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INVESTIGATION OF THERMAL-STRESS-FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF STAINLESS STEELS. Quarterly Technical Progress Report, April-June 1962

Description: Activities in a program to obtain data on thermal-stressfatigue in various stainless steels under reactor conditions are reported. Information concerning procurement of equipment and materials is given along results of initial testing. A specimen of 304 stainless steel was strain-rate tested at 100 to 900 deg C. The averaged result of this test was 0.0005 in./in.-sec. Tensile testing of standard ASTM 1/2-in.-dia stainless steel rods is underway. Data obtained so far in the program are compared … more
Date: October 31, 1963
Creator: Horton, K. E.
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STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE--FIVE-WATT U.S. NAVY WEATHER STATION. Final Report

Description: The SNAP-7C 10-watt Sr/sup 90/ thermoelectric generator, the converter, batteries, and weather station housing that were delivered to Antarctica in December 1961 are described. Thermoelectric analysis, thermal analysis, fuel form and shielding requirements, generator assembly, electrical system, operational tests, and environmental testing are discussed. (M.C.G.)
Date: October 31, 1963
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Radioisotopic heat sources. Revision 1

Description: For the radioisotopes with half-lives over a year, only eight appear to be obtainable in the foreseeable future. The fission products, strontium-90, cesium-137, and promethium-147, exist in wastes from reactor processing, diluted with enormous volumes of other elements and salts. Among those isotopes producible by irradiation of special target materials (cobalt-60, uranium-232, plutonium-238, and curium-244) cobalt-60, though easy to produce, requires a special design for the heat source genera… more
Date: October 15, 1963
Creator: Rohrmann, C.A.
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Activation of electrical machinery. Supplement 1. [Preliminary evaluation; not applicable to ground tests]

Description: The following analysis of the induced radioactivity in SNAP-50/SPUR electrical machinery having a high cobalt content is submitted. Induced radioactivity in the flight vehicle will contribute negligibly to allowable radiation levels. This is especially so due to the low neutron to gamma ratio of assumed radiation damage tolerances to semiconductors. A calculation to estimate the order of magnitude of induced radioactivity in cobalt is attached. The calculation is based on a best guess of the ne… more
Date: November 15, 1963
Creator: Smolen, J.R.
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BIO-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY QUARTERLY REPORT. March through05/1963

Description: This report covers the following titles: (1) Fertility and litter size of normally ovulated and artificially ovulated mice; (2) Further studies on sterility produced in male mice by deuterium oxide; (3) Planarian disaggregation; (4) Uptake of organic compounds by planarians. II; (5) Effects of environmental complexity and training on acetylcholinesterase and cholinesterase activity in rat brain; (6) Effects of environmental complexity and training on brain chemistry and anatomy among mature rat… more
Date: July 23, 1963
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BIO-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY QUARTERLY REPORT. December 1962 throughFebruary 1963

Description: This report covers the following titles: (1) A versatile solvent to replace phenol for the paper chromatography of radioactive intermediary metabolites; (2) Chromatography of plant lipids on alumina paper; (3) Quinone and pigment composition of chloroplasts and quantasomes from Spinacea oleracea; (4) The lipid composition of chloroplast lamellae from Spinacea oleracea; (5) Metal chelates and photochemistry of flavins; (6) Photoinduced ESR in some solutions of organic electron donors and accepto… more
Date: March 29, 1963
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PION SCATTERING FROM A POLARIZED TARGET

Description: This report describes the use of a target containing polarized protons in a particle-scattering experiment. Positive pions of 246-MeV kinetic energy were scattered from the polarized protons. The parameter P that was measured is equivalent to that determined by analyzing the recoil-proton polarization in scattering from an unpolarized target. It has been measured to a higher accuracy than heretofore achieved in pion-proton scattering, at an energy and at angles inconvenient for double-scatterin… more
Date: August 7, 1963
Creator: Chamberlain, Owen; Jeffries, Carson D.; Schultz, Claude H.; Shapiro, Gilbert & Van Rossum, Ludwig.
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Re-Evaluation of Chemical Potential of Imperial Irrigation District Well No. 1

Description: The chemical potential of the brine from I.I.D. Well No. 1 was evaluated and reported in Rogers Engineering Coo, Inc. March 1962 Flow Test Report. This evaluation considered only the recovery of sodium chloride, as the prime salable product and alternately as the raw material for conversion to salable chlorine and caustic. Both cases showed low net revenue relative to the estimated capital investment required. The subsequent three month well flow test indicates continued production of a consist… more
Date: April 1, 1963
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BIO-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY QUARTERLY REPORT. June through August1963

Description: This report covers the following titles: (1) The Effects of 8-Methyl Lipoic Acid on the Evolution of Oxygen and Reduction of Carbon Dioxide during Photosynthesis; (2) Further {sup 14}C and {sup 15}N Tracer Studies of Amino Acid Synthesis during Photosynthesis by Chlorella Pyrenoidosa; (3) Two-Dimensional High Voltage, Low-Temperature Paper Electrophoresis of {sup 14}C-Labeled Products of Photosynthesis with {sup 14}CO{sub 2}; (4) A Search for Enzymic and Nonenzymic Reactions Between Thiamine De… more
Date: October 2, 1963
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Status report of irradiated NPR fuel element rupture studies in the IRP

Description: The Irradiated Rupture Prototype (IRP) has been used for rupture testing irradiated NPR prototype fuel elements. Most of the tests have been made to determine the rupture effect of different reactor exposures, fuel element geometries and water cooldown rates following the start of the rupture. This report summarizes the results obtained to date, mentions where information is lacking and gives further tests scheduled for the IRP.
Date: September 9, 1963
Creator: Hayden, K.D.
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Evaluation of the techniques for end-of-life shutdown of orbiting SNAP reactors

Description: Two techniques for the end-of-life shutdown of orbiting SNAP reactors are presented. One technique consists of two alternative methods for the destruction of the reactor core. This technique (and others) have been investigated during the past year. A second technique, uses a naturally occurring phenomena, which works on the principle of a low neutron absorbing nuclide decaying to a high neutron absorbing daughter (poison). The present design criteria for the latter technique is that only a smal… more
Date: March 29, 1963
Creator: Jamison, N.K.; Lampl, J. & Oliver, D.G.
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Distribution coefficient data and preliminary estimates of movement of radionuclides, Tatum salt dome, Lamar County, Mississippi. Technical letter: Dribble 31

Description: Estimates are made relating radionuclide movement to ground water velocity as part of the safety program for a proposed experiment to detonate nuclear devices within the Tatum salt dome. The estimates are based on distribution coefficients obtained from laboratory studies. Core samples obtained from hydrologic test well HT-3, Tatum salt dome, Lamar County, Mississippi, were equilibrated with radionuclides in solutions simulating aquifer waters found in the area. The combinations of Cenozoic san… more
Date: April 10, 1963
Creator: Beetem, W. A. & Janzer, V. J.
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NERVA Program. Operating procedure: cart cooling system, Test Cell A

Description: The instructions described in this procedure are typical of the operation of Test Cell A relative to the KIWI-B4A. Operation of Test Cell A relative to the NRX reactor will require modifications dictated by specific test requirements. Under NRX conditions, it will be the responsibility of the test cell manager to evaluate the capabilities of Test Cell A in terms of given test requirements and then set forth detailed checklists which will be compatible with the test requirements.
Date: September 1, 1963
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Savannah River Plant 200 Area technical manual. Part SP. Processing of Np/sup 237/ and Pu/sup 238/

Description: This manual covers the technology involved in the 200 Area process for the recovery of Np/sup 237/ from certain aqueous waste streams in the separations plants, for the recovery of NP/sup 237/ and Pu/sup 238/ from irradiated NpO/sub 2/-Al slugs and for the fabrication of NpO/sub 2/-Al slugs. The manual contains sections on the fundamental chemistry, the primary recovery of Np by ion exchange, the decontamination of Np by ion exchange, the processing of NpO/sub 2/-Al targets, the separation and … more
Date: January 3, 1963
Creator: Hill, A.J. (comp.)
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Radioactive contamination in liquid wastes discharged to ground at the separations facilities through December 1962

Description: This document summarizes the amounts of radioactive contamination discharged to ground from separations facilities through December 1962. Detailed data for individual disposal sites are presented on a month-to-month basis for the period of January through December 1962. Previous publications of this series are listed in the bibliography and may be referred to for specific information on measurements and radioactivity totals prior to December 1962. Tables list the major disposal sites in the sep… more
Date: March 12, 1963
Creator: Backman, G. E.
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Results of a test of sampling in I{sup 131} plumes

Description: On September 13 and 14, 1962, 8.3 curies of iodine-131 were emitted from the Hanford Redox Plant at a rate of from 0.35 to 0.65 curies per hour for a period of approximately 18 hours. During the emission, the plume trajectories were plotted from meteorological data and samples were collected across the predicted plume trajectories at several altitudes and at distances up to 50 miles from the Plant. Filter, charcoal trap, and air samples were collected during the emission using aircraft; and cau… more
Date: April 18, 1963
Creator: Brouns, R. J.; Fuquay, J. J.; Simpson, C. L.; Soldat, J. K.; Brauer, F. P. & Perkins, R. W.
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Irradiation Processing Department monthly report, September 1963

Description: This document details activities of the Irradiation Processing Department during the month of August, 1958. 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 Operation; and Financial Operation.
Date: October 14, 1963
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