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THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE: PROSPECTS FOR REDUCING ITS COST

Description: Nuclear fuel cost of 1.25 mills/kwh would make nuclear power competitive with conventional power in lowcost coal areas if capital and operating costs can be brought to within about 10 percent of those of coal-fired plants. Substantial decreases in fuel fabrication cost are anticipated by 1970: other costs in the fuel cycle are expccted to remain about the same as at present. Unit costs and irradiation levels that would be needed to give a fuel cost of 1.25 mills/kwh are believed to be attainabl… more
Date: February 20, 1959
Creator: Albrecht, W.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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REQUIREMENTS FOR RAW MATERIALS IN AN EXPANDING NUCLEAR POWER ECONOMY

Description: The need for breeding does not appear to be highly cost for a moderately optimistic expanding nuclear power economy between 1960 and 2000. Since the expansion rate of the US nuclear economy is assumed to be high at least 2/3 of the U-235 recovered from natural uranium is used to supply reactor inventory. It is the remaining 1/3 of the available U-235 that can be saved by breeder breeders or a breeder and converter are the doubling time and a parameter expressing the total fissile inventory per … more
Date: January 20, 1959
Creator: Arnold, E.D. & Ullmann, J.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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LIST OF PARTICLE-ACCELERATOR INSTALLATIONS: ADDENDA AND ERRATA

Description: A list of particle-accelerator installations, giving location, type, dimensions, particles accelerated, and energy, is presented. (A.C.)
Date: January 20, 1959
Creator: Behman, G.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Techniques for Estimating the Specific Retention Properties of Hanford Soils

Description: Disposal on a specific retention basic of certain radioactive liquid waste solutions emanating from separations from separations plants has been practiced at Hanford since 1944. As used at Hanford, the term "specific retention" is defined as that volume of waste liquids that may be disposed to the soil* and be held against the force of gravity by the molecular attraction between sand grains and the surface tension of the water, when expressed as percent of packed soil volume. In practice it rep… more
Date: August 20, 1959
Creator: Bierschenk, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Variable goal equations for enriched and natural I and E material at the C and K Reactors

Description: We have previously transmitted interim recommendations of goal exposure plans for enriched I&E material at the C and K reactors and for natural I&E material at the K Reactors. We indicated in the references that corrections for changes in inlet temperature would be forthcoming. The purpose of this letter is to transmit revised goal exposure equations.
Date: January 20, 1959
Creator: Bloomstrand, R. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical Technology Division, Chemical Development Section C Monthly Progress Report - September 1959

Description: Progress report on recovery of uranium from amines, amine extraction of Pu (III) nitrate, plutonium (IV) nitrate extraction with phenylphosphonate esters, effect of salt type on rare earth extraction from nitrate solutions by neutral organophosphorus reagents, effect of reagent structure on rare earth extraction from nitrate solutions, neptunium recovery from laboratory salvage, examination of process irradiated TBP and reagent clean-up methods, fission product recovery, activities in solvent e… more
Date: October 20, 1959
Creator: Brown, K. B.; Allen, K. A.; Blake, C. A.; Coleman, C. F.; Crouse, D. J.; Weaver, B. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation Of Windows And Shields For Neutron Point Sources

Description: An empirical approach for the evaluation of shielding materials for macrochemical manipulations of spontaneously fissioning heavy elements (curium and californium) has revealed interesting comparisons. High-density metal halide solutions were compared with lead glass and with rare earth glass for use as shielding windows. Laminated shields of lead-paraffin and uranium-paraffin were compared with water and with paraffin for shielding walls.
Date: May 20, 1959
Creator: Browne, Howard J.; Kaufmann, John A. & Garden, Nelson B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recent developments in feed preparation and solvent extraction

Description: For presentation at the 5th Nuclear Congress, Clevelands Apr. 7, 1959. Increasing emphasis has been placed recently on the application of solvent extraction to the recovery of uranium and plutonium from spent power reactor fuels. Zircaloy-2 jackets were removed from PWR blankettype fuels by dissolution with the Zirflex Process, and the UO/sub 2/ cores were dissolved in 10 M HNO/sub 3/. Zirflex treatment of prototype samples irradiated to 2500 Mwd/ ton resulted in satisfactory dissolution rates … more
Date: March 20, 1959
Creator: Bruce, F. R.; Blanco, R. E. & Bresee, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of Surfactants in Aluminum-Uranium Fuel Reprocessing Solutions

Description: Surface active materials in aluminum nitrate-nitric acid fuel reprocessing solutions were characterized. Polymerized silica, zirconium- modified silica and soluble dibutyl phosphate species were found to contribute to stable emulsion formation. These surfactants were reduced in effectiveness by added acid. (auth)
Date: October 20, 1959
Creator: Cannon, R. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Survey: Oxidation Characteristics of Columbium and Columbium Base Alloys

Description: Unclassified experimental data concerned with the oxidation characteristics of Nb and Nb-base alloys are presented. The bulk of the results is presented in tabular form and cataloged under laboratory name sub-headings. The theory of alloy development for oxidation resistance is discussed. Methods of evaluating oxidation behavior are outlined.
Date: May 20, 1959
Creator: Clough, W. R. (William Raymond); Hirakis, E. C. & Krutenat, R. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Centrifugal Casting of Aluminum-Uranium Alloys

Description: "Centrifugal-casting techniques were investigated as a method of producing hollow cylindrical extrusion billets of aluminum-35 w/o uranium. Among the variables evaluated were melt temperature, mold and pouring-spout configurations, mold speed, and method of pouring. With the equipment employed it was found that the best castings were produced stilizing a pouring temperature of 2400 F, a heavy-walled steel cylinder rotating between 700 to 900 rpm for the mold and bottom-pouring technique employi… more
Date: July 20, 1959
Creator: Daniel, Norman E.; Foster, Ellis L. & Dickerson, Ronald F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Centrifugal Casting of Aluminum-Uranium Alloys

Description: Centrifugal-casting techniques were investigated as a method of producing hollow cylindrical extrusion billets of aluminum-35 wt.% uranium. Among the variables evaluated were melt temperature, mold and pouring-spout configurations, mold speed, and method of pouring. With the equipment employed it was found that the best castings were produced utilizing a pouring temperature of 2400 ction prod- , a heavy-walled steel cylinder rotating between 700 and 900 rpm for the mold and a bottom-pouring tec… more
Date: July 20, 1959
Creator: Daniel, Norman E.; Foster, Ellis L., Jr. & Dickerson, Ronald F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermal Bowing of Core Subassemblies

Description: Report issued by the APDA over studies conducted on thermal bowing of core sub-assemblies at the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant. As stated in the introduction and summary, "the present report deals with this problem in the design of the Enrico Fermi Reactor and with the method which has been adopted to avoid a positive temperature coefficient of reactivity" (p. 1). This report includes illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 20, 1959
Creator: De Stordeur, Arnold
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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THE SOLID SOLUBILITY AND CONSTITUTION OF YTTRIUM IN IRON-20 TO 40 w/o CHROMIUM ALLOYS

Description: The solid solubility of yttrium in iron-20 to 40 wt.% chromium alloys was determined by metallographic techniques and found to be extremely small. At 1320 deg C, the maximum solubility is about 0.12 wt. a yttrium. Study of iron- rich alloys of the iron-yttrium system shows that the compound YFe/sub 5/ exists. A eutectic occurs between iron and YFe/sub 5/ at 1257 deg C. The constitution of iron - 20 to 40 wt.% chromium-yttrium alloys ccntaining less than 6 wt.% yttrium was studied between 1250 a… more
Date: October 20, 1959
Creator: Farkas, Martin S. & Bauer, Arthur A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pressure and Temperature in the EGCR Experimental Loop Cell In Case of Accidental Release of Main Reactor Coolant

Description: The possibility exists that a failure of the EGCR experimental loop piping in the loop equipment cell can induce a failure of the loop piping within the main =pressure vessel due to overheating of the experiment and the collapsing pressure exerted by the main coolant gas. Release of the main coolant into the experiment cell would cause the pressure to rise rapidly above the structural design value of 12 psig unless a pressure relief hole were provided. Accordingly it is intended that each exper… more
Date: October 20, 1959
Creator: Fontana, M. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Atomic Energy Commission Nuclear Science Center Volume II - Safeguard Report

Description: This report presents the description and safeguard evaluation of an open pool research and test reactor rated at one megawatt. The reactor is being proposed by the General Electric Company to the Rhode Island and Providence Plantation Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: May 20, 1959
Creator: General Electric Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Incontamination of Pig Skin Contaminated With a Plutonium Solution

Description: Different methods of decontaminating plutonium contaminated skin were studied by contamination localized areas of pig skin and then testing the different decontamination methods. Results indicate that the most effective of the decontamination methods tested involved the application of a plastic adherent material to the skin and its later removal by peeling.
Date: August 20, 1959
Creator: George, L. A.; Dockum, H. L. & Bustad, L. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PREDICTED VAPOR PRESSURES IN THE HRT

Description: Radiolytic gas concentration in the HRT as a function of operating power and temperature have been calculated for the conditions of Run 18. The partial pressure of the radiolytic gas was estimated for the various conditions. The maximum total vapor pressure (the maximum summation of the radiolytic gas partial pressures excess oxygen partial pressures and D2O vapor pressure) was found to exist at the core and blanket outlets for all avcrage temperatures greater than 250 C. Below 240 C at some re… more
Date: April 20, 1959
Creator: Gift, E.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Parameters of Dissolver Equipment Design - Power Fuel Reprocessing

Description: The Interim Power Fuels Reprocessing Program, as established by the Atomic Energy Commission, provides the service of recovering uranium, thorium, plutonium, etc., from irradiated fuels discharged from non-production reactors of both public and private ownership. To provide this service on an interim basis and at minimum capital investment, the Commission has assigned the processing responsibility for the various fuel types to several AEC sites. The sites are to be assigned fuel types most simi… more
Date: May 20, 1959
Creator: Graf, W. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Diffusion of Xenon in Columbium

Description: The diffusion coefficient was calculated for the diffusion of Xe through Nb and found to be 0.064 exp (-18,600/RT).
Date: November 20, 1959
Creator: Gregory, D. P. (Derek P.) & Leavenworth, H. W. (Howard W.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Irradiation Processing Department monthly record report, January 1959

Description: This document details activities of the irradiation processing department during the month of January 1959. A general summary is included at the start of the report, after which the report is divided into the following sections: Research and Engineering Operations; Production and Reactor Operations; Facilities Engineering operation; Employee Relations Operation; and Financial Operation.
Date: February 20, 1959
Creator: Greninger, A. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Revised hazards study -- Underground storage of radioactive liquid wastes

Description: This report discusses risks associated with the underground storage of high-level radioactive wastes from the Purex Plant at Hanford in 1957. Radiation doses and contamination of the Columbia River resulting from storage tank leaks are discussed.
Date: January 20, 1959
Creator: Haney, W. A. & Linderoth, C. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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