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Studies on the Removal of Radioisotopes From Liquid Wastes by Coagulation

Description: Technical report covering work completed on the removal of radioisotopes from water using a calcium phosphate floc as a carrier. This research was performed as part of the Health Physics Waste Disposal Research Section work on the removal of small quantities of radioactivity from large volumes of water. [From Abstract]
Date: January 23, 1951
Creator: Lauderdale, Robert A., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Corrosion of Hot-Pressed, Extruded, and Vacuum Cast Beryllium in Simulated Cooling Water for the Materials Testing Reactor

Description: Technical report covering the technology of hot-pressed beryllium production and its rapid advancement toward the end of 1949. Part I is devoted to corrosion studies made on hot-pressed and vacuum cast extruded metal which was considered representative of production. Part II is concerned with the results of tests made on special cast and hot-pressed beryllium which contained added impurities. [From Introduction]
Date: January 9, 1953
Creator: Reed, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electrodeposition of Aluminum and Zirconium on Uranium

Description: Technical report outlining a method for the electrodeposition of adherent deposits of both aluminum and zirconium on uranium. Report finds that current efficiencies are good for aluminum deposition but low for the zirconium baths. [From Abstract]
Date: October 12, 1950
Creator: Lietzke, M. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Corrosion of Various Stainless Steels in Synthetic Waste Solutions

Description: Technical report describing the tests on types 309, 316, and 347 stainless steel. These steels were tested for a total of 779 to 828 hours in three different synthetic waste solutions. Results shoe that the best all-around corrosion resistance to the test conditions was exhibited by 316 stainless steel, but in one solution 347 stainless steel was more resistant. [From Abstract]
Date: February 12, 1951
Creator: English, James L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Physics Division Quarterly Progress Report for Period Ending September 20, 1950

Description: Technical report covering experiments to measure the resonance and absorption of neutrons in U238 cylinders. Report also discusses control problems connected to the Bulk Shielding Facility and work on MTR controls.
Date: January 8, 1951
Creator: Sneil, A. H. & Wollan, E. O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solid State Division Quarterly Progress Report: August 1952

Description: This quarterly progress report discusses the ongoing work within the Solid State Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the period ending August 10, 1952. Projects discussed include radiation metallurgy, engineering properties, fused salts, crystal physics, and solid state reactions.
Date: January 30, 1959
Creator: Billington, D. S. (Douglas S.) & Howe, J. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Criticality Calculations for Hydrogen Moderated Reactors From Microscopic Data

Description: From abstract: "The probability for a fission neutron to escape fast leakage from bare, hydrogen moderated reactors is calculated by a method utilizing only the microscopic cross section of the materials. These results can be employed to determine the effectiveness of other substances in preventing fast neutron leakage. These calculations are carried out for aluminum and iron."
Date: November 29, 1951
Creator: Shapiro, Mathew; Preiser, Stanley & Young, Gale
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dynamics of the Supercritical Water Reactor

Description: From introduction: "The work described in this report was carried out as part of the feasibility study (ORNL-117) of a supercritical water reactor (SCWR) for use in nuclear propulsion of aircraft. The object of this work was to study the dynamic behavior of a particular design of supercritical water reactor. Numerical results are presented in Appendix I."
Date: February 1, 1953
Creator: Goertzel, Gerald, 1919-; Shapiro, Mathew M. & Soodak, Harry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Reaction Between Hydrogen and Oxygen by Catalysis and the Thermal Reaction

Description: From abstract: "The reaction between hydrogen and oxygen with the aid of various catalysts (especially platinum on aluminua) has been studied, and the operating variables such as flow rates, space velocity, temperature, and gas composition have been examined rather extensively. It has been found that hydrogen and oxygen in stoichiometric proportions and mixed with either steam or helium may be made to react to the extent of 99.5% or greater at space velocities up to 30,000 hr-1, or even higher,… more
Date: January 15, 1952
Creator: Kuhn, D. W.; Ryon, A. D.; Palko, A. A. & Clewett, G. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion Data From the ORNL Purex Pilot Plant Acid Recovery Equipment

Description: From abstract: "This report summarizes the corrosion data obtained for nine construction materials located throughout the ORNL Purex Pilot Plant Acid Recovery Unit during seven hundred hours of operation."
Date: March 25, 1952
Creator: Landry, J. W. & Ullmann, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat Transfer and Pressure Loss in Tube Bundles for High Performance Heat Exchangers and Fuel Elements

Description: From introduction: "The tube arrangement covered in this report was proposed in June, 1950, as a means of halving the weight and volume required for the heat exchanger. Ideally, the pressure drop across this arrangement should be little more than that required to overcome the skin friction on the tube surfaces. If the pressure drop across the tube spacers and in the cross-flow regions can be kept low, this ideal can be approached. much of the test work covered in this report was devoted to this… more
Date: August 12, 1952
Creator: Cohen, G. H.; Fraas, A. P. & LaVerne, M. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Manual of HRE Control and Instrumentation

Description: Technical reports outlining the controls for the Homogeneous Reactor Experiment (HRE); controls are divided into three principal groups. 1. Reactor. 2. Process or auxiliary. 3. Power generation. These are the classifications designating the primary functions of the controls. [From Introduction]
Date: January 23, 1952
Creator: Quarles, L. R. & Walker, W. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metallurgy Division Quarterly Progress Report for Period Ending July 31, 1951

Description: Technical report outlining the effect of strain rate on the tensile properties of thorium. It has been found that the yield strength increases slightly with increasing strain rate, and that tensile strength increases but to a less extent. Studies on the fabrication of thorium by extrusion and drawing have continued, as have studies on the extrusion cladding of thorium and uranium with zirconium. [From Summary}
Date: February 6, 1952
Creator: Miller, E. C. & Bridges, W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Surface to Mass Dependence of Effective Resonance Integrals for Uranium 238 Cylinders

Description: Technical report outlining the determination of the effective resonance integral for U238 as a function of the mass ratio for cylinders of 5/8" to 3" diameter. Also gives a linear approximation of the effective resonance integral with infinite shielding in the form of a function. [From Abstract]
Date: March 20, 1951
Creator: Risser, J. R.; Arfken, G. B., Jr.; Cuykendall, T. R.; Stephenson, R. J. & Caldwell, D. O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Solvent Extraction Method for Neptunium (237) Analysis

Description: Technical report describing a rapid and quantitative radiochemical method for the analysis of neptunium (237). This method is based on the extraction of neptunium (IV) with thenoyl-trifluoracetone in xylene. Neptunium (237) is separated free from other alpha emitters and from non-radioactive interferences, and the method may be readily adapted to remote control. [From Abstract]
Date: July 10, 1951
Creator: Moore, Fletcher L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical Technology Division Pilot Plant Section Report for November, 1950- January, 1951

Description: Technical report presenting a summary of the flowsheets, equipment, and progress for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) pilot plant development of the Purex Process and of the ORNL Metal Recovery Program. As of this report, conversion of the Purex pilot plant equipment in Buildings 3019 and 3503 is 90% complete. The building structure for the ORNL Waste Metal Recovery plant had been completed, and 15% of the process equipment had been installed. The first hot runs for this plant were sche… more
Date: March 8, 1951
Creator: Jackson, H. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Shielding Reactor Corrosion Studies

Description: Technical report outlining the investigation of corrosion on MTR type fuel elements for the Shielding Reactor in filtered water. Report includes two basic types of protection: element pretreatment by either anodizing or alodizing, and solution control using nitric acid to maintain a pH of 5.5 to 6.5 or the addition of 60 ppm sodium chromate as an inhibitor. [From Abstract]
Date: July 9, 1951
Creator: Olsen, Arnold R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dry Fluoride Process Status Report

Description: Technical report outlining how uranium hexaflouride was prepared be the direct combination of irradiated uranium metal with elemental fluorine and subsequently decontaminated by adsorption, filtration, and sublimation on a laboratory scale. Report proposes a survey of other methods of preparing UF6 from uranium metal, a study of adsorption techniques for removing plutonium from UF6, and an investigation of fractional distillation for removing the volatile fission product fluorides from UF6. [Fr… more
Date: March 27, 1951
Creator: Leuse, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Boiling Reactors: A Preliminary Investigation

Description: Technical report detailing kinetic equations that have been developed for a boiling-type reactor and inherent reactor stability studies that have been made on the basis of these equations. Presents features of the proposed reactor, comparisons of circulating types, investigations of bubble-rise velocities, effects of transient conditions of vapor mass in steam chest, and bubble time delay functions yield favorable results. [From Abstract]
Date: December 12, 1951
Creator: Stein, J. M. & Kasten, P. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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