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Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena, Volume 1, Number 4, April 1959

Description: Monthly report containing a chronological listing, by state, of hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail, floods, drought conditions, lightning, high winds, snow, temperature extremes and other weather phenomena. It also provides information on storm paths, deaths, injuries, and property damage.
Date: May 25, 1959
Creator: United States. Weather Bureau.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spectrographic Analysis of Normal Human Tissue From Richmond, Virginia

Description: As a part of the Internal Dose Program, normal human tissues are analyzed spectrographically for approximately 40 minor and trace elements. This study is performed by the Health Physics Division and the Physics Department, University of Tennessee, under Subcontract 380. Because the amount of data is large, central files reports have been issued which include the data on all tissues received from a city. This is the sixth report in the series, and all tissues here reported upon were received fro… more
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Tipton, I. H.; Cook, M. J.; Foland, J. M.; Rittner, Johanna; Hardwick, Michael & McDaniel, K. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Compound CuO-3UO3

Description: A double oxide of uranium and copper has been found to exist at 300'C in the four-component system UO3-CuO-SO3-H2O. This new compound is shown to be CuO-3UO3. The method of preparation, analyses, and characterization of the compound are given. Some comments are made with regard to the homogeneous reactor fuel solution.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Gill, J. S. & Marshall, W. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor Automatic Control and Load Swing Test. Test Results DL-S-144 (T-554924). Section I. Second Performance

Description: The purpose of this test was to determine the controlling ability of the Reactor Power and Temperature Control System and to determine the operational characteristics of the station during load swings after change of operating conditions from 523 F, 2000 psi, to 500 F, 1800 psi. The Reactor Power and Temperature Control System satisfactorily controlled rod movements to maintain all primary plant parameters within their individual limits during steady state operation and during ramp function loa… more
Date: March 25, 1959
Creator: Mafrica, Roces
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor Plant Container Air Cooling System. Section III. Second Performance. Test Results DL-S-136 (T-550090)

Description: The purpose of this test was to determine the performance of the Reactor Plant Container Air Cooling System with four reactor coolant loops at operating temperature. Due to the fact that the test was performed with the chamber door open, no significant conclusion can be arrived at concerning the efficiency of the Air Cool System. The 1B supply fan circulated approximately 20 per cent less air than the 1A fan during the test. Later investigation revealed that the turning vanes above the 1B dampe… more
Date: March 25, 1959
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Potential Fuel Reprocessing Revision #28 - Part A

Description: The power and estimated reprocessing load are tabulated for existing and proposed United States and United States-built reactors of 10 Kw or greater thermal power.
Date: June 25, 1959
Creator: Ullmann, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Brief Review of Heat Transfer Problems Encountered in the Production of Magnetic Fields

Description: The design of internally cooled electrical coils for the production of high frequency intensity magnetic fields presents many new aspects and combinations of the familiar modes of heat transfer. However, the customary methodology appears to be sufficient for preliminary analysis and understanding of those problems. This methodology comprises the derivation of a qualitative, approximate equation expressing the relative performance of the various parts of a system, followed by an examination of … more
Date: May 25, 1959
Creator: Alexander, L. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design Criteria for a Pile Oscillator

Description: In the use of a reactor as a device to measure neutron cross sections, the pile oscillator is often employed because of its much higher sensitivity compared to that available in static reactivity measurements. The factor limiting the available in static reactivity measurements. The factor limiting the available sensitivity is the generation of random noise, which originates in the statistical nature of the chain reaction. In other words, the nuclear reactions which maintain the chain reaction d… more
Date: May 25, 1959
Creator: Dresner, Lawrence
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unit Operations Section Monthly Progress Report May 1959

Description: The measured diffusivity of uranyl nitrate in water at 25ºC was 0.7*10^e cm^2/sec with about 40% average deviation. A program was started to develop nonnuclear uses for depleted uranium. Two continuous DRUHM reaction tuns were terminate due to erratic operation of the sodium metering system. In the second Fluorox run with crude UF, which lasted for 29 hr, a total material balance of 94.8% was obtained and 17.9& of the theoretical amount of UF was collected in cold traps and chemical traps.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Bresee, J. C.; Haas, P. A.; Horton, R. W.; Watson, C. D. & Whatley, M. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of Two Colorimetric Methods for Uranium

Description: In order to establish the feasibility of using two colorimetric methods for the determination of uranium interchangeably, according to the interferences encountered in a particular sample. Results were obtained by each of the methods and compared. The dibenzoyl methane method and the ethyl acetate-ammonium thiocyanate procedure were compared on the basis of values secured on the same day, on different days, on an analysis of the variance, and on an analysis of the residual error for the methods… more
Date: March 25, 1959
Creator: McCutchen, Roberta L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spectrophotometry of Molten Fluoride Salts: Status Report

Description: Progress made in the field of spectrophotometry of molten fluoride salts is summarized. The high-temperature cell assembly designed and fabricated for use in this work is described, as well as the various types of sample containers used. Spectra of nickel fluoride, cobalt fluoride, chromic fluoride, and uranium tetrafluoride in LiF--NaF-KF (46.5-11.5--42 mole%) are presented. (auth).
Date: March 25, 1959
Creator: White, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of Fuel Burn-Up on the Dissolution Process-I

Description: Data on the effects of nuclear fuel burnup on dissolution rates and U losses of a few fuel types are summarized. Burnup to the 40% level produced very little effect on the rate of solution of stainless steel-UO/sub 2/ fuel elements in solutions of the Darex type. Beyond passivation, burnup to the 250 Mwd/T level did not produce a large effect on the rate of decladding nor on the U losses in the Sulfex process. Burnup to the 15% or 4300 Mwd/T level produced little or no effect on the rate of dec… more
Date: March 25, 1959
Creator: Davis, W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cross Section Program at ORNL

Description: ORNL's Cross Section Program focuses on measuring, evaluating, and applying nuclear data for nuclear criticality safety, reactor analysis, and astrophysics. This technical report discuses (1) Capture Cross Sections; (2) Activation Cross Sections at 195 Kev, (3) Al27(n,alpha)Na24 Cross Section, (4) S-Wave Detector of Deuteron Polarization and 14-Mev Polarized Neutron Source, (5) Coulomb Excitation of the First and Second 2+ States in Some Medium-weight Even-even Nuclei, (6) A Reaction Product Ma… more
Date: February 25, 1959
Creator: Harvey, J. A. (John A.) & Fowler, J. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of Neutron Pulses in a Godiva-Type Reactor

Description: Some calculations have been made to estimate the characteristics of a neutron-burst type fast reactor similar to Godiva but made up of relatively small component parts--the so-called "layered assembly." One spherical and three cylindrical assemblies have been considered. Critical masses, assuming 5% voids, range from 58 to 65 kg of 93.4% enriched U/sup 235/. For a reactivity addition of 0.33 dollars above prompt critical bursts between 2 x 10/sup 17/ and 6.7 x 10/ sup 17/ fissions were computed… more
Date: February 25, 1959
Creator: Nestor, C. W. & Tobias, Melvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Anderson Physical Laboratory Progress Report

Description: In July 1959, work has progressed on a number of fronts on the preparation and analysis of pure alkali halide crystals. Some good results have been obtained with the anion exchange method of purification, but the work on distillation and vapor phase chromatography has not yet progressed far enough for results to be available.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Hendricks, Lloyd
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Evaluation of Electro-Machining for the Analysis of Metal Surfaces

Description: A procedure is described for the uniform removal of very thin sections of metal surfaces by electrolysis. Equipment requirements and the various parameters affecting operation are considered, and the results of applying the technique to studies of solid-state diffusion are discussed. The technique appears to offer considerable promise for evaluating chemical changes at metal surfaces which have taken place as a result of corrosion or diffusion processes. (auth).
Date: June 25, 1959
Creator: DeVan, J. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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N. S. Savannah Fuel Design and Development Program: Fuel Rod Vibration (Preliminary Report)

Description: This is a preliminary report on the investigation of the N.S. Savannah replacement fuel rod vibration amplitude when excited by water flowing parallel to the axis of the fuel rod. Methods of calculating the fuel rod frequency in air were verified by experiment. Work is continuing to establish the validity of methods of calculating natural frequencies in water and to confirm the correlation of flow induced vibration amplitude found in reference (1).
Date: September 25, 1959
Creator: Bailey, J. A. & Shields, C. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Shielding on a 27,300 SHP Boiling Water Reactor Marine Propulsion System

Description: This report summarizes the radiation and shielding analysis for a 30,000 SHP natural circulation boiling water reactor for ship propulsion. The reactor is proposed for installation in a 60,000 DWT, 18 knot tanker of the T-7 class.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Craig, W. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Decontamination of the KER Rupture Experiment Loop. Test Series B - Tests No. 3. Test Series D-Test No. 1.

Description: The first series of tests in the KER-REP-1 loop proved that a fission product contaminated loop could be decontaminated to a safe level for contact maintenance. Since a good decontamination process was available, there was much that could be improved about this process. Further testing of this process and several variations of other processes have been scheduled. The evaluation of these processes includes specific decontamination factors, process corrosion, and loop activity reduction factors (… more
Date: November 25, 1959
Creator: Weed, R. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Test of the Refraction Seismic Method on the Hanford Project

Description: Information was desired on applicability of seismic methods of geophysical exploration in helping to better define and refine hydrological and geological factors affecting ground disposal of liquid radioactive wastes. To date most of information on the area geology has been obtained from surface mapping and well drilling, although it has long been recognized that geophysical techniques may greatly assist in defining the geology of the region. Although direct measurements are generally preferred… more
Date: September 25, 1959
Creator: Raymond, J. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Measurement of the Nuclear Materials Content of Non-Production Fuels

Description: In considering the problems associated with the measurement of SSNM content of Non-Production Fuels, two distinct problems are apparent. The first is the technical problem of obtaining highly accurate measurements in a complicated chemical and physical system. The second is the administrative problem of choosing a measurement system which provides a basic of financial settlement acceptable to both the seller (reactor operator) and the buyer (Commission).
Date: May 25, 1959
Creator: Schneider, R. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Artificial Cooling of the Columbia River By Dam Regulation Part 1

Description: In early July, 1958, it appeared that Columbia River temperature at HAPO would be near 24.5ºC by the end of August. River temperature were averaging 4º to 5º above 1957 figures and were 3º to 4º above the ten year highs. It seemed desirable to examine the problem to determine if any corrective measure could be taken, since it was apparent that production losses were imminent.
Date: May 25, 1959
Creator: Kramer, H. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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