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SNAP re-entry orbit; comments on the atmospheric entry and discussion of a proposed test

Description: In order to evaluate entry into the atmosphere of an oblate (equatorial bulge) earth a standard atmosphere was used in conjunction with the standard rotating oblate spheroid. The density variation encountered in any one polar orbit around the earth will vary by about a factor of ten, due to oblateness. Therefore, the important effects on the re-entry trajectory are atmospheric density and oblateness of the earth. The SNAP configuration burn up characteristics will differ considerably between th… more
Date: August 3, 1962
Creator: Ackermann, W. O.; Arthur, P. D. & Nelson, D. K.
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Gauge for Measuring Bow of Tubes

Description: A mechanical gage was designed to measure the bow over any one-foot length of long cylindrical material. The gage was used successfully for measuring bow in components of tubular fuel elements at the Savannah River Laboratory. (auth)
Date: August 1962
Creator: Alewine, G. B.
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Loading and Elution Characteristics of Some Natural and Synthetic Zeolites

Description: The cation exchange characteristics of several commercially available zeolites were evaluated, Equilibrium loading characteristics and exchange capacities were determined experimentally in the binary systems cesium-lithium, cesium-- sodium, cesium--potassium, cesium-Tubidium, cesium -- hydrogen, cesium-- ammonium, strontium-- magnesium, strontium-- calcium, strontium-- barium, and strontium-- hydrogen for several zeolites. Exchangeable cation fractions in the equilibrium solutions were varied f… more
Date: August 10, 1962
Creator: Ames, L. L., Jr. & Knoll, K. C.
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Meteorites and the Early History of the Solar System

Description: The early thermal history of meteoritic matter is discussed. Clues obtained from the mineralogy of the carbonaceous chondrites are described. An attempt was made to establish the origin of the high-temperature minerals that served as the starting material for carbonaceous chondrites and the possible settings for the aqueous stage of the minerals. The occurrence of primordial noble gases in the meteorities is discussed. Chemical fractionations in the chondrites, extinct radioactivity, and genera… more
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Anders, E.
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Effect of 1200ºF Sodium on Austenitic and Ferritic Steels Progress Report: July 1962

Description: This is the twenty-third progress report containing progress made in conducting the stress rupture, creep, and tensile tests in air and helium, stainless steel fatigue tests, and rupture, tensile, and creep tests with stainless steel.
Date: August 15, 1962
Creator: Andrews, R. C.; Barker, K. R. & Werner, R. C.
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Transmission Electron Microscopy of Uranium

Description: A technique for the thinning of U for transmission electron microscopy is described. The main difficulty was the removal of the anodic film that formed during electropolishing. However, excellent electroplating results were obtained with a solution of 800 cc ethanol, 500 cc ethylene glycol, and 500 cc H/sub 3/PO/ sub 4/(85%) with the U cathode at 30 ma/cm/sup 2/ and room temperature. The anodic film that formed was then removed by electropolishing in a solution composed of 75 cc H/sub 2/SO/sub … more
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Angerman, C. L.
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Z Plant Filtrate Ion Exchange Facility (CGC-978) start-up slowsheep

Description: A flowsheet representing start-up conditions of the Filtrate Ion Exchange Facility is given. These flowsheet conditions are used for the routine recovery of plutonium from oxalate precipitation filtrates. (LK)
Date: August 31, 1962
Creator: Berglund, C. J.
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Calculations of the Doppler Coefficient of Large Ceramic-Fueled Fast Reactors

Description: ABS>Calculations of the Doppler coefficient of large, ceramicfueled fast reactors containing plutonium were made by means of the ELMOE program to provide accurate flux calculations. The temperature-dependent cross sections of P. Greebler et al., for U/sup 238/ and Pu/sup 239/ were used. Doppler coefficients of the order of 10/sup -5/ ntermediate tem k/ C were obtained, in agreement with Greebler's results. Coefficients of carbide fueled reactors are about 0.7 of those of oxide-fueled reactors a… more
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Bhide, M.G. & Hummel, H.H.
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Vapor Containment in the Oak Ridge Research Reactor

Description: Containment of the ORR is attained by means of a ventilation system which is capable of exhausting air from the building at a rate sufficient to ensure that all leakage of air at ground level is into the building. The exhaust air is treated by scrubbing and filtration and is discharged from a large stack at a height and velocity sufficient to guarantee that meteorological dispersion will reduce the resulting concentration of radioactive material to an acceptable level. Factors involved in selec… more
Date: August 23, 1962
Creator: Binford, F.T.
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Elastic Thermal Stress in Reactor Fuel Elements -- a Comparative Study of Various Shapes

Description: A method for comparison and evaluation of thermoelastic stresses is given for a range of fuel element shapes based on parameters available from the initial study of a reactor system. The shapes studied, in descending order of stress level are circular rods, concentric tubes, flat plates, and a matrix of circular holes.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Binns, Ian M.
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Minutes of the Conference of Linear Accelerators for High Energies

Description: During the past year notable progress was made in several laboratories on design for linear accelerators in the energy range up to and above 1 Bev. Interest in linacs for this energy centers on two possible applications: first, as injectors for 300 to 1000 Bev synchrotrons, and second, as sources of intense meson beams. To review this progress, a conference jointly sponsored by the Brookhaven National Laboratory and Yale University was held at Brookhaven during the week of August 20, 1962.
Date: 1962-08-20/1962-08-24
Creator: Blewett, J. P.; van Steenbergen, A.; Knowles, H. B.; Ohnuma, S. & Sinclair, C. K.
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The Radiation Leakage Survey of the Shield of the Nuclear Ship Savannah

Description: A detailed 4urvey of the radiation from the N.S. Savannah shield was made. The study was accomplished with the reactor at its full power of 69 Mw during a cruise of 2821 miles. The results of the detailed shield survey show that the design dose rate of 0.5 rem/yr for passenger spaces is not exceeded in any region to which passengers have access. ln the area restricted to crew access the design dose rate of 5.0 rem/yr is nowhere exceeded except in a small region on D'' deck in a room to which en… more
Date: August 29, 1962
Creator: Blizard, E.P.; Blosser, T.V. & Freestone, R.M. Jr.
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Equation of State of Classical Systems of Charged Particles

Description: Recent developments in the classical theory of fully ionized gases and strong electrolyte solutions are reviewed, and are used to discuss the equation of state at high temperatures and low densities. The pressure is calculated using the ring-integral approximation, and quantitative estimates of higher correction terms are given. The effect of short range repulsive forces is shown by comparing the results with two kinds of potential functions hard spheres of diameter a, and soft'' spheres for wh… more
Date: August 21, 1962
Creator: Brush, S.G.; DeWitt, H.E. & Trulio, J.G.
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GENERAL STANDARDS GUIDE FOR EXPERIMENTS IN ORNL RESEARCH REACTORS

Description: The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has three generalpurpose research reactors which accommodate testing loops, target irradiations, and beam-type experiments. Since the experiments must share common or similar facilities and utilities, be designed and fabricated by the same groups, and meet the safe safety criteria, certain standards for these have been developed. These standards deal only with those properties from which safety and economy of time and money can be maximized and do not relate to… more
Date: August 20, 1962
Creator: Cagle, C.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FUEL CYCLES FOR AN 800 Mw(t) PEBBLE-BED REACTOR

Description: Reactivity lifetime calculations were made for an 800Mw(t) pebble-bed reactor on the basis of a batch-fueling cycle, a once-through equilibrium cycle, and a gradedexposure equilibrium cycle. The maximum lifetime, obtained with the graded-exposure equilibrium cycle, was 1.41 fissions per initial fissionable atom. In this case the conversion ratio was 0.62 and the neutron leakage from the core was 0.078. The same fuel composition gave 1.29 fissions per initial fissionable atom on a once-through e… more
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Carlsmith, R.S.
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Evaluation of lithium as a control rod poison

Description: To permit more accurate evaluation of the incentives for isotopes producing control rods a determination was performed of the tritium production which would result from conversion to lithium HCR`s. A cursory examination of the gains resulting from the use of lithium shows that a significant amount of tritium could be produced in this manner totaling 1.6 percent of the present Pu-239 production on an atom equivalent basis.
Date: August 10, 1962
Creator: Carter, R. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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