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The Radiation Leakage Survey of the Shield of the Nuclear Ship Savannah

Description: A detailed 4urvey of the radiation from the N.S. Savannah shield was made. The study was accomplished with the reactor at its full power of 69 Mw during a cruise of 2821 miles. The results of the detailed shield survey show that the design dose rate of 0.5 rem/yr for passenger spaces is not exceeded in any region to which passengers have access. ln the area restricted to crew access the design dose rate of 5.0 rem/yr is nowhere exceeded except in a small region on D'' deck in a room to which en… more
Date: August 29, 1962
Creator: Blizard, E.P.; Blosser, T.V. & Freestone, R.M. Jr.
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Spent Fuel Transfer, Storage and Shipment for PL-3

Description: In refueling development studies performed on PL-3 Phase I design, several methods of fuel transfer, storage, and shipment were investigated. An evaluation of the relative merits of the systems and designs under study, as applied to either the BWR or PWR concepts, is made and optimum designs are selected. An analysis of spent fuel shipping cask shielding requirements is presented, along with recommendations for future study in this area. (auth)
Date: March 1, 1962
Creator: Hauenstein, G. C. & Pomeroy, D. L.
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RADIOISOTOPE AND RADIATION APPLICATIONS. Quarterly Progress Report

Description: The study of the mechanism of free-radical formation and decay in polymeric materials was continued and extended to include an investigation of the potential application of this information to the development of novel graft copolymers. The study of postirradiation grafting techniques employing both peroxide initiation and direct grafting was continued. In addition, the effect of molecular weight on site formation was further investigated. Licenses and license applications for approximately 300 … more
Date: October 18, 1962
Creator: Sunderman, D.N., ed.
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EFFECT OF NEUTRON IRRADIATION ON MATERIALS SUBJECTED TO MULTI-AXIAL STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS. Quarterly Report for the Period Ending June 30, 1962

Description: Activities in a program to determine the effects of neutron irradiation on A-302B steel are reported. Plans are discussed concerning performance tests on tensile, notched tensile, tube, and Charpy specimens. An irradiation capsule design was finalized. A theoretical analysis of the critical conditions arising in a tube subjected to both internal pressure and axial load is included. (J.R.D.)
Date: August 13, 1962
Creator: Trozera, T A
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Reactor Development Program Progress Report, March 1962

Description: ABS>Developmental work is reported on the EBWR and Borax-V other general development work is reported in the area of liquid metal cooled reactors and particularly on the EBR-I and H, and the fast reactor test facility. General reactor technological development is described on applied reactor physics, reactor fuels development, reactor materials development, heat engineering and fluid flow, chemical separations, advanced systems, and nuclear safety. (J.R.D.)
Date: April 15, 1962
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Evaluation of Subsize Izod Specimen Designs for Determining the Notch Toughness of Zircaloy-2

Description: Correlations were made on Zircaloy-2 Izod impact data and Charpy-V drop- weight data. Subsize Izod impact specimens of various geometries and notch configurations and standard ASTM Charpy-V specimens were prepared from bar and plate stock and tested. Drop-weight tests were also conducted and the NDT (nil- ductility transition) temperature was determined for 1/2 in. Zircaloy-2 plate. Results show that the impact properties of Zircaloy-2 are sensitive to hydrogen concentration, specimen and notch… more
Date: October 1, 1962
Creator: Prislinger, J. J.
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Physics Division Summary Report

Description: The use and operation of the 4.5-Mev Van de Graaff generator ts descrtbed. Sputtering experiments were conducted by bombarding single crystals of electrolytic copper wtth deuterons with energies of 0.8 to 2.5 Mev. The experimental results are discussed on the basis of existing sputtering theories. The kinetic-energy distribution and Boltzmann "temperatures" of most of the fragments of cyanogen under electron impact were determined. A lower limit of 0.05 ev for this temperature'' was also determ… more
Date: January 1, 1962
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Energy Matrices of the f$sup 5$ Electron Configuration

Description: The complete electrostatic and spin-orbit matrices of the f/sup 5/ electron configuration were calculated and are presented tabularly. (auth)
Date: September 1, 1962
Creator: Wybourne, B. G.
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SIZE ANALYSIS OF PARTICULATES FOUND IN AIR AT HANFORD PLUTONIUM FABRICATION FACILITIES

Description: A study was made on the characteristics of radioactively contaminated air at Hanford work locations. One of the main objectives in this study is to define the size of particular air contamination in plutonium handling facilities. In addition to characterizing the particulate contamination, it is desirable to know the normal background particle size distribution. Data are summarized on general particle size distribution and radioactive particle distribution at two Hanford plutonium fabrication f… more
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Selby, J.M.
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Delayed Failure Hydrogen Embrittlement of Zirconium. Summary Report, September 15, 1961 to September 14, 1962

Description: The extent to which zirconium and zirconium alloys exhibit delayed failure (static fatigue) as caused by a combination of absorbed hydrogen and applied stress was investigated. Susceptibility to time-dependent fracture was evaluated for unalloyed zirconium and Zircaloy-2 with 200 and 500 ppm hydrogen as well as for an experimental Zr Al-Sn-Mo alloy and the Canadian Zr-2.5Nb cladding material. For unalloyed zirconium and Zircaloy-2 containing up to 500 ppm hydrogen, no room-temperature, timedepe… more
Date: October 10, 1962
Creator: Weinstein, D. & Holtz, F. C.
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Delayed Failure Hydrogen Embrittlement of Zirconium. Quarterly Report No. 1, September 15, 1961 to December 14, 1961

Description: A research program to determine the extent to which Zr and Zircaloy-2 exhibits delayed fnilure (static fatigue) as caused by absorbed H/sub 2/ and applied stress is outlined. Dynamic tensile tests were carried out on Zr and Zircaloy-2 without and wlth 200 ppm H/sub 2/. Preliminary results of a delayed failure investigation suggest that Zr containing 200 ppm H/sub 2/ is relatively insensitive to delayed ailure at room temperature up to 900 hr. (D.L.C.)
Date: January 1, 1962
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Effects of Temperature on Mechanical Properties of Normal Uranium Dingot

Description: Fatigue properties of normal uranium dingot for rotating beam specimens between 150 and 600 deg C are shown as S-N diagrams and are also given by an empirical equation of the form S = bN/sub m/, where S is the stress, N the number of cycIes, and b and m temperature dependent parameters. Tensile properties for temperatures ranging from 30 to 700 deg C are presented in tabular form and as stress-strain diagrams. All of the properties were found to decrease in value with increasing temperature exc… more
Date: January 1, 1962
Creator: Pederson, K. & Murphy, G.
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GAUGE FOR MEASURING BOW OF TUBES

Description: A mechanical gage was designed to measure the bow over any one-foot length of long cylindrical material. The gage was used successfully for measuring bow in components of tubular fuel elements at the Savannah River Laboratory. (auth)
Date: October 31, 1962
Creator: Alewine, G.B.
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STUDIES OF THE SCINTILLATION PROCESS IN CsI(Tl)

Description: The scintillation response of CsI(Tl) crystals, having various thallium contents, was measured for excitation of the crystals by monoenergetic gamma rays, protons, and alpha particles. The investi gation was made to provide a test of some of the features of a theoretical model of the scintillation process in thallium-activated alkali iodides proposed by Murray and Meyer. In order to insure that the results obtained in this program would provide a critical test of the scintillation model, specia… more
Date: November 30, 1962
Creator: Gwin, R. & Murray, R. B.
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AN IBM 7090 FORTRAN PROGRAM FOR ASME UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN AND PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATION

Description: An IBM 7090 FORTRAN program was written for the preliminary design and cost estimation of unfired pressure vessels with or without a jacket. Both vessel and jacket designs conform to the 1959 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Unfired Pressure Vessels. Vessels and jackets from 5 in. pipe through 84 in. o.d. and 1/4 in. through 1 1/2 in. in metal thickness may be designed by this program as written. Total vessel cost is the sum of metal and fabrication costs, each on a weight ba… more
Date: October 17, 1962
Creator: Prince, C. E. & Milford, R. P.
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Crystallographic D-Space Computer Program

Description: D-Space is a computer program which generates indices (hld), tests for space-group extinctions, and calculates d,'' 1/d/sup 2/, sin theta , sin/sup 2/ theta , sin theta / lambda , sin/sub 2/ theta / lambda /sup 2/, theta , and 2 theta for any crystal system and space group, requiring only the unit cell constants as data input. Optional calculations are the single-crystal angle settings, phi and chi, and various Lorentz and Lorentz-polarization corrections. (auth)
Date: April 1962
Creator: Mueller, M. H.; Meyer, E. F. H. & Simonsen, S. H.
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Proceedings of the 1960 Idaho Conference on Reactor Kinetics Held at Sun Valley, Idaho, October 12-14, 1960

Description: >Thirty papers are included on reactor kinetics with emphasis being placed on reactor safety and design considerations resulting from kinetic work. Information is presented on power excursion programs, reactor transfer function determination and application, reactor instability and thermal-hydraulic problems, and analytical methods in reactor kinetics. The accomplishments in the field and areas needing emphasis are discussed and summarized. Constructive suggestions are made on program direction… more
Date: July 1, 1962
Creator: Haire, J. C. & Bright, G. O.
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CALCULATIONS OF THE DOPPLER COEFFICIENT OF LARGE CERAMIC-FUELED FAST REACTORS

Description: ABS>Calculations of the Doppler coefficient of large, ceramicfueled fast reactors containing plutonium were made by means of the ELMOE program to provide accurate flux calculations. The temperature-dependent cross sections of P. Greebler et al., for U/sup 238/ and Pu/sup 239/ were used. Doppler coefficients of the order of 10/sup -5/ ntermediate tem k/ C were obtained, in agreement with Greebler's results. Coefficients of carbide fueled reactors are about 0.7 of those of oxide-fueled reactors a… more
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Bhide, M.G. & Hummel, H.H.
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Research in Radiobiology. Annual Report of Work in Progress on the Chronic Toxicity Program

Description: Separate abstracts were prepared on 8 sections of this report. Data are also included on the status of dogs at various time intervals following the injection of various doses of Ra/sup 226/, Pu/sup 239/, Ra/sup 228/, Th/sup 228, and Sr/sup 90/. (C. H.)
Date: March 31, 1962
Creator: Dougherty, T. F.
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Critical Studies of a Fast Reactor Core Containing Depleted Uranium and Sodium as Diluents. (ZPR-III Assembly 36)

Description: Critical studies were performed with a metallic, fast reactor core designed to snvestigate the effects of replacing highly absorbing U/sup 238/ diluent with high-scattering, lowabsorbing sodium diluent. The fuel was 15.7 wt% enriched U/sup 235/ and the core contained 18.2 vol% sodium and 12.68 vol% stainless steel. The experimental program was designed to measure the effect of the material replacement on spectral indices, which consisted of the standard fission ratios, foil irradiations, and a … more
Date: January 1962
Creator: Gasidlo, J. M.; Long, J. K. & McVean, R. L.
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Detailed Stress Analysis of SM-1 Steam Generator Tube Sheet

Description: The detailed stress analysis of the SM-1 steam generator tube sheet showed it to be safe from strain cycling damage. However, the pressure stresses were greater than the yield strength during the hydrostatic test. The differential between pressure stresses and yield strength indicates that some initial deformation may have taken place in the tube sheet. (auth)
Date: July 11, 1962
Creator: Busuttil, J. J. & Chittum, R. A.
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REACTIVITY CALIBRATIONS AND FISSION-RATE DISTRIBUTIONS IN AN UNMODERATED, UNREFLECTED URANIUM-MOLYBDENUM ALLOY RESEARCH PROGRAM

Description: Completion of zero-power critical experiments with the ORNL Health Physics Research Reactor is reported. A description is given concerning these experiments which were used to determine the critical size, fission-rate distributions, reactivity calibrations of its movable parts, the temperature coefficient of reactivity, and the reactivity effects of the presence of neutron- reflecting materials adjacent to the reactor. (J.R.D.)
Date: May 10, 1962
Creator: Mihalczo, J.T.
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