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ORR Startup Accident and Cooling Flow Coastdown Analog Analysis

Description: Startup accident and pump run-down on the ORR have been simulated on the Reactor Controls Analog Facility. At full flow the 150% level scram (45 Mv) easily terminates the startup accident before the metal temperature gets above 180°F. For very low flows typical of criticality runs, temperature coefficients turn the excursion before it reaches 150% of full power, and temperatures climb to boiling, a potentially hazardous condition. (This same behavior can occur at full flow is the power is incr… more
Date: January 4, 1961
Creator: Stone, R. S. & Colomb, A. L.
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High Pressure Recombination Loop Progress Report

Description: The operation and design of a high pressure recombination loop for the recombination of H2, D2, and O2 produced by the radiolytic decomposition of water which is used a solvent for fuel in the homogeneous reactors are presented.
Date: January 4, 1957
Creator: Harley, P. H.
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APPR-1 Type Absorber Rod Irradiation Test -- Irradiation Request ORNL MTR-29

Description: In order to evaluate the behavior of an APPR type absorber rod, an irradiation test program has been established. Approximately 21 more samples are planned for testing under this request. The request proposes testing a full size APPR-1 type control rod in the MTR. The objective of the test is to better evaluate the neutron absorbing material proposed for the APPR-1 control rod.
Date: January 4, 1957
Creator: Gross, E. E. & Schaffter, L. D.
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A Cost Analysis of the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant

Description: A capital cost breakdown of the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, a directly maintained remotely operated plant for processing spent enriched uranium fuel assemblies from reactors, is presented. The capital investment in the plant, including design, construction, training, and preoperational costs, an estimate of the direct costs incurred by the Atomic Energy Commission, and a proportional part of the costs of Central Facilities, including the value of the land and improvements theorem when acqu… more
Date: January 4, 1955
Creator: Robertson, P. L. & Stockdale, W. G.
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Time Dependence of Space Charge Beam Losses in the Cosmotron

Description: An investigation was made of Cosmotron intensity versus time through the entire time interval from the beginning of injection to the completion of r-f capture. The induction electrode signal was used for the instantaneous measurement of beam intensity. Oscilloscope displays of the signal were photographed and traced. Base lines were filled in on the tracings and the area of the pulses measured with a polar planimeter. It was found that the relation losses of beam intensity increase with injecti… more
Date: January 4, 1962
Creator: Barton, M. Q. & Sacharidis, E. J.
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A Hooded and Ion Source With a Magnetic Mirror Feature

Description: "The ion source used for hydrogen and deuterium ions in the variable energy cyclotron at the University of Rochester is of the hooded arc type. For the past year it has been operating with a new feature which has greatly improved its performance. The new feature is a magnetic mirror built into the upper end of the arc hood by a simple insertion of a steel bearing ball 1/8" in diameter. The magnetic field gradient near the ball provides a magnetic mirror action on electrons moving up the arc ch… more
Date: January 4, 1961
Creator: Fulbright, H.W.
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Extraction of Americium Nitrate with Tributyl Phosphate

Description: The extraction of americium nitrate with tributyl phosphate has been investigated for aqueous solutions containing sodium nitrate and nitric acid. Americium nitrate is found in the organic phase as free molecules or ions and as the complex (Am(NO3)3. Aqueous solutions containing nitric acid introduce a competitive factor through the formation of the TBP-KNO3 complex in the solvent layer. In addition. americium nitrate is complexed in the aqueous phase by nitric acid.
Date: January 4, 1955
Creator: Walsh, K. A.
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Propagation Characteristics of Capillary Ripples, I. The Theory of Velocity Dispersion and Amplitude Attenuation of Plane Capillary Waves on Viscoelastic Films

Description: From abstract: "The boundary value problem for velocity of propagation and attenuation of capillary ripples over viscoelastic surface films is set up and solved from the viewpoint of continuum hydrodynamics. Both soluble and insoluble films are treated. Successive approximation methods are used to derive explicit formulae for velocity of propagation and amplitude attenuation; formulae for these quantities accurate to second order are given for slightly viscoelastic and highly viscoelastic films… more
Date: January 4, 1963
Creator: Hansen, Robert S. & Mann, J. Adin, Jr.
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Variation of Diffusion Length with Sigma-Pile Size

Description: The investigation to be described in this paper was one of several undertaken to resolve a curious discrepancy that had arisen in measurements of the diffusion length of graphite. Those diffusion lengths measured with the graphite layups of 100 Area piles were three to six centimeters higher than the value obtained with the Hanford Standard Pile. The fact that the 100 Area structures of the order of 40 ft. X 40 ft. X 30 ft, not including reflector, approximated an infinite medium, whereas sigm… more
Date: January 4, 1954
Creator: Block, E. Z. & Davenport, D. E.
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Standard Practices Counting Manual

Description: The purpose of this manual is to present available data which can be used to determine disintegration rates of radioactive samples from counting rates measured under given circumstances with routinely used laboratory instruments. There is also brief discussion on the methods by which the various factors have been determined with reference to the accuracy with which they are known and to what extent the finally quoted disintegration rate is affected by these errors. Emphasis has been placed on… more
Date: January 4, 1954
Creator: Schwendiman, L. C.
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Techniques in Broadband Interferometry

Description: This is a compilation of my patents issued from 1997 to 2002, generally describing interferometer techniques that modify the coherence properties of broad-bandwidth light and other waves, with applications to Doppler velocimetry, range finding, imaging and spectroscopy. Patents are tedious to read in their original form. In an effort to improve their readability I have embedded the Figures throughout the manuscript, put the Figure captions underneath the Figures, and added section headings. Oth… more
Date: January 4, 2004
Creator: Erskine, D J
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Preliminary Authorization Basis Document For the Proposed Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) Facility (B368) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Revision 2

Description: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Integrated Safety Management (ISM) System Description (LLNL 2002) and the Task Plan for the Preparation of Authorization Basis Documentation for the proposed Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE 2002a) require a PABD be prepared for the proposed BSL-3 Facility. NNSA-OAK approval is required prior to its construction. This Preliminary Authorization Basis Documentation (PABD) formalizes and documents the hazard eval… more
Date: January 4, 2005
Creator: Altenbach, T & Nguyen, S
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Development of Halthane adhesives for Phase-3 weapons: status report No. 2

Description: Five new adhesives of the polyurethane type have been developed to meet requirements for the current Phase-3 nuclear weapons. They are designated Halthanes to avoid confusion with Adiprenes. Four of these adhesives are made from LLL-developed MDI-terminated prepolymers cured with a blend of polyols. The fifth is made from an LLL-developed prepolymer terminated with Hylene W and cured with aromatic diamines. All of the adhesives have low moduli over a wide temperature range, bond rapidly and wel… more
Date: January 4, 1977
Creator: Hammon, H. G. & Althouse, L. P.
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Feature Extraction from Simulations and Experiments: Preliminary Results Using a Fluid Mix Problem

Description: Code validation, or comparing the output of computer simulations to experiments, is necessary to determine which simulation is a better approximation to an experiment. It can also be used to determine how the input parameters in a simulation can be modified to yield output that is closer to the experiment. In this report, we discuss our experiences in the use of image processing techniques for extracting features from 2-D simulations and experiments. These features can be used in comparing the … more
Date: January 4, 2005
Creator: Kamath, C & Nguyen, T
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Extreme Ground Motion Recorded in the Near-Source Region of Underground Nuclear Explosions

Description: Free-field recordings of underground nuclear explosions constitute a unique data set within the near-source region of seismic events ranging in magnitude from M3 to M6.5. The term ''free-field'' in this context refers to recordings from instruments emplaced in boreholes or tunnel walls such that the initial portions of the records ({approx}0.1 to 1 second) do not contain effects resulting from reflections at the free surface. In addition to the free-field instruments deployed to record ground m… more
Date: January 4, 2005
Creator: Foxall, W
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Final report on initial samples supplied by LLNL for task 3.3 binder burnout and sintering schedule optimisation

Description: Sixteen of the twenty-one samples have been investigated using the scanning laser dilatometer. This includes all three types of samples with different preparation routes and organic content. Cracks were observed in all samples, even those only heated to 300 C. It was concluded that the cracking was occurring in the early part of the heat treatment before the samples reached 300 C. Increase in the rate of dilation of the samples occurred above 170 C which coincided with the decomposition of the … more
Date: January 4, 1999
Creator: Walls, P.
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Modifications to LLNL Plutonium Packaging Systems (PuPS) to achieve ASME VIII UW-13.2(d) Requirements for the DOE Standard 3013-00 Outer Can Weld

Description: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Plutonium Packaging System (PuPS) prepares packages to meet the DOE Standard 3013 (Reference 1). The PuPS equipment was supplied by the British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL). The DOE Standard 3013 requires that the welding of the Outer Can meets ASME Section VIII Division 1 (Reference 2). ASME Section VIII references to ASME Section IX (Reference 3) for most of the welding requirements, but UW-13.2 (d) of Section VIII requires a certain depth and… more
Date: January 4, 2001
Creator: Riley, D & Dodson, K
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Final Report on Initial Samples Supplied by LLNL for Task 3.3 Binder Burnout and Sintering Schedule Optimisation

Description: Sixteen of the twenty-one samples have been investigated using the scanning laser dilatometer. This includes all three types of samples with different preparation routes and organic content. Cracks were observed in all samples, even those only heated to 300 C. It was concluded that the cracking was occurring in the early part of the heat treatment before the samples reached 300 C. Increase in the rate of dilation of the samples occurred above 170 C which coincided with the decomposition of the … more
Date: January 4, 1999
Creator: Walls, P.
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Implementing agreement on a co-operative program on inertial fusion energy

Description: The Programme to be carried out by the Contracting Parties within the framework of this Agreement shall consist of co-operative research, development, demonstrations and exchanges of information regarding inertial fusion energy (IFE). This shall include: (1) Nuclear Technology, (2) Fusion Materials, (3) Environment, Safety and Economics, (4) Laser Drivers, (5) Ion Beam Drivers and Beam/Plasma Interactions, (6) Target Production, Injection and Tracking, (7) Fusion Diagnostics, (8) Driver/Plasma … more
Date: January 4, 2000
Creator: Latkowski, J; Hogan, W & Meier, W
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The consequences of accidental releases during rail shipments of radioactive strontium

Description: Large quantities of radiostrontium inn the form of strontium carbonate have been shipped from HAPO in the HAPO-II shipping systems. Modifications have recently been completed to equip the two HAPO-I systems for shipments of strontium. This report updates previous hazards evaluations such shipments, to account for the greater strontium inventory of the HAPO-I system.
Date: January 4, 1963
Creator: Watson, E. C.; Junkins, R. L.; Fuquay, J. J. & Zahn, L. L.
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High Radiation Levels at the Discharge Faces of the Reactors

Description: Undesirably high radiation dosage rates are being encountered in the discharge areas during reactor outages. This is costly to operations in terms of burn-out time, extra work crews, and extended outages require to complete scheduled work. Significant savings in operating costs would be realized if the rear face radiation levels could be reduced during shutdowns. As a first step towards this some measurements have been made to identify and locate the major sources of this radiation. These resul… more
Date: January 4, 1955
Creator: Greene, M. C.
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History of the project as of February 1, 1951

Description: In 1946, it was recommended, by the district engineer for the War Department, United States Engineer Office, that it was desirable to transfer all of the functions of production to Hanford, a production installation; thereby relieving the Argonne National Laboratory, a research installation, from production duties. This decision was based on the belief by Argonne National Laboratories that the principal problems of production were solved, as a result of a meeting held at Clinton Laboratories, O… more
Date: January 4, 1952
Creator: Reed, G. G. Jr.
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Redox third Pu cycle laboratory study of effects of decreased activity

Description: The design and proposed construction of the new PR facility for Redox is based on the need for increased capacity for plutonium processing (4.25 kg./day, equivalent to the 8.3 tons of U/day for Redox phase 2 rate), and reduced acid-to-Pu ratios in the final product to permit satisfactory processing in task 1 of the 234-5 operation. A number of alternate Pu cycle flowsheets have been scouted and proposed in the past several years. One such flowsheet decreases the acid-to-Pu ratio in the 3BP prod… more
Date: January 4, 1954
Creator: Bradford, J. L. & Curtis, M. H.
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