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The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project Quarterly Progress Report for Period Ending August 31, 1950

Description: Technical report outlining various experiments that took place in the Oak Ridge Area Critical Mass Laboratory until August 31, 1950. Experiments took place in categories of critical experiments, experimental engineering, heat transfer, radiation damage, nuclear measurements, reactor physics, ARE reactor design, circulating fuel reactors, and circulating moderator reactors. [From Summary]
Date: December 4, 1950
Creator: Ellis, C. B. & Thompson, W. E.
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The Corrosion of Miniature Fuel Plates in Simulated Reactor Cooling Water

Description: Technical report issued as one of a series of reports concerned with corrosion studies for the Materials Resting Reactor, created to both determine the effect of various practices for fuel plate fabrication on corrosion resistance and to determine the extent of penetration of the fuel plates by localized corrosion attack. [From Introduction]
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: English, James L.
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Evaluation of Tributyl Phosphate in Jet Mixing Columns as a Solvent for Uranium Extraction From Slurry-Type Ore Feeds

Description: Technical report outlining the physical operability of 30% tributyl phosphate in a hydrocarbon dilutent for the extraction of uranium from more feed slurries. Operability had been satisfactorily demonstrated in jet mixing columns at the pilot plant of the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works. [From Abstract]
Date: December 7, 1950
Creator: Runion, T. C. & Yeager, J. H.
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Homogeneous Reactor Experiment Quarterly Progress Report [for] Period Ending August 31, 1950

Description: Technical report containing the detailed design of the equipment within the reactor shield, reviewed in 1950. Contains various summaries on engineering design and development, reactor physics, chemical studies, and corrosion.
Date: October 24, 1950
Creator: Winters, C. E.; Gall, W. R.; Graham, C. B.; Quarles, L. R.; Stein, J. M.; Clewett, G. H. et al.
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A Preliminary Survey of Radioactive Constituents in Rainwater at ORNL

Description: Technical report surveying radio-chemical analyses by ORNL's Analytical Chemistry Division and Health-Physics Division of large volumes of rainwater for plutonium, uranium, and fission products. Overall, carrying efficiencies for Al(OH)3 scavenging of rainwater were determined for these elements, as well as for Pu and U. [From Abstract, Introduction]
Date: December 4, 1950
Creator: Booksbank, W. A., Jr.; Emmons, A. H.; Gost, J. W. & Reynolds, S. A.
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General Reactor-Engineering Research Quarterly Progress Report [for] Period Ending August 31, 1950

Description: Technical report describing results on work which cannot be ascribed to one reactor program. Outlines the results of miscellaneous corrosion testing, the development of new shielding materials, the testing of irradiated plastics, and general heat transfer investigation. [From Preface]
Date: November 13, 1950
Creator: Lyon, R. N.
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