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A CDC-1604 SUBROUTINE PACKAGE FOR MAKING LINEAR, LOGARITHMIC AND SEMILOGARITHMIC GRAPHS USING THE CALCOMP PLOTTER

Description: A CDC-1604 subroutine package was written to facilitate the plotting of curves and points on linear, logarithmic, and semilogarithmic graphs using the CALCOMP plotter. The subroutines accomplish the necessary computations and prepare a magnetic tape for use by the plotter. (auth)
Date: June 24, 1963
Creator: Trubey, D.K. & Emmett, M.B.
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Comment issue N-Reactor startup physics test program test procedures -- approach to critical and minimum critical size

Description: This document describes the detailed test procedures to be used during the initial phases of the physics test program--the approach to critical and minimum critical size tests. During these initial phases, several physics characteristics of the reactor will be evaluated in addition to determination of the critical loading. Overall flux distributions will be determined in the critical pile and used to evaluate the lattice buckling characteristics. Theoretical calculations normalized to experimen… more
Date: June 24, 1963
Creator: Hagan, J. W.
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DESIGN CRITERIA FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE LATTICE TEST REACTOR PROJECT CAH-100

Description: Design and construction specifications to be followed in the development of the reactor, its associated systems and experimental facilities, and the housing and required services for the facility are presented. The testing procedures to be used are outlined. (D.C.W.)
Date: May 24, 1963
Creator: Ballard, D. L.; Brown, W. W.; Harrison, C. W.; Heineman, R. E.; Henry, H. L.; Jeffs, T. W. et al.
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Effect of Long-Range Interactions on Order

Description: Harrison and Paskin (HP) have calculated the ordering energy of β-CuZn using recent theoretical techniques of treating electron screening and Mott's polar model of an alloy. Good agreement is obtained between the calculated total energy of the order-disorder transformation and specific heat measurements. A consequence of the HP calculation is that the ordering energy is long-range and oscillates in sign. Walker and Keating recently measured the neutron diffuse scattering of β-CuZn above the cri… more
Date: December 24, 1963
Creator: Paskin, Arthur
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Electronuclear Division Annual Progress Report for Period Ending December 31, 1962

Description: Heavy-ion reactions in the low-Z region were investigated with 27-Mev nitrogen ions from the 73-inch Cyclotron and with 30-Mev oxygen ions from the Tandem Van de Graaff. Experiments included studies of angular distributions and excitation functions for transfer reactions, compound-nucleus reactions, effects of angular momentum on the density of nuclear states, and so-called Ericson fluctuations in the compound nucleus Si/sup 28/. Nuclear reactions induced with 22-Mev protons in the 86-Inch Cycl… more
Date: May 24, 1963
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Fabrication Development of U-Mo-UO$sub 2$ and U-Mo-UC Dispersion Fuels for the ENRICO Fermi Fast-breeder Reactor

Description: The fabricability of dispersion fuels using UO/sub 2/ or UC as the dispersoid and uranium combined with 10 to 15 wt% Mo as the matrix was investigated. Cores containing l7.8 wt% UO/sub 2/ dispersed in U-- 15 wt.% Mo were successfully fabricated to about 80% of theoretical density by cold pressing at 50 tsi, sintering at 1100 deg C, and cold coining at 50 tsi. Comparable results were obtained with UC as the dispersoid. Core fabrication results varied greatly with the type of matrix powder used. … more
Date: June 24, 1963
Creator: Rabin, S. A.; Martin, M. M.; Lotts, A. L. & Hammond, J. P.
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Feasibility and Conceptual Design for the Step Loss of Coolant Facility

Description: A summary of studies conducted on the pressurizedwater reactor loss-of- coolant accident is presented, and an experimental safety program is proposed. The various phenomena involved in the loss-of-coolant accident, related research and development programs, assumptions currently used to predict the various physical phenomena, and the general approach to be used in conducting the safety tests are discussed. In order to accomplish the loss-of-coolant experimental safety program, a dry containment… more
Date: April 24, 1963
Creator: Wilson, T. R.; Hauge, O. M. & Matheney, G. B.
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High Pressure Research at Low Temperatures

Description: Two principle reasons exist for the extension of high pressure research to temperatures near absolute zero. First, the comparison of certain data with theory (such as the pressure-volume relationship) is more meaningful if the effects of thermal vibrations can be ignored. Second, there are phenomena which can be studied only at low temperatures. These include superconductivity, the properties of solid helium and other inert gases, some electronic phenomena, etc.
Date: February 24, 1963
Creator: Swenson, C. A.
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Light-Droven Cytochrome Reactions in Anacystis and Euglena

Description: The basic similarity in cytochrome physiology between Anacystis nidulans ad Euglena gracilis, strains Z, is impressive in view of their gross dissimilarities in size, structure, and pigment content. We have investigated the cytochrome reactions by sensitive spectrophotometric methods in order to gain some insight into the patterns of energy transfer from the various light receptors to the reaction centers involved in the two photochemical reactions of green plant photosynthesis and also to eluc… more
Date: December 24, 1963
Creator: Olson, John M.
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Low flow tubes

Description: A study on low flow in tubes indicates that the below normal coolant flow is due to an abnormality in the rear hardware. It is suggested that reaming the rear Parker fittings on the tubes and subsequently inspecting the venturi gauges is an good solution.
Date: July 24, 1963
Creator: Huffman, I. L.
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Manganese Poisoning - New Insights

Description: The heavy metal intoxications involving the brain may be divided into two groups: One, in which the offending metal is clearly a poison, such as mercury or lead; and a second, in which the offending agent is normally an essential constituent of the body. The latter category would include manganese poisoning, copper poisoning (or Wilson's disease) and, if some recent data are valid, Huntington's chorea, in which iron seems to have been implicated. Our interest in the second category of diseases … more
Date: December 24, 1963
Creator: Cotzias, George. C. & Van Woert, Melvin H.
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Measurement of Spectral Distribution of Positron Flux in an Infinite Copper Medium Containing Cu$sup 64$

Description: The spectral distribution of the flux of positrons inside a beta radioactive medium was experimentally determined using an anthracene coincidence scintillation spectrometer. Positrons leaving a copper cavity source containing Cu/sup 64/ were absorbed in a thin anthracene crystal. The light pulse from the anthracene was recorded in a 256 channel analyzer if a NaI scintillation spectrometer nearby recorded simultaneously a count under the total absorption peak for annihilation radiation. Thus, di… more
Date: December 24, 1963
Creator: Wilkie, W. H. & Birkhoff, R. D.
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A Model for Current Reversal Chronopotentiometry with Kinetic Complications

Description: A model has been developed for the analysis of current reversal chronopotentiograms in systems where the electrode process is followed by a homogeneous second order reaction. The model is analyzed using the IBM 7094 digital computer programed in FORTRAN language. Working curved, derived with the aid of dimensional analysis, can be used to evaluate rate constants from experimental data. The electroreducation of uranium (VI) to uranium (V) with subsequent second order disproportionation of uraniu… more
Date: December 24, 1963
Creator: Feldberg, S. W. & Auerbach, Clemens
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Neutron Activation Analysis: Clinical and Biological Studies of Manganese

Description: A strong motivation for metabolic investigations of essential metals lies with the simple fact that these elements are primordial metabolites and building blocks of living matter, a truism largely forgotten today. Among them, the metals of the first transition group display high physical and chemical flexibility: They can concomitantly coordinate natural or artificial ligands; they can regulate electron and proton transport; they can act as catalysts or as cofactors to catalysis.
Date: December 24, 1963
Creator: Cotzias, G. C.; Papavasiliou, P. S. & Miller, S. T.
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Operating physics factors with zirconium tubes at the K Reactors

Description: This document lists the physics factors for the K Reactors following the transition to the KV fuel element geometry and zirconium tubes. Each new parameter with the zirconium tube lattice has been calculated relative to the factors used with aluminum tubes and the KIV fuel elements. The purpose of this document is to provide working values for plant assistance use during the transition to the zirconium lattice. In some cases, where there are large uncertainties in the absolute values, the conse… more
Date: May 24, 1963
Creator: Tiller, R. E. & Vaughn, A. D.
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Past Analogue Multipliers with Field-Effect Transistors

Description: The solution time of analogue multipliers using field-effect transistors is investigated. This time is ultimately limited by the charging time of the field-effect transistor junction. In typical devices suitable for analogue multiplication the charging time is found to be about 10-20 nsec less than one percent. A four quadrant pulse amplitude multiplier circuit is described, whose solution time is equal to the field-effect transistor charging time.
Date: December 24, 1963
Creator: Radeka, V.
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Pressure and flow data PT IP-573-I, 100-K flow tests

Description: A testing program designed to provide the necessary data for evaluation of the emergency flow backup adequacy was conducted at the K reactors on February 16, 1963. Three transient or trip-out tests and 13 steady-state tests were performed under authorization of PT IP-573-I. This report contains the numerical results of the pressure and flow data that were obtained during these tests.
Date: April 24, 1963
Creator: Lessor, L. C.
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A Program of Two-Phase Flow Investigation Quarterly Report: First Quarterly Report, March-June, 1963

Description: Task A: Modification and Preparation of Experimental Facility. Facility engineering and layout is about seventy-five percent complete. Task B: Design and Construction of Test Sections. The major dimensions and characteristics of the metal and glass test sections have been calculated. One feasibility test of the electrically conducting coating on samples of glass tubing has been completed. Task C: Design and Construction of Test Stand, Task E: Pressure and Temperature Instrumentation for Test S… more
Date: June 24, 1963
Creator: Staub, F. W. & Zuber, N.
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Pump Loops Used for Materials Testing in High Temperature Aqueous Solutions and Slurries

Description: Pump loops designed to operate at temperatures and pressures to 320 deg C and 2000 psia are described. The loops were used to circulate uranyl sulfate solutions and aqueous thoria slurries in out-of-pile tests for the aqueous homogeneous reactor program. As this phase of the aqueous homogeneous reactor program was completed, the loops were converted for use in studies of materials of interest to other types of reactors. Solutions or slurries are circulated in the loops by means of a 100-gpm can… more
Date: June 24, 1963
Creator: Savage, H.C.
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Recent Studies on the Experimental Program Requirements for a Super High Energy Accelerator

Description: Brookhaven has sponsored a summer program to study possible experimentation with super-high-energy accelerators of ~ 1000 BeV and to examine the feasibility of colliding beam experiments. A group of about fifty physicists took part in this study program. These investigations are a continuation and supplementary to our previous studies at Brookhaven about two years ago.
Date: December 24, 1963
Creator: Yuan, Luke C. L.
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Spert III Spun Cast Pipe Experience

Description: Centrifugally cast stainless steel piping was selected for the primary piping of Spert III, a 2500-psi, 650 deg F water moderated and cooled nuclear reactor system, because of the significant cost advantage of using cast piping and because of favorable results from metallurgical examinations of the material. Essentially no operating experience was available at that time on the performance of cast piping in elevated pressure and temperature service. Presented are a brief history of operational e… more
Date: May 24, 1963
Creator: Gale, L.G.
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Transistorized 10-Mc Decade Scaler

Description: This scaler was designed to replace an obsolescent tube design that was in general use at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore. The new design, using solid state devices and printed circuit modules, allows two complete scalers in one frame to occupy the same rack space as the tube design. Switches in the input circuits of the new scaler change input impedance and sensitivity for operation with either tube or transistor circuits. The use of transistors has greatly increased reliability, an… more
Date: October 24, 1963
Creator: Van Den Heuvel, C. A.
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