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Summary Report - APDA Activities

Description: "Continued negotiations with combustion engineering culminated in the signing of a contract for the detail design and fabrication of the reactor vessel and rotating shield plug and plug container."
Date: July 1957
Creator: Atomic Power Development Associates, Inc.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: July, 1957

Description: A monthly report summarizing work perform by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. In this months report includes specifications a utility loop, further calculations for fuel rods, drawings were reviewed and specifications for the core reactor were reviewed.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HASL Aerial Survey System

Description: Radioactive debris from nuclear detonations may fall out over an extensive area. A rapid evaluation of the distribution of such surface contamination cam be obtained by an aircraft mounted detector. The gamma field measured in the aircraft can be related to the intensity on the ground. The HASL Top Hat'' system measures the radiation intensity, in an aircraft, at any altitude up to 1500 feet. The data are continuously compensated to the reading that would be obtained if the measurements were ta… more
Date: July 29, 1957
Creator: Cassidy, M. E.; Graveson, R. T. & LeVine, H. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quantization of Crystal Vibrations

Description: "Although the Born-von Karman treatment of the dynamics of crystal lattices is superior to that of Debye, the conABSTRACTS tinuum model of Debye is more amenable to computation; therefore the Debye treatment is used to obtain frequencies at a maximum energy. From the classic Hamiltonian of the solid, quantization is carried out by the Schroedinger method. The thermodynamic functions are obtained, and the mean square displacement is derived"
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: DeMarcus, W. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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20,000 KW Nuclear Power Plant Study for United States Atomic Energy Commission

Description: Introduction: In September of 156, Gilbert Associates, Inc., entered into a contract with the United States of America, acting through the United States Atomic Energy Commission, for the study and preliminary design of a nuclear power plant being considered for integration into a central station power system at an overseas site.
Date: July 7, 1957
Creator: Gilbert Associates, Inc.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Scintillation Spectrometry : Gamma-Ray Spectrum Catalogue

Description: Report presenting a collection of gamma spectra containing samples of the response of NaI(TI) scintillation detectors to a large number of the more frequently encountered radioactive nuclides.
Date: July 1, 1957
Creator: Heath, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Partition of Oxygen Between Sodium and Tantalum

Description: We now proceed by finding a relation between the O2 pressure and the mole fraction of oxygen in the condensed phase for each phase and then equate the O2 pressures to get a relation between the mole fractions of oxygen in the two phases.
Date: July 2, 1957
Creator: Holley, Charles E. Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Adsorption of Zirconium-Niobium on Silica Gel

Description: From abstract: "Adsorption of radioactive zirconium-niobium from uranyl nitrate solutions by silica gel was increased by increasing the temperature and time the solution contacts silica gel, and decreased by "aging" the solutions before contacting the silica gel."
Date: July 1957
Creator: Karraker, David G. & Parker, Sidney G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Sodium Vapor Formation on the Operation of the Enrico Fermi Reactor : an Estimate

Description: This technical report presents the results of some simplified calculations concerning the two-phase flow of sodium in the Enrico Fermi reactor. The rather large value for the specific volume of sodium vapor coupled with the resistance of the top axial blanket sections resulted in large pressure drops for even small values (by weight) of net vapor. It is concluded that the formation of any sodium vapor in the Enrico Fermi reactor produces "boiling disease", i.e. triggers an unstable condition wh… more
Date: July 1957
Creator: Kroeger, H. R. & Stephenson, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Notes on the A-2-Compiler System

Description: "An account is given of an extensive study of the A-2 Compiler System for the Remington Rand Univac digital computer. In particular, the following topics are discussed: application and performance of subroutines, segmenting, and introduction of subroutines to the library."
Date: July 15, 1957
Creator: Lanza, G. &
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Betatron Oscillation Frequency Shift Due To "N-Errors"

Description: "Expressions are found to relate DELTA gamma to the n-errors.'' It is demonstrated that the integral n-value concept'' is of no use in the present case. A modification of integrated n-value'' is suggested."
Date: July 1, 1957
Creator: Lanza, G. & Steffen, Klaus G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Extension of Operating Life of KAPL-30 Thimble

Description: In June of 1957, the KAFL Pressure Systems and Pressure Vessels Review Board completed their evaluation of the radiation damage to the KAPL-30-4 carbon steel thimble. The Board decided that it was safe to extend the operating life of the thimble from 9 to 16 MIM cycles, subject to review if further extended low temperature operation occurs. This memorandum summarizes the data and evaluation which were the basis for the decisions and recommendations of the KAPL Pressure Systems and Pressure Vess… more
Date: July 22, 1957
Creator: Lewis, D. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Study of Uranium Deposits in the Copper Mountain Area: Fremont and Hot Springs Counties, Wyoming

Description: Report documenting a study of the Copper Mountain area to "evaluate the potential uranium production to determine, if possible, the origin and conditions of deposition of the uranium; and suggest possible guides to prospecting in this and geologically similar areas. All known radioactive deposits were examined and samples were collected for special studies and for assay of uranium content" (p. 5).
Date: July 1957
Creator: Loomis, Tom H. W. & Marks, Lawrence Y.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Irradiation of Wrought Uranium Plate

Description: From abstract: "Wrought uranium plate, clad in 1100 aluminum with a nickel bonding layer, was irradiated to a maximum exposure of 1600 MWD/T in the MTR and was demonstrated to be suitable as a fuel element material. Beta-transformed plate, or beta-transformed plate that was cold stretched 2-1/4 per cent, did not change appreciably in dimensions but roughened on the surface. As-rolled plate increased in length, but did not roughen. Irradiation reduced the strength and virtually eliminated the du… more
Date: July 1957
Creator: McDonell, William R. & Marshall, Robert P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sodium Boiling Calculations

Description: The equations are derived for making rough calculations of the pressure drop required to produce a given mass flow through a subassembly for a given heat generation for cases where the vapor volume fraction is 0.9 or less. The ratio of vapor velocity to liquid velocity is left as a parameter that is varied form unreasonably low to unreasonably high values.
Date: July 2, 1957
Creator: Nicholson, R. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Neutron Absorption Alignment Chart

Description: From introduction: "Neutron absorption alignment chart for the measurement of neutron flux density."
Date: July 30, 1957
Creator: Nisle, Robert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Shearing Irradiated Uranium Plates - Part II

Description: From abstract: "Radioactive contamination was confined and controlled in an isolation tank when irradiated plates of natural uranium were cut under water."
Date: July 1957
Creator: Olcott, Roland B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Measurements of Acceleration Produced by Sound Pressures

Description: This paper contains the results of an experiment performed to determine the effects of sound pressure on acceleration of a test specimen. Particular attention is given to determining the resonant frequency and amplitude of acceleration of the test specimen as a function of mass, sound pressure and frequency.
Date: July 17, 1957
Creator: Remaley, Charles. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report and Publication List: Diffusion in Metals

Description: This is the progress report and publication list for diffusion in metals. It lists the progress made on studying the diffusion in pure noble metals, the isotope effect in metallic diffusion, diffusion in binary alloys, self-diffusion in alpha silver-cadmium and alpha silver-indium. Additionally, it looks into the effects of pressure on diffusion.
Date: July 1, 1957
Creator: Seitz, Frederick & Lazarus, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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