McCarthy, P. B. & VanWormer, F. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of trip to Los Alamos, Albuquerque Operations Office, and ACF Industries, September 17--19, 1956

Description: This report describes travel to Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory September 17, and 19, ALOO and ACF Industries, Inc. At Los Alamos the principal subjects discussed were reservoir design, and reservoir shipping specifications. In Albuquerque a meeting was held with Albuquerque Operations Office personnel to discuss design and procurement of shipping containers, followed by discussions with ACF of reservoir fabrication and testing.
Date: October 9, 1956
Creator: Crawley, J. E. Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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In-pile defilming of process tubes

Description: To reduce manpower burn-out rates resulting from contamination on tools and equipment which are used to remove process tubes, a method for decontaminating, evaluated. The referenced document reported the results of a small scale test designed to remove film from inside the process tube prior to removal of the tube from the reactor. A more conclusive test was also outlined. The purpose of this document is to report the results of the larger scale test.
Date: January 6, 1956
Creator: Hardin, A. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Research and Development of new fuel elements]

Description: This report discusses continuing proposals for a continuation of research and development on new fuel elements. Topics discussed are: extrusion cladding of flat plates; internal cladding of tubes; and aluminum-uranium alloys.
Date: February 21, 1956
Creator: Woodhouse, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hazards summary memorandum: Savannah River reactors the production of tritium using tubular fuel elements

Description: The Savannah River reactors were operated initially for the production of plutonium, and used slug-type natural uranium fuel elements. Recently one reactor was converted to the production of tritium, and other reactors will be converted soon. slug-type elements (of enriched uranium-aluminum) were charged into this reactor in order to reduce to a minimum the development effort required before the shift to tritium was made. It was recognized, however, that the slug elements would be deficient in … more
Date: September 1, 1956
Creator: Babcock, D. F. & Menegus, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Venturi throat diameter and process tube connector cavitation analysis CG-654

Description: When a ``K`` type process tube is operated without a slug column, damage may take place in the connector because of the cavitation that originates in the venturi. Reported here is a study of this cavitation problem as related to CG-654 operating conditions. A series of curves were developed to present the effect of the venturi diameter on the venturi {Delta}P for instrument operation and on the cavitation problem at the higher flows which are experienced when the tube is operated without a slug… more
Date: July 9, 1956
Creator: Morris, W. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transient calculation techniques

Description: This paper presents a calculation of transient events in the Hanford piles due to the build up of fission product nuclides with a very large neutron absorption cross-section. In particular it was found after operation of the first major pile that Xe{sup 135} was a short lived isotope which built up in the pile, and which possessed a very large cross-section. The dynamics in number density of this isotope has a major impact on the reactivity behavior of the piles, and in particular on the start-… more
Date: December 20, 1956
Creator: Brugge, R. O.; Stamp, S. R. & Worthington, J. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Cladding of uranium tubes]

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Date: January 25, 1956
Creator: McBride, C. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Presentation on extrusion cladding at Sheath Meeting, Chalk River, September 25--26, 1956

Description: Included is a summary of the material presented at the Sheath meeting at Chalk River on Sept. 25--26, 1956. Information is included on cladding plates, end plugs for plates, electroplating techniques, equipment to extrusion clad full length plates at SRL, progress on extrusion cladding the inside of tubes, and a program for future work on extrusion cladding.
Date: October 17, 1956
Creator: O`Leary, W. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Productivity improvement program and related projects

Description: Design and construction schedules and forecast monetary allowances for projects in the 100 Areas, 200 Areas, 300 Areas, and 700 Area of Savannah River Plant have recently been reviewed. There has been no change in the overall funds now forecast for the program, although there has been changes in the distribution of the total between various areas.
Date: August 13, 1956
Creator: Evans, R. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Slug cocking and column bowing experiments

Description: A large number of ``hot spot`` slug failures characterized by intergranular corrosion of the aluminum can have occurred in the past year. The cause of this type of failure may be vertical displacement of one or more slugs in the slug columns. To determine if such displacement may reasonably be expected and to determine the cause and cure of the displacement a set of experiments have been performed in the 189-D laboratory. This document presents data which has been thus far collected. (1) Slugs … more
Date: March 2, 1956
Creator: Arneson, S. O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary report on Columbia University heat transfer studies

Description: Experimental investigations were undertaken at Columbia University to determine the heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of fuel elements for the Savannah River reactors. Primarily the tests simulated quatrefoil operation, but a number of tests directly applicable to the operation of extended surface fuel elements were performed. Data books were published in which the experimental data are tabulated.
Date: November 23, 1956
Creator: Bernath, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hot Semiworks summary: Run PX-13

Description: This report provides a summary of the Hot Semiworks Unit Run PX-13. During Run PX-12 acceptable HA Column decontamination was demonstrated; however, generally under unstable column operating conditions. The principal objectives of PX-13 were: To duplicate the high PX-12 decontamination factors under stable HA Column operating conditions; to study the effects of fresh solvent, IO Column CP carbonate washed solvent, and IO Column Technical grade carbonate washed solvent on A Column decontaminatio… more
Date: August 24, 1956
Creator: Siegler, M. & Oberg, G. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat transfer burnout of Mark VIII fuel

Description: The operating conditions to which the special Mark VIII quatrefoils will be exposed during the proposed piloting program have been compared with the conditions required to cause burnout, using an established method of calculating these conditions. The results of this comparison permit the following conclusions to be drawn: (1) With normal flow of coolant through the special elements the heat flux to be encountered in the R-8 cycle (1400 MW) will be 70% or that required to cause burnout (30% mar… more
Date: August 1, 1956
Creator: Bernath, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pressurizing new reactors

Description: The Technical Division was asked recently to consider designs for new reactors that would add 8000 MW capacity to the Savannah River Plant. One modification of the existing SRP design that would enable a higher power rating, and therefore require fewer new reactors, is an increase in the maximum pressure in the D{sub 2}O system. The existing reactors at SRP are designed for a maximum pressure in the gas plenum of only 5 psig. Higher pressures enable higher D{sub 2} temperatures and higher sheat… more
Date: January 30, 1956
Creator: Neill, J. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Meeting at BMI on electroplating uranium for extrusion cladding, November 8, 1956

Description: This report discusses a meeting held on November 8, 1956 at BMI, Columbus, Ohio, for the following purposes: To determine the best method of electroplating uranium cores for extrusion cladding; to determine if there were any shortcomings in the SRL method of plating which could be the cause of the poor bonding experienced with internally extrusion-clad tubes; and to make what corrections and revisions were necessary in SRL plating procedure to assure the optimum quality of nickel electroplate o… more
Date: November 10, 1956
Creator: O`Leary, W. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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