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Reactor Studies: Final Report, Part 1

Description: This report presents a study investigating the possibility of designing a somewhat advanced power reactor using existing and proven technology insofar as possible. It covers a preliminary analysis of a 500 mw reactor.
Date: November 1955
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company. Atomic Energy Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Materials Testing Reactor Project Handbook

Description: The following handbook was made for the purpose of: (1) to give a semidetailed description of the testing reactor, and (2) to explain, in so far as possible, the reasons for the design.
Date: May 7, 1951
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A 37,500 KW Power Reactor with Competitive Possibilities

Description: The following report follows the study on economics of nuclear power generation using a light water reactor.
Date: February 26, 1954
Creator: Thompson, W. I. & Cohen, Karl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plasma Thermocoufle Development

Description: A report about a thermionic converter which has been constructed for the purpose of evaluating the effect of radiation shields in the interelectrode space.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Medical and Health Physics Quarterly Report: July - September 1950

Description: The following quarterly report covers the period of July through September of 1950, split into three reports discussing the metabolic properties of plutonium and allied materials, biological studies of radiation effects, and health chemistry and physics.
Date: November 8, 1950
Creator: Hamilton, J. G.; Lawrence, J. H. & Garden, N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Medical and Health Physics Quarterly Report: October - December 1953

Description: The following quarterly report covers a period between October, November, December of 1953 to April of 1954. The document provides reports on medical and health physics, particularly on the biological studies of radiation effects, the metabolic properties of various materials, radiation chemistry, health chemistry, and health physics.
Date: April 1954
Creator: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Physics Division Quarterly Report: November 1953 - January 1954

Description: The following report is a quarterly report done by the Physics Division of the University of California's Radiation Laboratory, covering the period of November and December of 1953, and January of 1954. This report discusses general physics research and the development and operation of the accelerator.
Date: March 11, 1954
Creator: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. Physics Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Medical and Health Physics Quarterly Report: January - March 1954

Description: The following quarterly report covers the period of January, February and March of 1954, discussing medical and health physics such as: the metabolic properties of various materials, biological studies of radiation effects, lipoprotein studies, health chemistry, and health physics.
Date: May 16, 1954
Creator: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Medical and Health Physics Quarterly Report: April - June 1954

Description: The following quarterly report covers the period between April, May and June of 1954. The reports presented in this document discusses subjects of medical health and physics such as: biological studies of radiation effects, the metabolic properties of various tracer materials, radiation chemistry, health chemistry, and health physics.
Date: July 29, 1954
Creator: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Standardization of Industrial Nuclear Power Plant Components and of Low Power Reactor Systems Report for 1954: Studies Conducted Under an Agreement with the United States Atomic Energy Commission, February 1954 - January 1955

Description: From objectives: This report is a comprehensive review of the American Machine & Foundry Company's Industrial Participation activities for the fiscal year of 1954 and includes a detailed description of technical findings, results of economic analysis and an orientation of the project plans for continued studies.
Date: February 1955
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Superheat Meeting: September 1959

Description: From introduction: The Commission's underlying objective of this program is to conduct sufficient engineering and development work to determine the most feasible and economical methods of producing nuclear super-heated steam from a boiling water reactor.
Date: November 3, 1959
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Polonium

Description: From foreword: This is a report on the efforts of Monsanto Chemical Co. to solve some of the chemical problems involved in the atomic energy program.
Date: July 1956
Creator: Moyer, Harvey Vernon; Gnagey, Lloyd B. & Rogers, Adrian J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study [Part 1]: Phase 1 Report

Description: From preface: This report covers Phase I of the authorized work, consisting of determination of the specific reactor concept and size for the most economic reactor, preparation of a reference design of the most promising concept and estimated capital and generating costs, evaluation of the variations in cost as a function of unit size, and evaluation of the reductions in ultimate costs for a power station having multiple units of the same type.
Date: July 1959
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Reactor Development.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor Study [Part 3]: 235 Mw Coal-fired Generating Plant

Description: "This study is one of four initiated in 1958 by the Division of Reactor Development, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, to assess the feasibility of power generation through the use of certain types of nuclear reactors. These studies are available from the Office of Technical Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D.C."
Date: July 1959
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Reactor Development.
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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