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Hazards Summary Report for the Hanford Plutonium Critical Mass Laboratory

Description: Report that summarizes the potential hazards of the Hanford Critical Mass Laboratory and presents operation procedures which will limit the probability of a nuclear accident. The report also outlines the planned experimental program, descriptions of the facility, and the administration of nuclear safety in the laboratory.
Date: August 1, 1960
Creator: Reardon, W. A.; Clayton, E. D.; Brown, C. L.; Masterson, R. H.; Powell, T. J.; Richey, C. R. et al.
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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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Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor Shield Design Summary Report

Description: Abstract: "Most of the Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor (NMSR) shield design work performed by The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) is summarized. Primary and secondary shield results are presented, consistent with contractual requirements and designated design criteria. Methods of calculation and basic parameters are shown" (p. 1).
Date: August 1, 1959
Creator: Smith, W. R. & Turner, M. A.
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High Temperature Liquid Metal Circulating System

Description: Introduction: The purpose of this experiment was to demonstrate that a liquid metal heat transfer system could be built and operated at very high temperatures.
Date: August 1, 1954
Creator: Keen, R. D.
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Final Safeguards Summary Report for the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility

Description: Summary: This report contains a description of the final design of the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility (PNPF); an outline of the test and operating procedures, and the organization and responsibilities; and a summary of the hazards and safeguards analyses that have been conducted to evaluate the safety of the facility operations.
Date: August 1, 1961
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300,000-KWE SGR Nuclear Power Plant of Current Technology

Description: Abstract: This report describes a 300,000-kwe, sodium-cooled, graphite-moderated nuclear power plant based on existing technical information.
Date: August 1, 1960
Creator: Renard, J.; Peckinpaugh, C. L. & Aronstein, R. E.
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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
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An Investigation of the Chattanooga Black Shale of Tennessee as a Source of Uranium Progress Report: July 1, 1956-June 30, 1957

Description: From introduction: The primary aim of this study is to present as complete a geologic picture as possible, of the Chattanooga shale in its outcrop area of the Eastern Highland Rim and the Northern Highland Rim of Tennessee and adjacent Kentucky. Special emphasis has been placed upon the stratigraphic relationships and their implications upon the age and manner of origin of the sediments and upon the origin, source, and distribution of uranium in the shale.
Date: August 1, 1957
Creator: Klepser, Harry J.
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UC Fuel Element Design and Fabrication

Description: Abstract: Uranium monocarbide shows considerable potential for use as a fuel in high temperature, high power density, nuclear power reactors. As Atomics International is proposing its use in sodium graphite type reactors, it was necessary to develop a process for fabricaing sodium bonded uranium carbide fuel elements.
Date: August 1, 1964
Creator: Draganchuk, W.
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Boiling Depressurization Transients

Description: Abstract: An analytical and experimental effort toward a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in nuclear power reactor loss-of-pressure accidents is presented.
Date: August 1, 1964
Creator: Halfen, F. J. & Berganzoli, F.
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Thermal Stress Testing of Beryllium Oxide Moderator Shapes

Description: Abstract: Perforated BeO plates were thermal shock tested to evaluate the effect of: (1) localized temperature variations adjacent to the perforations, and (2) radial gradients across the entire plate.
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Sujata, H. L.; King, M. & Waters, F. J.
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Uranium Carbide Transient Heating Experiments - Phase 1

Description: Abstract: Two in-pile capsules containing mock-up uranium carbide fuel rods were subjected to a total of five neutron bursts in the TREAT facility with initial reactor periods ranging from 0.26 to 0.10 sec.
Date: August 1, 1964
Creator: Stachura, S. J.; Silberberg, M. & Cordy, R. N.
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Progress Relating to Civilian Applications During July, 1956

Description: A report based on a study about the factors which affect the amount of chemical reaction between water and Zircaloy 2 at high temperatures. Also, experimental programs for the measurement of radiation emissivity, chemical reaction rates, and diffusion rates have been completed.
Date: August 1, 1956
Creator: Dayton, Russell W. & Tipton, Clyde R., Jr.
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Progress Relating to Civilian Applications During July, 1957

Description: A report about equipment which is assembled and tested to determine the feasibility of measuring the thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity of irradiated uranium rods clad with Zircaloy 2 with NaK as the heat-transfer medium.
Date: August 1, 1957
Creator: Dayton, Russell W. & Tipton, Clyde R., Jr.
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Progress Relating to Civilian Applications During July, 1958

Description: A report dealing with thermal-conductivity measurements of uranium and UO2 to determine the effect of irradiation on both of these two materials.
Date: August 1, 1958
Creator: Dayton, Russell W. & Tipton, Clyde R., Jr.
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Quarterly Report May 1947 to August 1947 : Biology Division

Description: The following documents were compiled into a quarterly report that was to be published in the Radiobiology Volume of the PPR. The following reports provide data from the Biology department of the University of Chicago between May and August of 1947.
Date: August 1, 1947
Creator: Brues, Austin M.
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A Study of the Delayed Neutron Emitter, Br87

Description: Report discussing a study to determine experimentally whether a low neutron binding energy must be assigned to Kr⁸⁷ to explain the neutron emission or whether the beta-decay energy is especially high, as well as to determine the fission yield of Br⁸⁷.
Date: August 1, 1950
Creator: Stehney, Andrew Frank
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Tentative Specification for Waste Heat Steam Boiler

Description: Report discussing specifications for the design of a waste heat steam boiler "for the purpose of generating steam to operate a condensing steam turbine electric generator from the clean hot radioactive air that has cooled the atomic energy reactor of [a] laboratory under a pressure less than atmospheric."
Date: August 1, 1948
Creator: Williams, C.
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The Preparation of Uranyl Carbonate and Measurement of Its Solubility

Description: From summary: "A method for the preparation of normal uranyl carbonate has been developed. Heretofore, this compound has been known only as a rare, naturally occurring material." The report further discusses the physical properties of the compound, its solubility in water, and its interaction with sodium carbonate.
Date: August 1, 1949
Creator: Miller, P. D.; Pray, H. A. & Munger, H. P.
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Properties of Tin Oxide: Base Ceramics

Description: From summary: "Various thermal and mechanical properties were measured for sintered tin oxide-matrix compacts which nominally were composed of 99 per cent by weight of tin oxide, SnO2, and one per cent by weight of zinc oxide ZnO...The tin oxide body might be expected to give good service under conditions of severe thermal shock and in an oxidizing atmosphere at temperatures up to 1500°F."
Date: August 1, 1951
Creator: Quirk, John F. & Herman, C. G.
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Summary Report for April, May and June, 1951

Description: Report discussing progress made by the Chemistry Division (Section C-1) of the Argonne National Laboratory for the months of April, May and June, 1951. Information is divided into "Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry" and "Basic Chemistry".
Date: August 1, 1951
Creator: Manning, W. M. & Osborne, D. W.
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Maritime Loop Irradiation Program, S-I-5-B-M Fuel Irradiation Water Chemistry, Final Report

Description: Introduction: The purpose of this technical report is to review the water chemistry methods and equipment developed for use with the Maritime Loop Irradiation Program conducted in the General Electric Test Reactor (GETR) from December 2, 1960 to July 19, 1962. Special emphasis is given to areas having general application to other high purity water systems. The Appendix includes a discussion of specific conductivity and pH in high purity water systems. A major section of this report is devoted t… more
Date: August 1, 1963
Creator: Danielson, D. W.; Gilbert, R. S. & Panter, G. E.
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Strontium Program: Summary Report for June and July 1958

Description: Technical report was prepared by the Health and Safety Laboratory (HASL) with the objective of presenting a current picture of the Strontium Program. Abstract: Strontium 90 levels in fallout, milk, canned fish and tap water are summarized for data available up to July 28, 1958. Original data submitted during the month of June and the first two weeks in July are included as an appendix. Data are presented to show the amount of Strontium 90 in fallout at sampling stations within and outside th… more
Date: August 1, 1958
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.
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