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GCRE Critical-Assembly Studies

Description: This report follows critical-assembly studies made to provide engineering and physics data to aid in developing the Gas Cooled Reactor Experiments.
Date: September 10, 1958
Creator: Dingee, David A.; Ballowe, William C.; Klingensmith, Raymond W.; Egen, R. A.; Jankowski, Francis J. & Chastain, Joel W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stress Analysis of Bulk Effluent System Components in B and C Reactors

Description: This report presents a study of the stresses induced in the elbow and downcomer of the B and C Reactors (bulk effluent systems) by flow momentum and pressurization effects. It is desirable to ascertain the limitations on the bulk outlet temperatures and flow rates from a stress viewpoint; the elbow, top coverplate of downcomer, and top baffle plate being the most severely stressed components.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Adams, O. E., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bond strength evaluation of the brittle bond problem in production fuel elements

Description: Brittle bonds and the factors controlling their formation have been of substantial concern in the production of dip canned fuel elements. Detection of brittle bonds has been by the chisel test and by metallographic examinations. At best, these are qualitative tests and do not establish the degree of brittleness. For this reason bond tensile strength analysis has been suggested. Tests have been run to determine if a change in canning variables could be detected by a change in bond strength.
Date: November 10, 1958
Creator: Tverberg, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear physics research operation. Monthly report, November 1958

Description: This report is a summary of projects worked on in support of the production reactors at Hanford. The projects include criticality studies, from tasks associated with fuel element reprocessing to shipments of slightly enriched uranium. They include studies of neutron cross sections for different reactions and neutron flux measurements in different reactor locations, as well as design studies for future reactor projects.
Date: December 10, 1958
Creator: Faulkner, J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim report, Operational physics aspects of supplement A: Production test IP-14-AC, Use of E metal in shield protection

Description: The masonite in the old pile shields is deteriorating because of the temperature conditions to which it is subjected. One method of mitigating this deterioration is to reduce neutron leakage to the shields by utilizing the fringe tubes for target material. One possible target material is depleted uranium, i.e., uranium from which the bulk of the isotope 235 has been removed. The purpose of this test supplement has been to irradiate a fringe depleted pattern to establish the enrichment loading o… more
Date: December 10, 1958
Creator: Bunch, W. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A proposal for equitable IPD electrical power cost distribution between areas

Description: Assistance has been requested by Financial Operation to determine the percent of firm and interruptible power used in each area for cost distribution purposes. Also, Power Operations have suggested that the power cost distribution be reviewed. In consideration of these requests, and with the use of improved demand instrumentation within the 151-B, D, and F substations, a proposal for equitable IPD electrical power cost distribution between areas is presented for acceptance or comment by Area Ma… more
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Blanchette, V. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Slug temperature after H{sub 2}O stoppage

Description: On the basis of numerous rough calculations it has generally been assumed that if the water flow to a tube were to stops while pile operation continued. The tube central temperature would increase in a matter of seconds to dangerously high values. In several seconds the water around the central slugs would flash to steam, shortly thereafter the aluminum cans would melt and this would give good contact between the slug and the tube which would quickly melt. The bare uranium would react with the … more
Date: June 10, 1958
Creator: Jones, S. S. & Ekern, W. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Process improvement transition authorization IP-2-I-99-FP: Irradiation of X-8001 alloy jacketed fuel elements in production quantities

Description: The objective of this test is to authorize large-scale irradiations of X-8001 (formerly designated M-388) alloy jacketed fuel elements in order to evaluate their suitability to the reactor process.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Bloomstrand, R. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photo of a man working at a desk]

Description: Photograph of a man working at a desk. He is holding a pen in one hand while holding an album with the other. He has a blank expression on his face. A record player can be seen behind him.
Date: December 10, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Recent Developments in the Field of the TransplutoniumElements

Description: The author tells about some of the most interesting aspects of recent research on the synthetic transplutonium elements. The amount of recent information on these elements is obviously too much to cover completely in the time that has been placed at my disposal. Therefore, in planning my talk, I have attempted to choose those topics which have the broadest implications for the whole transuranium field of research. Although much important and interesting research is, of course, being done in man… more
Date: September 10, 1958
Creator: Seaborg, Glenn T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design of an Eddy-Current Brake for a Sodium-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor

Description: Two eddy-current electromagnets to act as brskes were designed and installed in the sodium-cooled nuclear pcwer reactor SRE to throttle sodium flow throughout the reactor after shutdown in order to maintain a constant reactor temperature gradient. One brake was used on the primary piping system, the other on the secondary system. It was determined that the eddy-current brake should cause a dragging pressure of 0.3 psi at a flow rate of 12 gal/min. The flux density necessary to produce this pres… more
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Baker, R. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gas Saturated Run on the 400A-1 Pump

Description: A 1585 hr run was completed on the 400A-1 pump with a 0.4 m UC/sub 2/SO/ sub 4/ fuel solution as the pumped fluid, during which it was attempted to operate with gas bubbles in the solution. The gas content ranged from 0.56 ml/gm of solution to 1.189 mi/gm of solution and the gas other than CO/sub 2/, which was assumed to he nitrogen, varied from 0.39 ml/gm of solution to 0.966 ml/gm of solution. Because of uncertainties in the CO/sub 2/ solubility it cannot be stated conclusively that the liqui… more
Date: February 10, 1958
Creator: Payne, H. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laboratory and Pilot Plant Evaluation of Stanrock Uranium Concentrate

Description: The laboratory and pilot plant evaluation of Stanrock concentrate is presented. This concentrate meets all FMPC impurity tolerance limits except that for thorium content. The thorium limit can be met by the addition of phosphate as required for thorium-containing uranium concentrates. Laboratory digestion and extraction tests indicate that this material should present no problems in pulse column processing. A pilot plant pulse column test (a test utilizing a modified two-inch-pulse-column syste… more
Date: October 10, 1958
Creator: Leist, N. R.; Hicks, C. T. & Nelli, J. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Flight Study of the Effects of Noise Filtering in the Attack Display on the Pilot's Tracking Performance

Description: Memorandum presenting flight tests conducted with a director-type radar fire-control system, with scope presentation of the steering information, to determine the effects of attack-display smoothing on the pilot's tracking and steering effectiveness in tail-chase and lead-collision beam attacks. Results regarding tail-chase attacks and lead-collision beam attacks are provided.
Date: September 10, 1958
Creator: Turner, Howard L. & Heinle, Donovan R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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