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Average effluent releases from U. S. nuclear power reactors, compared with those from fossil-fueled plants, in terms of currently applicable environmental standards

Description: From 3rd international congress of the International Radiation Protection Association meeting; Washington, District of Columbia, USA(9 Sep 1973). Between 1967 and 1972, eighteen second generation'' lightwater-cooled nuclear power plants, with capacities in the range of 500 to 800 MW(e) have been put into operation in the United States. These were in addition to ten smaller demonstration plants and one high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear power plant in operation at the start of this period. The … more
Date: September 19, 1973
Creator: Hull, A.P.
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Design Data for Hollow Cathode Gas-Fed Arcs

Description: Engineering information is provided to fabricate and operate equipment for generating hollow cathode arcs. Topics include equipment selection and design, operating procedures, and operating characteristics. Hollow-cathode operating characteristics for a wide range of cathode sizes, gas-flow rates, gas types, and cathode-anode spacings are covered. (auth)
Date: December 19, 1973
Creator: Williams, Duane G.
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Fatigue of welded 5083 aluminum alloy

Description: A failure analysis was conducted on an aluminum (5083) structure subjected to fatigue testing. Failure occurred by fatigue in an electron-beam weld; the cycles to failure were reasonable for the loading conditions. (5 figures) (auth)
Date: December 19, 1973
Creator: Hanafee, J. E.
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High-pressure mechanical properties of an Area 12, Nevada Test Site tuff

Description: The mechanical properties of tuff from instrument hole UG3, tunnel U12e.06 at the Nevada Test Site have been investigated to 1400 MPa, The shear strength increases from about 5 MHa unconfined to 12 MPa at 300 MPa mean pressure. A brittle-ductile transition was indicated at about 250 MPa. In uniaxial strain, the sample loads to the vicinity of the failure envelope and then is parallel to that envelope up to the highest stresses, 420 MPa. Hydrostatic pressure of 1400 MPa produces about 9% volume … more
Date: November 19, 1973
Creator: Duba, A.; Abey, A. E. & Heard, H. C.
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Mechanical Properties of Blair Dolomite

Description: Pressure-volume, uniaxial stress loading to failure, uniaxial strain, and acoustic velocity determinations were made on Blair dolomite at confining pressures ranging to 3.5 GPa (Pa = Paschals where 10/sup 5/ Pa = 1 bar or 0.1 GPa = 1 kbar). The bulk modulus K, rapidly rises from an initial 10.4 GPa (at atmospheric pressure) to 102.0 GPa at 1 GPa pressure. At higher pressures, K remains essentially constant (110 GPa). The maximum volume change on loading is 3.9% at 3.5 GPa; the unloading closely… more
Date: October 19, 1973
Creator: Heard, H. C.; Duba, A.; Abey, A. E. & Schock, R. N.
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New transient surface-current sensor and recorder

Description: It was demonstrated that a transient surface-current pulse can be sensed and recorded by a graded-Hc film, a magnetic film with the coercive force Hc varying along the length of the film. Information on the magnitude of the current can be obtained by comparing the domain-wall location with the distribution of Hc value along the film. The transient characteristic of the current pulse can be deduced from the V-shaped configuration of the domain wall. (auth)
Date: October 19, 1973
Creator: Hsieh, E. J. & Vindelov, K. E.
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