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Annealing of crystal distortion in irradiated graphite

Description: From introduction: "As part of the program for improvement of graphite, the structural characteristics of graphite have been studied to determine the relation between physical and structural changes during irradiation."
Date: 1955
Creator: Austin, Alfred E. & Harrison, Ralph J.
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The Radiation Chemistry of Nitrite Ion in Aqueous Solution

Description: When deaerated solutions of KNO2 at their natural pH are irradiated with γ- or x-rays, the main initial reaction is a formation of hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide. As peroxide builds up, a radiation-induced reaction between nitrite and peroxide sets in, which results in the formation of nitrate. This reaction is slower the higher the nitrite concentration. The kinetics of the nitrite-peroxide reaction were studied in detail by the irradiation of synthetic mixtures, and the results were satisfact… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Schwars, Harold A. & Allen, Augustine O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oak Ridge Metals and Ceramics Division Annual Progress Report: 1963

Description: Report documenting research and developments made by the Metals and Ceramic Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Progress is reported on fundamental research in: crystal physics, reactions at metal surfaces, spectroscopy of ionic media, structure of metals, theory of alloying, physical properties, sintering, deformation of crystalline solids, x ray diffraction, metallurgy of superconducting materials, and electron microscope studies. Long-randge applied research studies were conducted… more
Date: November 11, 1963
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Metals and Ceramics Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Reactor Irradiation on the Stress Strain Curve of Copper

Description: The following report describes the method of a crystal of 99.99% pure copper grown under high vacuum and cut into two specimens used to test the effects of reactor irradiation on copper. Provided is a map of the results that show the difference between the unirradiated and irradiated copper samples through the process of stress strain.
Date: 1951
Creator: Blewitt, T. H. & Coltman, R. R., Jr.
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The Variation in Maximum Power Density and Maximum Heat Flux of the Core and Blanket Thorium Plates in the Converter Reactor with Irradiation Time

Description: This report describes how to achieve the variation in maximum power density and maximum heat flux of the core and blanket thorium plates in the converter reactor with irradiation time.
Date: June 23, 1952
Creator: Sletten, H. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Experimental Application of Neutron Capture Therapy to Glioblastoma Multiforme

Description: The rapid development of the field of atomic energy during the past few years now permits the exploration of applications to medicine involving new concepts in the treatment of cancer. One such has been the study of neutron capture therapy which is being developed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Date: July 26, 1954
Creator: Farr, Lee, E., M. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Materials for a Water Cooled and Moderated Reactor [Declassified Version]

Description: An investigation of the materials for use in the water-moderated and cooled Aray Package Power Reactor (APPR) operating at about 500°F was made. The available literature was analyzed, and the results of the different investigators were compared and averaged. Twenty different materials, including stainless steels, nickel alloys, Stellites and others, were investigated from the point of view of physical properties, susceptibility to radiation damage, and corrosion resistance. Corrosion rates were… more
Date: August 1954
Creator: Scheib, Louis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effects of Reactor Irradiation of Thorium-Uranium Alloy Fuel Plates

Description: Several plates of 98.7% Th - 1.2% U 235 (clad in aluminum) were irradiated in the MTR for an integrated flux of 2.6 x 10 21 neutrons/cm2. Although these samples represent an early development in bonding of aluminum to thorium and there are better methods at present, the bond proved to be quite strong and both clad and core were dimensionally stable under irradiation. The production of uranium 233 was as much as theory would indicate and the total amount of fissionable material material after ir… more
Date: September 7, 1955
Creator: Carrell, R. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of a Cubic Oxide Protective Film on Zirconium

Description: Observations of the effects of neutron damage to zirconium oxides led to the conclusion that the cubic form of ZrO2 is more stable to such damage than the monoclinic form. It has been reported that zirconium corrodes more rapidly in certain liquids when exposure is made under radiation (neutrons and fission products). It is well known that on heating monoclinic ZrO2 a transformation, monoclinic to tetragonal (very similar to cubic), occurs at about 1500°C. The transformation involves sufficient… more
Date: February 21, 1956
Creator: Johnson, J. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HRT Reactor Hazards

Description: Several potential hazards that have been recognized and anticipated in the design and fabrication of the pressure vessel in the Homogeneous Reactor Test are discussed. These hazards results from the high operating pressure and temperature of the reactor, the exposure of the reactor vessel material to potential embrittlement and other affects of fast-neutron irradiation, and the need for containment of corrosive flowing liquids. The steps taken in recognition of these hazards are also discussed.… more
Date: August 3, 1956
Creator: Miller, E. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Examination of Irradiated Uranium-Chromium Alloy Slugs

Description: Production Test 313-105-13-M authorized the irradiation of a uranium - 0.4 atomic per cent chromium alloy to determine the relative stability of this material during irradiation. Five tubes, each containing six four-inch alloy slugs, were irradiated to exposures ranging from 156 to 834 MWD/T. This report describes the results of the visual examination of the bare uranium alloy slugs and the results of the test to determine slug breaking strength. The breaking strength of both the U-Cr alloy slu… more
Date: February 14, 1955
Creator: Kratzer, W. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of HAPO Research and Development Program on Ceramic Fuel Materials

Description: The Metallurgy Research Sub-Section at HAPO has conducted a research and development study of a variety of nuclear fuel materials. A summary of the status of the program currently being conducted on ceramic fuel material and a brief discussion of the future program is outlined below.
Date: December 12, 1955
Creator: Sanderson, M. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Accident in Continuous-Dissolver Pilot Plant of Fluoride Volatility Project on May 15, 1957

Description: The so-called Fluoride Volatility Processes refer to several proposed non-aqueous methods of processing irradiated fuel elements. In each of these methods, the uranium is fluorinated to UF6 and then decontaminated by distillation. One of those methods, involving the direct fluorination of the uranium by bromine trifluoride (BTF), has been under investigation at BNL since 1950. In 1952, it was demonstrated at BNL that uranium, as UF6, could be satisfactorily decontaminated by distillation in sma… more
Date: July 10, 1957
Creator: Strickland, Gerald; Horn, F. L.; Johnson, Richard & Dwyer, O. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dose-survival Curves for HeLa Cell Cultures Using Thermal Neutrons and the B10 (n,α)Li7 Reaction

Description: The biological evaluation of the thermal neutron capture reaction of boron-10, B10 (n,α)Li7 + 2.786 MeV, has previously been studied, using different particles from the boron-10 thermal neutron capture reaction compared with 250 kvp x-rays has been reported as 1.05 for spleen-thymic weight reduction (1), as 1.5 to 2.0 for skin lesions in pigs (2), and 1.87 for skin lesions of the rabbit's ear (3). The significance of such a calculation is felt to be unreliable for the boron-10 reaction in anima… more
Date: January 13, 1964
Creator: Archambeau, J. O.; Drew, R. M. & Robertson, J. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of Gamma-ray Irradiation on the Mechanical Properties of NaCl Single Crystals

Description: The plastic behavior of both unirradiated and gamma-ray irradiated NaCl single crystals has been studied with a variety of techniques. These include the determination of stress-strain curves, and photoelastic, surface, topography, and F-center absorption band, measurements, The different stages of deformation in unirradiated crystals are compared with the corresponding stages of irradiated ones. One effect is that irradiation greatly extends the easy glide region. Some insight into this behavio… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Agulló-Lopez, F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Biological Effects of Thermal Neutrons and the B10 (n,c) Li7 Reaction

Description: Boron-10 has a high thermal neutron capture cross section (3880 barns). Following neutron capture, the subsequent nuclear disintegration produces an alpha particle and a lithium-7 nucleus with the release of an average of 2.34 MeV for the particle irradiation, and in 93% of the reactions there is also the emission of an 0.48 MeV gamma ray: [equation not transcribed]. The kinetic energy is divided between the lithium-7 nucleus and the alpha particle giving the equal and opposite momentums with a… more
Date: January 13, 1964
Creator: Archambeau, J. O.; Alcober, V; Calvo, W. & Brenneis, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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"Ages" of the Sikhote Alin Meteorite

Description: The potassium-argon age of the Sikhote Alin iron meteorite has been determined. The value is 1.7 + 0.2 x 10⁹ years. Previous lead data suggest an age of 4.6 x 10⁹ years . The date of solidification may be the sum of these two ages.
Date: 1962
Creator: Fisher, David E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quarterly Report January, February and March, 1956

Description: The EBWR loading requires a total of 888 plates. It is anticipated that approximately 1000 plates will have to be produced to obtain the number of acceptable plates required for the loading. To the end of this quarter, 568 cladding billet cores acceptable with respect to chemical composition and physical soundness had been cast; this number represents 78% of the total number of cores cast. Approximately 75% of the Zircaloy-II stock required has been rolled, and about 55% of the cladding compone… more
Date: June 1956
Creator: Foote, Frank G.; Schumar, James F. & Chiswik, Haim H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Brookhaven Chemo-Nuclear In-Pile Research Loop

Description: The purpose of the Chemo-nuclear In-pile Research Loop is to provide a versatile facility for investigating chemo-nuclear reactions under flow conditions. The loop os designed to handle gaseous systems in conjunction with fixed packages of solid fuel.
Date: October 1962
Creator: Steinber, Meyer; Tucker, Walter; Waide, Charles & Bezler, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Tritiated Thymidine on the Morphogenesis of Lateral Roots

Description: Most studies of the effect of radiation upon plant development utilized external sources of irradiation. Where radioactive isotopes were used these were primarily applied in metabolic or cytological studies. The effects of these isotopes are similar to those produced by external irradiation, modified by such phenomena as specific localization, timing of irradiation, modified by such phenomena as specific localization, timing of irradiation, etc. The advent of tritium as a means of irradiation o… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Stein, O. L. & Quastler, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Di-Interstitial Annealing During the First Neutron Irradiation of Graphite: The Mobility of C2

Description: Radiation and annealing mechanisms for dimensional and c-axis changes in which the di-interstitial can be mobile at any or all temperatures above absolute zero are shown to be concordant with earlier work used to determine the migration energy energy of single interstitials and the absolute rate of displacing atoms in graphite. The mechanisms account for the stability of c-axis and dimensional changes with time in the absence of irradiation and with observed c-axis annealing at room temperature… more
Date: February 1, 1963
Creator: Schweitzer, Donals G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effects of Chronic Gamma Irradiation on the Growth of Kalanchoe cv. "Brilliant Star"

Description: Kalanchoe seedlings were exposed to 330 r/20 hrs/day from a Co60 source. Samples were harvested weekly. No new leaves were produced after initial exposure to irradiation. Mitosis in the apical meristem appears to have been suppressed. However, the axillary meristem and the cambium continue their activity. This results in a much broadened stem tip with enlarged cells, supported by a stout internode in which cell size has remained relatively normal but cell number has increased. After about 26 da… more
Date: February 1, 1963
Creator: Stein, O. L. & Sparrow, A. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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