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Bounce III

Description: BOUNCE III is a program which was written for the IBM-704 as part of a study of the parameters of the neutron distribution in a large thermal column. The program calculates the eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of the matrix resulting from a diffusion-theory, multigroup description of the thermal neutron spectrum.
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Kerr, B. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Device for Continuous Detection of Hydrogen in Sodium

Description: Abstract: A device to detect the presence of hydrogen in sodium has been developed. Such a device, installed in a sodium heated steam generator, would signal the presence of water in the sodium resulting from a leak in the sodium-water barrier.
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Strahl, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report: 300 KWe Capsule Nuclear Power Plant Study

Description: This document presents the results of investigations concerned with the conceptual design of a 300 KWe "Capsule" nuclear power plant.
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: General Electric Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel element study for Reactor Overbore Program

Description: Recent studies have confirmed that large incentives exist for overboring the reactor process channels approximately 500 mils in the C and five old reactors under the proposed Plant Improvement Program. Conservative estimates of the incentives for overboring indicate a payout period of about two years for the proposed work, an increase in plutonium production of 15--18%, derived from increased conversion ratio and a reduction in plant unit cost. Since sufficient progress has been made in the are… more
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Stringer, J. T. & Blanton, W. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Laboratories Operation Monthly Activities Report: November 1960

Description: This is the monthly report for the Hanford Laboratories Operation, November 1960. Metallurgy, reactor fuels, chemistry, dosimetry, separation processes, reactor technology, financial activities, visits, biology operation, physics and instrumentation research, and employee relations are discussed.
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Sale, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid-Liquid Extraction With High-Molecular-Weight Amines

Description: A general review of the technique is given followed by a discussion of the principles involved, a survey of applications to various systems, and a collection of selected procedures associated with the technique which are reported in the literature. (J.R.D.)
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Moore, F. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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On the Green's Function for Two-Dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Waves. II

Description: "As an extension of an earlier paper the Green's function is evaluated for the Lundquist equation linearized about uniform magnetic field, constant matter density, and zero flow velocity. It is assumed that all quantities are functions of two space variables and time only. In the general magnetic field configuration considered here a pure Alfvén disturbance no longer exists; there is instead a wave with properties of both the Alfvén and fast‐slow disturbance."
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Weitzner, Harold
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Protection of Graphite by Impregnation. Quarterly Progress Report No. 3 for September 1-November 30, 1960. Vitro Job 2195

Description: The hypothesis that sample resistivity is the controlling factor in electrokinetic impregnation was substantiated. Experiments show that dense clay- bonded silicon carbide can be impregnated beneath the surface pores whereas only surface pore impregnation is achieved with both dense and porous graphite. The resistivity of the materials differ by a factor of about 1O/sup 10/. Although deep penetration of the substrate by the particles of the coating system is not achieved during deposition, ther… more
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Ortner, M. H. & Klach, S. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Steady-State Tests of a Reactor Safety Device

Description: Introduction: This is the fourth report in a series of reports dealing in particular with a reactor safety device of a double diaphragm type.
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Springer, T. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Algorithm for Construction Feasible Schedules and Computing Their Schedule Times

Description: "An algorithm for the generation of feasible schedules and the computation of the completion times of the job operations of feasible schedule is presented. Using this algorithm, the distribution of schedule times over the set of feasible schedule—or a subset of feasible schedules—was determined for technological orderings that could occur in a general machine shop. These distributions are found to be approximately normal. Biasing techniques corresponding to “first come first serve,” random choi… more
Date: November 15, 1960
Creator: Heller, Jack & Logemann, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Laboratories Operation Monthly Activities Report: October 1960

Description: This is the monthly report for the Hanford Laboratories Operation, October 1960. Metallurgy, reactor fuels, chemistry, dosimetry, separation processes, reactor technology, financial activities, visits, biology operation, physics and instrumentation research, and employee relations are discussed.
Date: November 15, 1960
Creator: Hanford Laboratories
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metallurgy of Zircaloy-2. Part I. The Effects of Fabrication Variables on the Anisotropy of Mechanical Properties

Description: The anisotropy of mechanical propertles of Zircaloy-2 was studied as a function of fabricatlon variables. The variatlon in tensile and impact properties with specimen orientation was taken as the measure of the anisotropy of mechanical properties for each material. A qualitative separatlon of the effects of the fabrication variables on the resulting anisotropy of mechanical properties is made, but it is valid only in the rolling plane of the plate. A contractile strain ratio, a ratio of the nat… more
Date: November 15, 1960
Creator: Rittenhouse, P.L. & Picklesimer, M.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Optimization of K Reactor power levels related to a zirconium tube replacement project

Description: The assumption of tube replacement losses can have a significant effect in the determination of optimum power levels and goal exposures. The tube replacement loss term in the reactor process optimization model is based on calculating the average projected tube replacement losses that will result from operation at given power and temperature conditions. Tube replacement losses associated with external corrosion, Van Stone flange failure, etc. (i.e., basically non-power level-temperature dependen… more
Date: November 15, 1960
Creator: Fuller, N. E. & Graves, S. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE INSTRUMENTATION FOR DYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS IN THE KEWB PROGRAM. A Summary Report

Description: After an experimental survey of eight different models of pressure transducers, a system with fast response was developed to measure pressures in the KEWB reactor. The transducers used in the system operate in an environment which presents a high radiation level but which has temperatures that are quite low for a reactor. Thus they would not be suitable for use in a power reactor because of the temperature limitation. Since installation of this pressuremeasuring system in the KEWB reactor, the … more
Date: November 15, 1960
Creator: Harris, S.P. & Bumpus, C.F. Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SYNTHESIS AND FABRICATION OF REFRACTORY URANIUM COMPOUNDS. Quarterly Report No. 5, August 1 through October 31, 1960

Description: Additional quantities of UC, UN, and U/sub 3/Si/sup 2/ were prepared to be used in fabrication of test specimens for property determinations. A reduction in oxygen contamination of UN and U/sub 3/Si/sup 2/as achieved by improved techniques of synthesis.>s Preliminary values for thermal expansion, modulus of elasticity, and corrosion in boiling water were also obtained for these materials. (For preceding period see TID-6591.) (J.R.D.)
Date: November 15, 1960
Creator: Taylor, K. M. & McMurtry, C. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Theory of Cusped Geometries

Description: "The loss of particles through a cusp of a particular containment geometry utilizing cusped magnetic field lies is considered. A velocity space loss criterion analogous to the loss cone in the mirror machine is derived. The effect of a uniform longitudinal magnetic field perpendicular to the containing field is considered and a loss criterion is derived. The effect of the longitudinal field is to decrease cusp losses.
Date: November 15, 1960
Creator: Kileen, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Utilization of Radiactive Isotpoes in Coal Process Research

Description: "With careful attention to details, tritium assays of satisfactory accuracy have been achieved on low activity standard samples by dry combustion and liquid scintillations counting of the product water.This method is faster, more accurate and dependable than the zinc fusion-ion chamber method fro low level tritium assays. At 380 degrees C, tritium loses from hydrocarbon tracers by isotopic exchange is significant and must be corrected for in tracer measurements at this elevated temperature."
Date: November 15, 1960
Creator: Yavorsky, P. M. & Gorin, E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ABWR: PL-2 Design Report

Description: From preface: This report satisfies the quarterly progress report requirements for PL-1 and PL-2 plant design work for the period ending September 30, 1960 At present time a SL-1 Core 2 is under construction. This is a replacement core for SL-1 (ALPR) and will be identical to a PL-2 core; a PL condenser is under test at the SL-1 facility; final construction plans for PL components and modules which are not site sensitive will be completed in March 1961.
Date: October 15, 1960
Creator: Combustion Engineering, inc. Nuclear Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Compatibility of SNAP Fuel and Clad Materials

Description: Samples capsules containing buttons of materials of interest for SNAP fuel elements were held at temperatures up to 1600°F , in hydrogen, under a 20-tsi load for 200+ hours.
Date: October 15, 1960
Creator: Balkwill, J.K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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