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Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Monthly Progress Report: April 1959

Description: Abstract: This monthly progress report covers the activities of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor System Program for April 1959. The program includes a water-moderated heterogeneous reactor (Gas-Cooled Reactor Experiment I), a graphite-moderated homogeneous reactor (Gas-Cooled Reactor Experiment II), a mobile gas-cooled reactor (ML-1), and the coordination of the Gas Turbine Test Facility. [It reports] the progress of each project, the associated tests and data evaluation, the applicable design crit… more
Date: May 25, 1959
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Organic Cooled Reactor Study [Part 3]: Reactor Concept Evaluation

Description: From summary and conclusions: The purpose of this volume is to present the results of design studies to select the optimum-sized electric power station utilizing an organic cooled nuclear reactor and to evaluate and optimize the various reactor concepts, with special attention to selection of the moderator, consistent with the basic design criteria established by the AEC.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Bechtel Corporation
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The HGCR-1, a Design Study of a Nuclear Power Station Employing a High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor with Graphite-UO₂ Fuel Elements

Description: "The preliminary design of a 3095-Mw(thermal), helium-cooled, graphite- moderated reactor employing sign conditions, 1500 deg F reactor outlet gas would be circulated to eight steam generators to produce 1050 deg F, 1450-psi steam which would be converted to electrical power in eight 157-Mw(electrical) turbine- generators. The over-all efficiency of this nuclear power station is 36.5%. The significant activities released from the unclad graphite-UO₂ fuel appear to be less than 0.2% of those pro… more
Date: 1959
Creator: Cottrell, William B.; Copenhaver, C. M.; Culver, H. N.; Fontana, M. H.; Kelleghan, V. J. & Samuels, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 1]: 306 Mw Power Reactor Conceptual Design

Description: From introduction: In general, the objective of this study is to provide for the development of the conceptual design criteria for the most promising type of boiling water reactor and associated complete electrical generating plant consistent with a schedule calling for start of construction in July 1960.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 2]: Separate Studies

Description: From introduction: This section presents the principal results of the optimization study done to establish the economic basis for selection of the core and fuel design.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Boiling Water Reactor Study [Part 3]: 306 Mw Coal-Fired Installation

Description: From introduction: The objectives of this study are to determine the estimated capital and energy costs of this typical conventional coal-fired installation, consistent with a schedule calling for completion of construction April 1964.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Ebasco Services Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Generalized Heat Conduction Code for the IBM-704 Computer

Description: Report regarding a code that solves "steady-state and/or transient heat conduction problems in three-dimensional geometry" (p. 1).
Date: 1959
Creator: Fowler, T. B. & Volk, E. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The ORNL Four-Linear-Element Package Analog Computer (FLEPAC) Instruction Manual

Description: Report describing a computing device called the Four-Linear-Element Package Analog Computer (FLEPAC) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The report includes a description of FLEPAC as well as instructions for its use.
Date: 1959
Creator: Green, F. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lecture Notes on Reactor Shielding

Description: Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing the shielding of radiation produced by nuclear reactors. As stated in the introduction, "these lectures will be an attempt to discuss the design of a reactor shield and the solution of the associated shielding problems by simple hand-computing methods" (p. 19). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: March 1959
Creator: Grotenhuis, Marshall
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental Organic Cooled Reactor : Conceptual Design

Description: Report presenting the design, research programs, and design objectives for an Organic-Cooled Reactor.
Date: December 1, 1959
Creator: Huffman, John R.; Nyer, W. E. & Rainwater, J. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fabrication of the PRTR Zircaloy-2 High Pressure Process Tubes

Description: Development of a fabrication process and the manufacture of 95 PRTR process tubes demonstrates that the commercial fabrication of high quality Zircaloy-2 pressure tubing is feasible.
Date: July 31, 1959
Creator: Knecht, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Hazards Summary Report for the ML-1 Nuclear Power Plant

Description: From abstract: "Neutronic characteristics, the control and instrumentation system, equipment description and plant safety considerations of the ML-1 (mobile, low power) nuclear power plant. The site is described with reference to geology, climate, and population density."
Date: September 30, 1959
Creator: Linenberger, G. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Argonne High-Flux Research Reactor: AHFR Conceptual Design Study

Description: Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing high-flux research reactor design studies. As stated in the summary, "this report presents a reactor design to meet the needs of the basic research program at Argonne National Laboratory. The program requires some irradiation in thermal flux...and some beam experiments..." (p. 5). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Link, L. E.; Armstrong, R. H.; Cameron, T. C.; Heineman, J. B.; Kelber, C. N.; Kier, P. H. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat Transfer in an Annulus with Asymmetric Heating

Description: Report concerning the "determination of the validity of using tube flow correlations for calculating pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics in thin annuli," the "validity of using Stein's heat flux asymmetry correction for parallel planes to calculate the heat transfer in asymmetrically heated thin annuli," and the "investigation of the effects of eccentricity on pressure drop, heat transfer, and temperature distribution in concentric ring fuel elements" (p. 5).
Date: February 1959
Creator: Lisin, Alexander Vladimir; Mackewicz, W. V. & Reynolds, William C., 1933-2004
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design Bases for ICPP Waste Calcination Facility

Description: Report regarding a waste calcination unit that "will convert the fission product-containing aluminum nitrate solutions" "to granular alumina and fission product oxides" (p. 5).
Date: January 16, 1959
Creator: MacQueen, D. K. & Stevens, J. I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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In-Pile Loop Tests of GCRE Elements (I-IT and I-I'T)

Description: Report documenting two in-pile loop experiments conducted at the Battelle Research Reactor-Gas Cooled Reactor (BRR-GCR). These experiments test heat transfer calculations and the behavior of the fuel element under severe thermal-cycling conditions.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: Nakazato, S.; Williams, P. M. & Wilson, W. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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