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Electron Optical Studies of Low-Pressure Gases

Description: From Abstract: "This document is the final report of research carried on in the Electron Physics Section of the National Bureau of Standards during the period from February 1, 1955 to March 1962 in developing an electron optical method for the visualization of low-pressure gas flow."
Date: August 16, 1963
Creator: Marton, L.; Schubert, David C. & Mielczarek, S. R.
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Aerosol Penetration Through 9 Mil HV-70 Filter Paper With and Without Pinholes

Description: Report studying the differences in the penetrative abilities of "two polydispersed dioctylphthalate aerosols of different particle size distribution through 9 mil HV-70 type filter paper with and without pinholes" (p. iii).
Date: August 1963
Creator: Thomas, J. W. & Crane, G. D.
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A Survey of Prompt-Neutron Lifetimes in Fast Critical Systems

Description: From Introduction: "Los Alamos and British lifetime measurements are consistent with the results reported here."
Date: August 1963
Creator: Brunson, G. S.; Curran, R. N.; Gasidlo, J. M. & Huber, R. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bibliography of Publications on Compounds of Gas Hydrate Type

Description: "This is the first of a series of bibliographical reports listing references on a particular subject which is of special interest to the Office of Saline Water. The initial bibliography was prepared by K. W. Allen of the University of Pittsburgh with subsequent additions and editing by Dr. Karl Kase of the Office of Saline Water" (p. ii).
Date: August 1963
Creator: University of Pittsburgh
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Study of Fast Reactor Meltdown Accidents Using Simulant Materials

Description: Report issued by the APDA over studies conducted on reactor meltdown accidents. The studies incorporated the use of simulation materials. Methods and results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 31, 1963
Creator: Huebotter, P. R.
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Systems of Electrical Units

Description: Report issued by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards discussing different systems of electrical units. As stated in the introduction, "the various systems of measurement, with their respective sets of units, used in the literature on electricity and magnetism are described in detail" (p. 1). This report includes tables.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Silsbee, Francis B.
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Protective Clothing Monitoring System

Description: Report describing the development and installation of an automated conveyor-type laundry system for the purpose of monitoring laboratory clothing for beta-gamma contamination.
Date: August 1, 1963
Creator: Rankin, M. O. & Spear, W. G.
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Design and Economic Evaluation of Fixed Blankets for Fast Reactors

Description: Report evaluating the design characteristics and limitations of fixed blankets for breeder reactors. This also includes economic considerations for each tested blanket.
Date: August 30, 1963
Creator: Klickman, A. E.; Ball, G. L.; Edwards, J. J.; Jens, W. H.; Segal, B. M.; Stanford, R. E. L. et al.
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In-Pile Loop Corrosion Experiments with Uranyl Sulfate Solutions at 235 and 250 C

Description: Report presenting in-pile loop experiments DD, EE, FF, GG, L-412, L-413, and L-418, which were seven of a series designed to test the radiation corrosion of zirconium, titanium, and stainless steel alloys in solutions under various conditions of radiation intensity, temperature, solution composition, and velocity of flow. Steel specimens exposed in the loop cores showed increases in corrosive attack over that expected out-of-radiation.
Date: August 15, 1963
Creator: Jenks, G. H. & Baker, J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stress Corrosion Cracking in Uranium-Molybdenum Alloys

Description: Investigation conducted to determine the cause of cracking, during tension, on the surface of tensile specimens of uranium-molybdenum alloys.
Date: August 12, 1963
Creator: Pridgeon, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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N-Reactor Operational Safety Review

Description: Report describing a series of tests performed to review the safety procedures and systems of Hanford Laboratories' N-Reactor.
Date: August 19, 1963
Creator: Trumble, R. E.
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Sodium-Cooled Reactors Program, Fast Ceramic Reactor Development Program: First Quarterly Report, October-December 1961

Description: Quarterly report discussing progress on the Fast Ceramic Reactor Development Program, "an integrated analytical and experimental program directed toward the development of fast reactors employing ceramic fuels, with particular attention to mixed plutonium-uranium oxide" (p. 1).
Date: August 15, 1963
Creator: Leitz, F. J.
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Pulse rocket performance

Description: This note derives some relationships between the various parameters describing the nuclear pulse rocket, and gives numerical examples of performance attainable under the assumption of a fixed chamber temperature.
Date: August 13, 1963
Creator: Hadley, J. W.
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Evaluation of Sanders Associates proposal of 6/12/63 and general comments

Description: This memorandum discusses a proposal for funding to do research on the heating of thermonuclear fuels to ignition temperatures by means of intense focused laser radiation. Technical comments are provided as to the proposal.
Date: August 12, 1963
Creator: Kidder, R. E.
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Uniformly Reactive Uranium Dioxide from a Single Oxidation-Reduction Cycle

Description: Abstract: By use of a modified thermobalance and reactor as the primary experimental tool for sample preparation and evaluation, a process has been developed by which parent uranium feed materials of a widely variable reactivity and composition may be converted to a uniformly reactive uranium dioxide.
Date: August 28, 1963
Creator: Orrick, N. C.; Jones, C. G.; Hale, C. F.; Barber, E. J. & Rapp, Karl E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Method for Performing a Human-Factors Reliability Analysis

Description: Foreword: There has been relatively little work reported on deriving quantitative estimates of the degradation to a man-machine system resulting from human errors. One approach, used in the Reliability Department of Sandia Corporation, is presented here as an example of how such estimating can be done.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Swain, Alan D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental Gas Cooled Reactor, Final Hazards Summary Report: Volume 2, Plant Operation

Description: From introduction: The information provided in Volume II describes programs, requirements, and procedures established by the Operator to minimize the probability of equipment failure, actions taken during any emergency to minimize radiation exposure dose to the general public and to plant personnel, and actions taken following a hazardous condition to prevent its recurrence.
Date: August 1, 1963
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Protection Against Fallout Radiation in a Simple Structure

Description: A reinforced Butler building was exposed to fallout from Shots Diablo and Shasta, and the resulting dose rates and fallout deposition inside and outside the structure were measured with various instruments and techniques. Protection factors and roof and ground contributions to the total dose rates at points within the structure were determined from the measurements. Comparisons were made with the results of theoretical and other experimental studies. Information obtained from this experiment sh… more
Date: August 12, 1963
Creator: Breslin, A. J.; Loysen, P. & Weinstein, M. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Boiling Studies for Sodium Reactor Safety: Part 1, Experimental Apparatus and Results of Initial Tests and Analysis

Description: Abstract: An experimental and analytical research program is described which is designed to meet certain specific needs for data and methods required to make improved predictions of transient voids, burnout, flow, and fuel temperature during extreme accidents in sodium-cooled reactors.
Date: August 30, 1963
Creator: Noyes, R. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stream Catalog of Southeastern Alaska, Regulatory District Nos. 3 and 4

Description: From introduction: The pink salmon of Southeastern Alaska are an important fishery resource that appear in more than 1,100 known spawning streams. Information on each stream is presented by a stream description and, when available, a map and escapement record.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Orrell, Russell F.; Rosier, Carl & Simpson, Lyle R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FLUID-BED FLUORIDE VOLATILITY PROCESSES. PART II. THE PROPERTIES OF PLUTONIUM HEXAFLUORIDE

Description: All of the properties of plutonium hexfluoride reported up to May 1983 are summarized, andd pentinent data are presented in detail. Included are the preparation of plutonium hexafluoride, physical properties, absorption spectra, chemical reactions, decomposition of plutonium hexafluoride by radiation and heat, the corrosion of materials of construction by plutonium hexafluoride, and a summary of the biological and radiological hazards from plutonium hexafluoride. An expanded vapor pressure tabl… more
Date: August 1, 1963
Creator: Steindler, M.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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