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Accuracy of Relaxation Length Measurements

Description: We consider here the accuracy of relaxation lengths measured during the water-uranium lattice experiments. Since such an analysis for all measurements would take a great deal of time, we have applied it to just one lattice. This one (2:1 water-to-metal ratio) was chosen completely at random.
Date: April 28, 1953
Creator: Kouts, H.
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Additional Experiments on Stored Energy in BNL Reactor Graphite

Description: In the memorandum entitled "Stored Energy in BNL Reactor Graphite", dated February 25, 1953, there is described an experiment conducted by Gurinsky's group to determine the energy per gram of irradiated graphite released in a 200°C anneal. Similar experiments were subsequently conducted by W. Kosiba, differing from the original in two particulars: a) Instead of two graphite samples, one normal, and one irradiated, Kosiba used only an irradiated sample which he heated first to release the stored… more
Date: August 3, 1953
Creator: Mulhern, T.
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The Approximation with Anisotropic Effects for Cylindrical Geometry

Description: The method of spherical harmonic tensors developed Mark for solving the Boltzmann transport equation in isotropic media is herein extended to anisotropic media for cylindrical geometry. A formal solution is given for the case of two concentric cylindrical media, A and B, but no numerical work has yet been done. The following treatment differs from a similar one by the H. K. Ferguson Co. in that the external medium B is assumed to be both a neutron absorber and finite in extent rather than a non… more
Date: January 22, 1953
Creator: Fleck, J.
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Calculation of Average Flux in Moderator of Water Lattices by Means of a Relaxation Method

Description: The following report concerns the application of a relaxation mesh method for the determination of the average flux within the moderator of a light water moderated, 1.027 per cent U-235, hexagonal lattice with a volume ratio (V_H2O + V_Al)/V_Uranium of 4:1. It was hoped that the calculation would enable one to determine any differences in flux which might result from the fact that the unit cell is a hexagon instead of a cylinder. Because we were primarily interested in the effect due to geometr… more
Date: March 24, 1953
Creator: Oleksa, S. & Mozer, B.
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Calculation of Transport Cross-Sections of Uranium

Description: In recent months, experiments investigating the total, non-elastic, transport, etc., cross-sections of U-238 have been performed. It is the purpose of this memo to examine these data and to obtain from them information which will be of use in refinements pile calculations. In cases, e.g. transport cross-sections, where experimental data do not suffice, the theory developed pertaining to the continuum model of the nucleus has been depended upon. One of the fundamental requirements of this model … more
Date: January 9, 1953
Creator: Oleksa, S.
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The Cosmotron Radio Frequency Accelerating System

Description: The proton beam in the Cosmotron is accelerated to an energy of 2.3 billion electron volts by a radio frequency voltage which is impressed across an insulated gap in the ferrite loaded accelerating cavity of the vacuum chamber. To maintain a constant orbit radius as the beam is accelerated, the frequency of the accelerating voltage must increase from the initial value of 370 kc/sec to 4200 kc/sec during the one second magnet pulse. Over the entire 11:1 frequency range, a minimum gap voltage of … more
Date: November 24, 1953
Creator: Rogers, Edwin, J. & Flotkin, M.
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Design Study for a 15-BeV Accelerator

Description: This report is the culmination of a year of progress and planning in the high-energy particle field. During this year the Brookhaven Cosmotron has been successfully completed and brought into operation for research at 2.3 Bev. Preliminary experimental results with the copious output of π-mesons are in process of publication. Multiple production of mesons has been observed, a few V-particles detected, and the interactions of π-mesons in hydrogen have been studied. Yet it already appears that hig… more
Date: June 30, 1953
Creator: Livingston, M., Stanley, Prof.; Ramsey, N. F., Prof.; Street, J. C., Prof.; Pound, R. V., Prof; Preston, W. M., Prof; Selove, W., Prof. et al.
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ξ Measurements

Description: This memorandum clarifies the present status of ξ measurements in the uranium-water lattices.
Date: February 19, 1953
Creator: Kouts, H. & Price, G.
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Measurements of Water Lattices

Description: A series of measurements of ε in slightly enriched uranium, light water lattices is presently under way at Brookhaven. Figure 1 shows ε as a function of water-to-metal ratio for .600" diameter rods, of 1.3% enrichment. Because of interaction between neighboring groups of rods, ε increases rapidly as the water-to-metal ratio decreases.
Date: July 20, 1953
Creator: Kouts, Herbert & Chernick, Jack
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Neutron Capture Gamma Ray Spectra

Description: A series of measurements was performed to investigate the gamma ray spectra, in the region from about 100 kev to about 3 Mev, resulting from the capture of thermal neutrons in a number of elements. The purpose of the experiment was to supplement the high energy capture gamma ray data in order to remove some of the ambiguities from the proposed energy level schemes and to obtain information for the Shielding Group of Brookhaven National Laboratory on elements normally found in reactors.
Date: November 1, 1953
Creator: Reier, Melvin
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Neutron Streaming Through Boundaries in a Mock-Up of the SIR Rotating Plug

Description: This report is a summary of the neutron attenuation data which have been obtained at the Brookhaven shielding facility on a mock-up of the fuel-rod-unloading plug used in the KAPL Reactor. Before this program was initiated, a number of small scale tests had been made in the ORNL lid tank on carbon steel mock-ups of components of the rotating plug. The results of the tests indicated considerable neutron streaming through the vertical steel and air members of the plug. However, the lid tank sourc… more
Date: March 25, 1953
Creator: Kouts, Herbert, J. C.; Pratt, William, W.; Schamberger, Robert, D.; Shore, Ferdinand, J.; Sleeper, Harvey, P., Jr. & Susskind, Herbert
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Non-Overload Amplifiers

Description: Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing non-overload amplifiers, including features, performance, and improvements of amplifiers. This report includes illustrations, and photographs, as well as errata at the end of the report.
Date: April 1, 1953
Creator: Higinbotham, W. A.
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The Occurrence and Control of Radioactive Entrainment in Evaporative Systems

Description: A study has been made of entrainment generation in a submerged coil evaporator and a vertical-tube natural circulation evaporator. Both evaporators generated about the same amount of entrainment at comparable boil-up rates. The decontamination efficiency of a submerged coil evaporator is correlated to the boil-up rate. The efficiency of a bubble-cap column, a Raschig ring packed tower, and a glass wool packed tower as de-entrainment devices was studied, the glass wool packed tower proving to be… more
Date: October 1953
Creator: Menowitz, B.; Bretton, R. H. & Horrigan, R. V.
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Procedure for Annealing Operation

Description: By heating the normally cool areas of graphite to temperatures of 200°C or higher, it is evident that a substantial portion of the energy stored will be released. The physical dimension change which is associated with the radiation damage of graphite has been noted to partially recover under laboratory conditions when this amount of stored energy is released. This latter phenomenon is of prime interest in this operation. If a dimension recovery is noted on the gross structure, a solution to cer… more
Date: 1953
Creator: Powell, R. W.
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Progress Report - Studies on the Propagation of Gamma Rays in Air

Description: Initial rough measurements of the quality of the gamma radiation from Co-60 in air indicated agreement with the theoretical calculations of Spencer and Fano for an infinite water medium. Further experiments were performed, duplicating the conditions assumed in the calculations. Since the spectral region between 100 kev and 1 mev has already been examined by Hayward, it was decided to investigate in detail the region below 100 kev and above 1.0 mev. Total radiation dosage measurements were made … more
Date: June 30, 1953
Creator: Bernstein, W. & Weiss, M. M.
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The Rotary Rain Indicator, an Electrical Precipitation Time Recorder

Description: The rotary rain indicator, an electrical device for recording the time of beginning and ending of periods of precipitation, was developed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Meteorology Group and has operated successfully for eight months. Its sensitive element consists of a rotating grid whose circuit may be completed by a drop of water.
Date: 1953
Creator: Raynor, Gilbert, S.
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Stored Energy in BNL Reactor Graphite

Description: Radiation damage to graphite has several consequences of practical importance. The growth of graphite under radiation (Wigner's disease) in production reactors has always been a serious concern. The thermal conductivity of graphite decreases greatly with time of irradiation and is important in long range studies of reactor temperature problems.
Date: February 25, 1953
Creator: Chernick, J.
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Technical Discussion of Brookhaven Off-Site Personnel Monitoring Service

Description: A number of questions have arisen in regard to the interpretation of personnel monitoring results reported to users of the Brookhaven neutron monitoring service. The original announcement was rather brief and did not contain most of the technical characteristics upon which an evaluation of results must be based. The following paragraphs have been composed with the hope that they will clarify the meaning of the exposure reports.
Date: July 31, 1953
Creator: Cowan, F. P.
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