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A Study of the Mechanisms of Heat Treatment of Zirconium-Base Alloys : Status Report, July 1, 1955 - February 29, 1956

Description: The kinetics of transformation of zirconium binary alloys is being pursued. Mechanical property variation as a function of transformation if also being investigated. Zirconium-tin and zirconium-titanium alloys transform very rapidly when quenched from the beta field. These alloys have, generally speaking, been demonstrated to be not amenable to heat treatment in the normal sense of the word. Eutectoid alloys, principally zirconium-molybdenum alloys, have shown a definite response to heat treatm… more
Date: March 15, 1956
Creator: Domagala, R. F. & Levinson, David W.
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Effects of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Fabricability of 48 wt % Uranium - 52 wt % Aluminum Alloys

Description: It has been reported in the literature that prolonged soaking of 16 wt & uranium-aluminum alloys at elevated temperatures induces a microstructural changed termed "conglobulation". this process is essentially a spheroidization of the UAl4 eutectic. Conclusions of the tests: (1) Extended soaking of 48 wt $ uranium-aluminum alloy billets at 600 C does not improve their hot-rolling characteristics. (2) Soaking periods of 50 hours and greater reduce the tensile and yield strengths of these alloys.… more
Date: March 15, 1957
Creator: Thurber, William C.
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VARI Solution of Simultaneous, First-Order, Ordinary, Differential Equations

Description: VARI solves on the IBM-650 a system of simultaneous, first-order, ordinary, differential equations. The program was written so that a large number of calculations could be done in a reasonable length of time. The program permits the consideration of the production of the isotope by absorption and/or decay of one or more of any of the other isotopes in the chain.
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Kerr, B. A.
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Utex Leaching, Thickening and Filtration Tests

Description: A series of leaching, thickening, and filtration tests was undertaken to determine minimum conditions for high uranium extractions and to obtain thickening and filtration data.
Date: March 15, 1954
Creator: Stanley, Alan; George, D'Arcy R.; Thomas, Peter N.; Eisenhauer, Robert; Lynch, James T. & Richardson, Stanley
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Recovery of Manganese Dioxide From Rand Barren Solutions

Description: In the course of recovering uranium from Rand cyanide residues, large volumes of barren acid liquors are produced. With the flowsheets now under consideration it is not advisable to recycle such liquors and they are to be discarded. Consideration was given to the removal of manganese under conditions that would permit its recovery as MnO2.
Date: March 15, 1953
Creator: Owens, Albert W.
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0-2 kv Flash Tube Supplies

Description: In order to perform the various experiments with a bubble chamber, a high intensity flash tube is used. This report briefly describes the power supplies designed and constructed to power these lamps.
Date: March 15, 1962
Creator: Miller, D. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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6 kv Capacitor Charging Supply

Description: The power supplies designed and constructed to power high intensity flash tubes used in bubble chamber experiments are briefly described and are accompanied by a schematic diagram of the layout. (D.C.W.)
Date: March 15, 1962
Creator: Miller, D. M.
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Problems of a Small Leak Between the Flow Monitor and Heated Section of a PRTR Process Tube

Description: The result of a leak in a PRTR process tube between the flow monitor and the heated section would be to increase the flow through the monitor, but to decrease the flow through the heated section. The concern for the case of small leaks is whether the increase in flow through the flow monitor is sufficient to cause a high flow tip and a reactor scram for the condition where the flow through the heated section is reduced to the point to cause excessive fuel element temperatures.
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Hesson, G. M.
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Unique Fabrication Processes Applied to Fuel Cladding Materials

Description: The fabrication processes applied to nuclear fuels are subject to severe limitations because of the conditions imposed by the reactor environment. The combined problems of neutrons fluxes, high heat fluxes, corrosion by the coolant , and embrittlement by hydriding or similar reactions may be minimized through establishing rigorous materials and fabrication specifications for fuel and cladding.
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Bush, S. H.
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Division of Reactor Development Programs Monthly Report - February 1959

Description: Plutonium Oxide Fuels. Mixtures of PWR grade UO2 containing 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 w/o PuO2 were sintered in hydrogen for 44 hours at 1600 C to get additional data on solubility in this system. Densities of all the pieces were low, approximately 80 percent of theoretical; however, solid solution formation was complete in every case. The low density material should not affect lattice parameter values, but it did slightly reduce the intensity of the reflections.
Date: March 15, 1959
Creator: McEwen, L.H.
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Feasibility Report 100-DR WAPD Test Loop

Description: The purpose of this report is to present a HAPO proposal for the design and construction of a high-temperature, high-pressure light water recirculation test facility for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Atomic Power Division This report does not attempt to justify the feasibility of site location nor does it attempt to elaborate on such technical considerations as permissible test specimen heat generation and enrichment requirements which have been covered in an earlier document. Instead,… more
Date: March 15, 1955
Creator: Engineering Department, Hanford Atomic Products Operation, General Electric Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stratospheric Monitoring Program

Description: "Results of the continuing stratospheric flight test evaluation program for the Del Model I Electrostatic Precipitator Sampler and the Del Electrical Discharge Altimeter are described and discussed. Only one of four balloon launches reached floating altitude. The altimeter obtained an altitude recording consistent with concurrent aneroid barocoder readings. The reported gross gamma concentration for the precipitator sampler was approximates 25 and 80% higher than those of the two simultaneous d… more
Date: March 15, 1963
Creator: Cravitt, S.; Lilienfeld, P.; Foldes, A. & Lippmann, M.
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The Effect of Temperature on the Width of a Small-Amplitude, Solitary Wave in a Collision-Free Plasma

Description: "Adlam and Allen and Davis, Lust, and Schluter have studied nonlinear plane-waves, propagating normal to the magnetic field, in a cold plasma. One solution of particular interest is a solitary wave, or single pulse. We present a method for solving the analogous problem for a plasma with finite temperature, in the limiting case where the amplitude of the wave is small and where, consequently, the width of the waver is very large."
Date: March 15, 1961
Creator: Gardner, Clifford S.
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Uranium Production Reactor (UPR) Quarterly Progress Report, May-July, 1953

Description: "Measurements of the intra-cell neutron flux distributing for a proposed Uranium Production Reactor have been made using a mock-up of a portion of the reactor core. Thermal neutron and thorium resonance neutron flux-distributions were investigated. As a result of the experimental measurements on the first mock-up, a decrease in thorium content appeared necessary in the reactor design studies. Experiments are now in progress on a second mock-up in which this change has been made."
Date: March 15, 1954
Creator: Laubenstein, R. A.; Houghton, W. J. & Martin, D. H.
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Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report : December 1, 1952 Through February 28, 1953

Description: Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory covering the quarterly report from the Reactor Engineering Division. A summary of reactor programs, research, designs, development, and experiments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: March 15, 1953
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Reactor Engineering Division
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The Spectrophotometric Determination of Uranium

Description: Measurement of the color intensity of the uranium thiocyanate complex is discussed as a method for the quantitative determination of uranium. Two procedures for amounts from 1 microgram to 1 milligram are described, and standard curves are shown. The effects of numerous foreign ions are shown, and methods of removal for some of these are discussed.
Date: March 15, 1952
Creator: Henicksman, Arthur L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ionization in Crossed Electric and Magnetic Fields

Description: Both in magnetohydrodynamic shocks and in accelerated partially ionized gas flow across a magnetic field, space charge separation occurs that establishes very large electric fields in the direction of motion. The width of the current layers associated with the acceleration is never less than the electron Larmor radius with no collisions and is broadened by electron collisions to a width solely determined by the effective resistivity. The electrons gain an energy regardless of collisions equal t… more
Date: March 15, 1961
Creator: Colgate, Stirling A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Indiana

Description: Report documenting the suitability of Indiana for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials such as oil shale, natural gas, and coal.
Date: March 15, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
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Hazards Report for SM-1 Core II With the SM-1 Core II With the Silver-Cadmium-Indium Control Rod Absorber Section

Description: Abstract: In the March-April 1962 shutdown of SM-1 Core II, the SM-28 element will be re-inserted in SM-1 Core II and an SM-1 Core I element will be removed. An SM-1 Core II europium absorber will be replaced by a Ag-Cd-In absorber, and surveillance specimens will be inserted above the core support structure. Analysis of these changes concludes that re-insertion of the SM-2B stationary element and insertion of surveillance specimens do not affect hazards potential previously defined for SM-1.… more
Date: March 15, 1962
Creator: Stephenson, L. D.
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Zero Power Experiments for the SM-1 Core II : Task XV

Description: Abstract: An element by element reactivity check for SM-1 Core II fuel elements and control rod absorber sections was performed and the burnable nuclear poison loading in the SM-1 Core II stationary fuel elements was established. An approach to criticality of the SM-1 Core II was performed by the inverse multiplication method and the critical rod bank position obtained as a function of fuel loading up to the full SM-1 Core II loading. Maximum and minimum core reactivity measurements were obtai… more
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Robinson, R. A.; Weiss, S. H.; McCool, W. J. & Schrader, E. W.
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Final report on a calculational parameter study of soils typical of some ESSEX I cratering sites

Description: The one-dimensional computer calculations described in this report were performed to simulate stress-wave propagation and kinetic energy transfer associated with subsurface cratering detonations in soils. A hypothetical 20-ton-yield nuclear explosive was assumed as the energy source, surrounded by a single soil material. Various soil descriptions were selected in order to systematically study the range of soil response to the nuclear detonation. The soils were representative of the layered mixt… more
Date: March 15, 1976
Creator: Goodrich, Milton F.; Bryan, John B.; Thomsen, Jeffrey M. & Snell, Charles M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineering report: vacuum test facility requirements ERDA BIPS GDS

Description: Results of a study undertaken to define the requirements for a reference vacuum test facility, as well as some operating procedures for the Phase I Brayton Isotope Power System (BIPS) Ground Demonstration System (GDS) are reported. The vacuum system is required to simulate the space environment in which the BIPS flight system will function. The BIPS GDS will require a high vacuum environment during performance and endurance testing to enable the multi-foil insulation to be effective and to prot… more
Date: March 15, 1976
Creator: Meshew, A. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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