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Environmental Factors at Proposed Site of Dresden Generating Station of Commonwealth Edison Company

Description: From introduction: This report is a compilation of the presently available data pertaining to the proposed reactor power plant site which may be used in evaluating the proposed measures for protecting the public from possible radioactive hazards, both during normal operation and under unusual hazards.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Kiefer, W. M.; Chiarottino, M. N.; Geue, D. W.; Veras, A. F. & Bonilla, Charles F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Ammonium Carbonate Pressure Leaching of Uranium Ores Proposed as Feed to the Pilot Plant at Grand Junction, Colorado : Progress Report

Description: From introduction: This is Progress report BMI-282, the first of a series covering the operation of the pressure-leaching towers for the extraction of uranium by an ammonium carbonate leach...This report discusses the data obtained from tests run to show the effects of such variables as the amount of air and carbon dioxide passed through the pulp, temperature, pressure, and concentration of ammonium carbonate and ammonium bicarbonate in the leach solution on the extraction of uranium.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Wheeler, C. M.; Langston, B. G. & Stephens, F. M., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation and Consolidation of Electrolytic Thorium

Description: Abstract: "Sound, fabricable ingots of thorium were produced by triple are melting of electrolytic thorium. Consumable electrodes were fabricated by tack welding of cold-pressed and vacuum-sintered bars of the granular thorium electrodeposited from a molten-salt bath. The hydrogen content of the electrodeposited material was reduced from 80 to 4 ppm by vacuum sintering at 1250 C at pressures below 1 x 10-(-3) mm of mercury. Both sodium and chlorine content were reduced during melting; sodium fr… more
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Saller, Henry A.; Dickerson, Ronald F. & Foster, Ellis L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Operating history of Hanford Piles

Description: This document has been written because of a request for information from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. Hanford operating experience has been summarized in terms of operating hours, startups and scram analysis.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Talbott, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Chloroplast Reactions and Plant Metabolism

Description: This technical report represents a brief survey of work by this project on the effects of ultraviolet radiation (UV) on certain of the photochemical and metabolic properties of rhubarb chard and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). These plants were selected for this work because for some years they have been used as sources of chloroplasts for Hill reaction studies in this laboratory. Some of this work has appeared as a brief paper.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Anderson, Donald R.; Spikes, John D. & Mayne, Berger C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Carter Field carts]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Amon Carter Field adding a free stroller service for mothers and a room set aside for them to feed and change their babies.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Houston bomb shelter family]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a family in Houston who offered to live in a 113 square foot bomb shelter for three days to test the psychological effects of living in close quarters in the wake of a nation-wide civil defense alert.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Demo chairman in new harmony plea]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Democratic Party Chairman Paul Butler arriving in Dallas during his tour of Texas. Butler advocated for harmony between the liberal and conservative factions of the Democratic Party.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Pump races]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a pump race between volunteer fire companies at the 79th annual convention of state firemen and fire marshals in Dallas.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Dallas Swarium]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Aquarium receiving a dozen rare heckle-back sturgeons from the Mississippi River in Iowa.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Demo chairman in new harmony plea]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Democratic Party Chairman Paul Butler arriving in Dallas during his tour of Texas. Butler advocated for harmony between the liberal and conservative factions of the Democratic Party.
Date: June 15, 1955
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Pump races]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a pump race between volunteer fire companies at the 79th annual convention of state firemen and fire marshals in Dallas.
Date: June 15, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Carter Field carts]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Amon Carter Field adding a free stroller service for mothers and a room set aside for them to feed and change their babies.
Date: June 15, 1955
Duration: 51 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dallas Swarium]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Dallas Aquarium receiving a dozen rare heckle-back sturgeons from the Mississippi River in Iowa.
Date: June 15, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Area Survey Manual

Description: Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing the area survey manual covering the 15 service stations. Design and operations of the service stations are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Weiss, Max M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Shooting]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car salesman shooting another car salesman to death at a tavern.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Shooting]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a car salesman shooting another car salesman to death at a tavern.
Date: June 15, 1955
Duration: 36 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Houston bomb shelter family]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a family in Houston who offered to live in a 113 square foot bomb shelter for three days to test the psychological effects of living in close quarters in the wake of a nation-wide civil defense alert.
Date: June 15, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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